I just read that the gov. is 99.9% ready! The rest will be done by the Jan 1st. CLinton just said so. Isn't it amazing that the government has done the impossible and finished on time? I guess we all can relax now! NOT http://news.excite.com/news/r/991214/16/tech-yk-clinton

-- Rodig (rodig@lurker.com), December 14, 1999

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What's interesting about his 99.99 statement is that he says they have back-up plans in case things go wrong, however there is no indication about what the plans are. Boy, a lot was sure accomplished since the 50 day report a month ago. WOW! These programmers that work for the federal gov't are gooood. Now they can go help NASA with their Mars program.

He also gave the usual statement about small businesses and local governments may not be completely ready.

What else is new? Blame it on the people.

-- Mark (markmic@kynd.net), December 14, 1999.

in mission-critical systems only

maybe

less than 10% of the dot gov computers

-- reading between (the@zigzag.lines), December 14, 1999.

So are these 18 "high-impact" programs now ready?

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001qX5

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The 18 "at risk" federal programs include: child nutrition; food safety inspection; food stamps; supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC); student aid; child care; child support enforcement; child welfare; Indian health services; low- income home energy assistance; Medicaid; Medicare; temporary assistance for needy families; public housing; unemployment insurance; retired rail worker benefits; air traffic control system; and maritime safety.

[snip]

Also see...

http://www.house.gov/reform/gmit/y2k/991122.htm

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), December 14, 1999.

Lets stop giggling a bit for some serious talk. I think this announcement has some very dark undertones.

Lets say Clinton has been advised that there will be very serious infrastructure problems in early January (gasoline, water, electricity, banking, telephones; take your pick). He knows that when they kick in, the citizen will not worry about whether the weather service is functioning.

So Clinton gets good PR for now in the "dot calm before the dot storm" . When the sh*t hits the fan, Clinton is out of sight. Once (if ever) the pieces come together, Clinton can claim "the feds did have everything working. You could not tell because private industry messed everything up". He can further claim that it was government (.gov .mil .spy .natguard) that saved the day. With any luck, he gets to appoint himself president for life.

Or maybe Clinton is clueless and really does think everything will be swell.

-- David Holladay (davidh@brailleplanet.org), December 14, 1999.

In that vein, best read this:

Y2K, FEMA and 'domestic terror'

FEMA and the Clinton payback...

-- uhoh it (don't@look.good), December 14, 1999.

Nice one. I match yours and raise you one.

Lets see. If the "gun-free school act" bans guns within 1000 feet of a school, and that includes home schooling; and if they need to use the schools as emergency shelters during y2k, that means that any occupied home with kids is a "home school". Thus, every home in America would be within 1000 feet of a "hone school". Thus, they need to come and confiscate every gun in America.

Your turn.

-- David Holladay (davidh@brailleplanet.org), December 14, 1999.

Fed Gov is 99.9% compliant. US citzenry is 99.9% complaicent. Indiana State Gov. is 99% compliant (according to Gov. O'Bannon's radio ads). What he doesn't say is that 68% of Hoosiers drive buggies, heat their homes with wood and speak Amish. Y2k in Amish: "Ya 2 kinder. Number 3 due in May."

-- justme (justme@myhouse.com), December 14, 1999.

Looks like the programs close to being finished are the ones to control the people and the ones that are not going to finished are the ones to help the needy people. Figures.

-- village (power@to the people.com), December 14, 1999.