I thought that this from CNN was interesting...

"It could take days, weeks or even months for some computer problems caused by the Year 2000 date change to show up, warned John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion."

"Disaster at the stroke of midnight is unlikely, said Koskinen. 'We do not expect to see any major national failures a result of the date change,' Koskinen said. 'Systems supporting key parts of the infrastructure -- electric power grids, telecommunications and financial networks, air traffic control and other major transportation systems -- are well prepared for the Year 2000,' he said during a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C."

CNN - Y2K chief warns of dormant date-change problems Looks like he's introducing the idea of the chronic condition. I'm glad to see it but it is a far cry from his old "no problem" idea a year or so ago.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 1999

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Aw man, he's stealin' my best stuff now. :-)

-- Anonymous, December 17, 1999

Oh, he's been saying that under his breath, so to speak, for quite some time. See the quotation from July in Y2K is not a Crisis. And what he said at the May APEC symposium in Whispering "Fire" in a Theater Ablaze (White House version).

He's been trying to have it both ways: to tell people what's what without them actually hearing and comprehending.

"The notion that preventing panic was more important than solving the problem has won out," said Leon Kappelman, a professor at the University of North Texas who has advised government planners on Y2K. "I hope that was a good decision; I don't think it was," he said. (Jan. 3 could prove to be first true test of Y2K readiness)

-- Anonymous, December 18, 1999

I've tried and I've tried, but I just can't mumble out of both sides of my mouth like he does.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 1999