December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Anthrax Theatre
by Eric Cordian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Force hundreds of people to be imprisoned against their will, and injected with potentially lethal antibiotics, with one simple 25 cent phone call. ----- LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ninety-one people were held for almost eight hours as a health precaution after an anonymous threat claimed anthrax had been released into the air ducts of a federal building. The people were given antibiotics and special suits to wear over their clothes Friday before preliminary tests showed none of them had been infected with the potentially deadly bacterium. Authorities held the people, most of them U.S. Bankruptcy Court staff members, as firefighters and FBI investigators tested the ventilation system for anthrax spores. Those tests also came up empty, said Jonathan Fielding, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Health Department. The FBI would not release details of how the threat was delivered. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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Anthrax Theatre
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Force hundreds of people to be imprisoned against their will, and >injected with potentially lethal antibiotics, with one simple 25 cent >phone call. > >----- > >LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ninety-one people were held for almost eight hours >as a health precaution after an anonymous threat claimed anthrax had >been released into the air ducts of a federal building. > >The people were given antibiotics and special suits to wear over their >clothes Friday before preliminary tests showed none of them had been >infected with the potentially deadly bacterium. > >Authorities held the people, most of them U.S. Bankruptcy Court staff >members, as firefighters and FBI investigators tested the ventilation >system for anthrax spores. Those tests also came up empty, said >Jonathan Fielding, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Health >Department. > >The FBI would not release details of how the threat was delivered. The FBI is in between a rock and a hard-on here. If anthrax spores really had been released into those air ducts, it could potentially infect anyone in the building. They can't very well let these people walk out when they might be carriers of antrax. That's the power of bioweapons: Infect a bunch of people and they do the work of spreading it for you. >From a medical standpoint, it may be better to inject them with antibiotics before the test results are back, in an attempt to increase chances of survival. I can also understand the containment suits. The fact that it can be done with a 25 cent phone call is funny.

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Re: Anthrax Theatre
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>At 9:17 PM -0800 12/19/98, Anonymous wrote: > >>The FBI is in between a rock and a hard-on here. >> >>If anthrax spores really had been released into those air ducts, it could >>potentially infect anyone in the building. They can't very well let these >>people walk out when they might be carriers of antrax. That's the power of >>bioweapons: Infect a bunch of people and they do the work of spreading it >>for you. > >This is not how anthrax spreads. Communicability between humans is nearly >nonexistent. If this is true, we've caught the media in yet another lie. The media likes to paint the picture that anthrax can be released in an airport and spread to all corners of the country in a matter of hours. Typical of the media. Shame on me for accessing anything they've shoved down my throat. :)

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Win the Grand Prize 10 day trip to Hawaii....Enter the drawing!
by edd＠spdy.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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The "Married Lesbian Underground" (was: Re: Huffington a Fag)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

jackel(a)melbpc.org.au (jackel(a)melbpc.org.au) wrote: > >In fact, this is common enough that there are several "Married > >Lesbian" discussion boards, IRC chat channels, and private mailing > >lists where women involved in this deception swap notes, and plan > >their strategy. > > I too have noted this scenario, of women leaving their husbands, > getting the money and children, then coming out. I have seen parts of > an English (UK) book for lesbians advocating precisely that. > > Re the net forums, if you have further information/locations, etc. > would you please send it to me at the above email address or via the > alt.mens-rights newsgroup - even if they are just pointers in the > right direction. > > Thank you very much. One of them is the "Married But Lesbian" (MarBLes) mailing list moderated by Anna Holmes <fogbow(a)sprynet.com> and hosted on the queernet.org server. This one is so ultra-paranoid that potential subscribers are required to submit biographic information to the moderator and undergo a screening "interview" of some sort prior to being admitted to the list. You can read more info on this lesbian networking tool at this URL at lesbian.org: http://www.lesbian.org/lesbian-lists/marbles.html The idea of using men as "a sperm bank with a checkbook" is really insidious, but by the time many of the victims of this deception find out they've been deceived and used, it's too late. The above URL, BTW, says that the list has a panel of six formerly married lesbians for "support", which seems to be a euphemism for coaching. Since marriage is a civil contract I wonder if such willful "interference with the performance of a contract" has ever been redressed in court.

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No Subject
by HyperReal-Anon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> This has not been lost on those who battle right-wing terror. Early > next year, the FBI will launch a nationwide assessment of the threat > of domestic terrorism on and around Jan. 1, 2000. "I worry that every > day something could happen somewhere," Robert Blitzer, head of the > FBIs domestic terrorism unit, told the Los Angeles Times recently (see > interview also in this issue). > > "The odds are that something will happen." > The odds are that *something* will happen, if only because they finally decide to go and burn Tim May out. #!/usr/local/bin/perl -0777-- -export-a-crypto-system-sig -RC4-3-lines-PERL @k=unpack('C*',pack('H*',shift));for(@t=@s=0..255){$y=($k[$_%@k]+$s[$x=$_ ]+$y)%256;&S}$x=$y=0;for(unpack('C*',<>)){$x++;$y=($s[$x%=256]+$y)%256; &S;print pack(C,$_^=$s[($s[$x]+$s[$y])%256])}sub S{@s[$x,$y]=@s[$y,$x]}

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FINAL REMINDER: new mix keys at notatla
by Antonomasia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Anthrax [DoD]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/agent.html > Go to Home Page - U.S. Department of Defense U.S. DEPARTMENT OF > DEFENSE > Home Site Map Search major sections are next NEWS MULTIMEDIA > PUBLICATIONS QUESTIONS? > > Information Paper > Anthrax as a Biological Warfare Agent > * Anthrax is the preferred biological warfare agent because: > > * It is highly lethal. > > * 100 million lethal doses per gram of anthrax material (100,000 > times deadlier than the deadliest chemical warfare agent). > * Silent, invisible killer. > * Inhalational anthrax is virtually always fatal. > > * There are low barriers to production. > > * Low cost of producing the anthrax material. > * Not high-technology. Knowledge is widely available. > * Easy to produce in large quantities. > > * It is easy to weaponize. > > * It is extremely stable. It can be stored almost indefinitely as a > dry powder. > * It can be loaded, in a freeze-dried condition, in munitions or > disseminated as an aerosol with crude sprayers. > > * Currently, we have a limited detection capability. > * What is Anthrax? > > * Anthrax is a naturally occurring disease of plant eating animals > (goats, sheep, cattle, wine, etc.) caused by the bacterium > Bacillus anthracis. > * It is an illness which has been recognized since antiquity. > Anthrax was common in essentially all areas where livestock are > raised. Intensive livestock immunization programs have greatly > reduced the occurrence of the disease among both animals and > humans in much of the world, an most outbreaks occur in areas > where immunization programs have not been implemented or have > become compromised (primarily Africa and Asia; however, outbreaks > occurred during the mid- I 990's in Haiti and the former Soviet > Union). > * Anthrax spores can remain viable for several decades under > suitable environmental conditions; thus, absence of cases does not > equate to absence of risk. > > * Humans can contract anthrax in three ways: > > * Through cuts or breaks in the skin resulting from contact with an > infected animal (cutaneous anthrax), resulting in local and > possibly systemic (bloodstream) infection. > > * From breathing anthrax spores (termed "woolsorters" disease) > resulting in an infection of the lungs (inhalational anthrax). > > * From eating infected meat, resulting in gastrointestinal infection > (gastrointestinal anthrax). Gastrointestinal anthrax is generally > not considered a threat to U.S. forces. > * What are the symptoms? > > * Symptoms of anthrax begin after a 1 to 6 day incubation period > following exposure. > > * For contact or cutaneous anthrax, itching will occur at the site > of exposure followed by the formation of a lesion. Untreated > contact anthrax has a fatality rate of 5-20 percent, but with > effective antibiotic treatment, few deaths occur. > * Initial symptoms for inhalational anthrax are generally > non-specific: low grade fever, a dry hacking cough, and weakness. > The person may briefly improve after 2 to 4 days; however within > 24 hours after this brief improvement, respiratory distress occurs > with shock and death following shortly thereafter. > > * Almost all cases of inhalational anthrax, in which treatment was > begun after patients have exhibited symptoms, have resulted in > death, regardless of post-exposure treatment. > * What is the medical countermeasure? > > * Prior to exposure, prevention through vaccination, using the > FDA-licensed vaccine. > * Otherwise, antibiotics such as penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and > doxycycline are the drugs of choice for treatment of anthrax. > * Treatment with antibiotics must begin prior to the onset of > symptoms and must include vaccination prior to discontinuing their > use. > * The use of antibiotics keep the patient alive until their body can > build an immunity to anthrax via vaccination. After symptoms > appear however, inhalational anthrax is almost always fatal, > regardless of treatment. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Updated: 10 Jun 1998 > Contact Us > Security and Privacy Notice > ____________________________________________________________________ What raises the standard of living may well diminish the quality of life. The Club of Rome The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ShootBack this Thursday (answers to questions)
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:54:24 -0500 Subject: ShootBack this Thursday (answers to questions) From: mann(a)eecg.toronto.edu To: wear-hard(a)haven.org Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:48:07 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: wear-hard(a)haven.org Resent-Sender: wear-hard-request(a)haven.org several people have been asking questions about national shootback day this thursday at noon. for example a lot of people have asked why the day before christmas, for which there is an answer, e.g. just bring a camera with you when you go christmas shopping, and try to capture the spirit of the herds of christmas shopping customers being watched from above... it was felt that a faq would help immensely, so here is the national shootback day faq: http://wearcam.org/nad-faq.htm NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY DAY (NAD) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Q. What is NAD? A. NAD is short for National Accountability Day. To some it is a protest against those who hold us accountable but refuse to or try to avoid being accountable to us. To others, it's a fun celebration of mutual accountability. To some, it's a chance to get revenge by shooting at people who are members of an organization who's been shooting at them. To others, it's a chance to help those who have helped them, by giving them the gift of protection. It's different things to different people, but the one common element is that it involves taking pictures of people who are involved in placing us under video surveillance. Q. How can I give the gift of protection this Christmas season? A. On the entrances to their shops, their signs say ``for YOUR protection you are being videotaped''. Isn't it heartwarming to see that they are offering you so much love and compassion? In return, you must offer them the same protection. By photographing them, you will show them that you love them and care for them. Put them in your family album, and cherish their smiles for centuries. Q. Who was the inventor or originator of NAD? A. NAD is not the vision of a single individual, but, rather, it is the work of an international coalition that includes artists, scientists, engineers, and scholars. Q. When is NAD? A. December 24, 1998 Q. Why December 24th? Won't the stores be kind of crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers then? A. That's exactly the point of selecting December 24th. The meaning of Christmas has become one of consumerism. Like herds of animals we are shepherded into the shops only to be distrusted by the shopkeepers who watch over us from on high, with their omniscient surveillance network. When the sheep are greatest in number, the shopkeepers will have a more difficult time of keeping order. Moreover, it gets boring waiting in the long lineups. Why not pass away the time standing in line, by doing a little shooting. So take a camera along during your Christmas shopping and do a little camera shooting. Why was Christmas Eve chosen ? The shops will be rather busy. A. that's exactly why. 12:00 noon dec.24th will be the busiest day, and the best expression of corporate culture, and the best time to shoot. It's a human element.. crowds of people herded like cattle, overseen by the surveillance. Also the lineups will be long, so it was felt that folks could entertain themselves while waiting in line by shooting. When you get bored waiting in line, liven it up with some camerafire. Shoot when you're bored. Shoot when you're frustrated. Shoot when you're being shot!!! Q. Is NAD the same as ShootBack Day? A. Yes, NAD is also known to many as National ShootBack Day or National ShootingBack Day. (ShootBack is one word! There is no space between Shoot and Back.) Q. Isn't 12:00 noon going to happen at different times since the different parts of the nation are in different time zones? Furthermore, National Accountability Day is International. If that itself isn't an oxymoron, then at least it adds to the confusion since different coutries around the world are in much different time zones. A. That's exactly the point of doing it at noon. As high noon sweeps past various time zones, the shot heard around the world will be that of clicking cameras. This shot will travel around the world, and the shot heard around the world will be the shot seen around the world, later on when the contest submissions come in. The shot seen around the world will be seen in the nationless realm of cyberspace, hence the term ``National'' is partly in jest, for it is certainly not limited to any nation in particular. Q. How do I enter the contest? A. Send your pictures to International Photo Contest, 284 Bloor Street West, Suite 701, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B8 All submissions become property of NAD and will not be returned. Winning entries along with a large number of the submissions will be posted to the online gallery. Q. What format should the pictures be in? A. Any developed format (print, film positive, film negative, etc.), or any file format that can be read using GNU software under Gnu Public License on a computer running the Linux operating system. Alternatively, submissions may be placed on an FTP or HTTP server and the address or URL may be submitted. Any submissions that require commercial software or commercial operating systems to read will be discarded without review. Acceptable media include slides, silver halide prints, or other standard forms of photographic prints up to 8.5 by 11 inches, computer printouts, film negatives, plates (glass plate negatives up to 8 by 10 inches), film negative strips, film positive strips, diffractive prints, 3.5 inch floppy disks, ISO 9660 CD ROMs, IDE devices, or SCSI devices. Photographic media must have been developed (e.g. no undeveloped films or forms that require chemical treatment or processing by NAD staff will be accepted). If submissions are made by URL, the image format must be universally readable from any WWW browser. Q. I have heard that NAD is a protest? Is this true? Will there be a march? A. If you prefer to think of NAD as a protest, it can certainly be explained that way. Rather than protesting by carrying signs, or by marching, citizens will protest by going on shooting sprees. Armed with their own photographic or videographic cameras and recording devices, ordinary citizens will dish out some accountability by taking pictures of people who are representatives of organizations who are taking pictures of them. Q. If NAD isn't a protest, than what is it? A. Another equally valid interpretation is that NAD is an agreement with the status quo rather than a protest against it. In this interpretation cameras are good, so let's have more of them. Pictures are good, so let's all take pictures. If a department store is such a dangerous place that cameras are needed, then so be it. What's good for the goose is good for the gangster. Everyone shoots everyone and we're all happy. ``Only criminals are afraid of cameras'', so let's give representatives of the Surveillance Superhighway a chance to define themselves by seeing if they're afraid of cameras. When we ask why we are under video surveillance, we are told by the Bigs that ``only criminals are afraid of cameras'', or we are asked ``why are you so paranoid''. Now is the time to allow the Bigs to define themselves. Q. How can I participate? A. All you need to do is bring a camera --- any camera --- to a place where video surveillance is used. Q. How will I know who I should shoot? A. Taking pictures of the surveillance cameras will cause models to appear very quickly for you to photograph. When you point your camera at their cameras, the officials watching their television monitors will very quickly dispatch the models for you to shoot. This is a universal phenomenon that happens in nearly any large organization where video surveillance is used. Models often carry two--way radios and wear navy blue uniforms with special badges. Most will be eager to pose close to your camera, especially the hand models. They will reach out and place their hands over your camera lens so you can get a closup hand shot. Q. What is the rationale behind NAD? A. We are all accountable for our actions. The Bigs keep us under surveillance, whether we're just walking down the street, shopping, or sometimes even when we're changing clothes in their fitting rooms (Phil Patton, Jan. '95, WiReD). That's why Thursday, December 24th is National Accountability Day. This is the day to arm yourself with a camera, or other photographic or videographic instrumentation, and enter various department stores, and other establishments that match the classic definition of totalitarian (e.g. establishments that wish to know everything about everyone yet reveal nothing about themselves). Q. What are some examples of totalitarian establishments? A. Examples of totalitarian establishments are those in which we are placed under extensive video surveillance, yet we are prohibited from taking pictures ourselves. The goal of National Accountability Day is to challenge this one-sided aspect of Totalitarian Surveillance. Q. What subject matter, other than pictures of the surveillance cameras and representatives of the SS should I shoot? A. Participants will also photograph or make videos of any illegal activity they happen to encounter in these totalitarian establishments. Evidence of illegal activity includes fire exits chained shut, and other forms of entrapment, forcible confinement doors, and the like, which are potential fire hazards. Q. Should I shoot alone, or be part of a firing squad. A. Going salvo is better than going solo. It is preferable that groups of citizens participate in unison, to prevent, or at least document illegal theft or vandalism of photographic equipment by the Bigs. Q. Is there a deeper philisophical underpinning to NAD, or is it just a bunch of angry people going postal? A. The camera is like Hamlet's Mirror, allowing the Bigs to define themselves within a Reflectionist context. Reflectionism holds up a mirror to society, and constructs this mirror in a symmetrical way, so that it is defined on the same terms as that which it calls into question. Q. Is there any slogan or aphorism I might use to publicize NAD? A. Shoot Authority First Question Authority Later. (Shoot first, ask questions later) Q. Is NAD a photo conntest? A. There is a photo contest associated with NAD. For entry instructions, see http://wearcam.org/nad-entry.htm -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to wear-hard-request(a)haven.org Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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major phone company & y2k
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

internet company documents suggest severe problems ------- Forwarded Message Subject: Y2K Alert - 12/17/98 - Internal documents reveal telecomm truth Sent: 12/16/98 11:50 PM Received: 12/17/98 10:37 PM From: alertsend(a)y2knewswire.com To: Eddie Pons, ponski(a)soft-link.com The following is a free Y2K alert + analysis from Y2KNEWSWIRE. COM. You signed up for this. Removal / unsubscribe instructions and e-mail contacts are at the bottom of this e-mail. *Do not* reply by hitting 'reply' in your e-mail program. To reach us, you must use one of the e-mail addresses given below. ____________________________________________________________ SECRET DOCUMENTS REVEAL Y2K TELECOMM TRUTH: A MAJOR LONG-DISTANCE COMPANY KNOWS THEY WON'T MAKE IT (But they won't admit it publicly...) Y2KNEWSWIRE recently received a collection of internal documents from an employee at one of the major long-distance companies. The documents appear to be genuine. However, to avoid copyright infringement, we cannot reprint them here. But we *can* paraphrase the documents without violating copyright law, and that's what we're going to do in this alert. We feel it is our responsibility to inform the public the truth about Y2K problems at large telecommunications companies. We are withholding the name of the company because frankly, the name does not matter. We think *all* the major telecommunications firms are in the same position. The problems described by this one are not unique. Every firm is playing the same spin game, avoiding a public admission of Y2K-guilt while privately, internally, they all know the situation is hopeless. Here's what we found in one particular document: [COMPANY] SUMMARIZES THE PROBLEM In the first part of the document, the company simply summarizes the Y2K problem. [COMPANY] ADMITS ENTIRE SYSTEMS COULD BE SHUT DOWN Mid-way through the documents, the company acknowledges that corrupt data could cause the shutdown of entire systems. They quote a study of network switch components conducted by Bellcore, describing how they were completely locked up after a simulated 2000 rollover. The company then refers to this as the, "Killer aspect" of the system. Then, the documents describe the company's ongoing efforts to solve the problem, pointing out that the deadline, "absolutely cannot slip." [COMPANY] ESTIMATES ITS EXPOSURE The company then says it has between 80 and 100 million lines of code that might be affected by the Millennium Bug. It goes on to call the bug a "virus," which is technically incorrect, but close enough for telecommunications work, apparently. Then the company describes another test of a Bellcore switch that experienced a frightening shutdown due to an expiring license date problem. The switch shut down completely. Another component apparently worked until April of 2000 (in simulation), then it, too, shut down as the daylight savings time change was attempted. [COMPANY] ADMITS THEY CAN'T MAKE IT! Then, the company's internal document claims that fixing the problem is, "too large a task" to finish in time. There simply aren't enough staff hours, according to these documents. The company then goes on to describe a strategy of triage: they'll accept failures in *some* systems in order to focus on the BIG ones. And that's the big challenge, they say: identifying the big systems and getting them remediated in time. THAT'S IT! The document then ends with a warning that all documentation is for internal use only and cannot be distributed outside the company. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Publicly, this company is telling people they will complete all Y2K remediation on time. We now have proof this is a *con job* designed to deceive customers and investors. And we suspect this is the situation with *most* companies. Internally, when the engineers sit around the lunch table, they all know the situation is basically hopeless. There simply isn't enough time remaining. But publicly, these companies vigorously defend their positions, claiming *everything* will be finished before 2000 and using classic denial phrases like, "We're well on our way..." and, "... the vast majority of our critical systems will be done." This is exactly why 2000 is going to be the biggest shocker we've seen in a generation. It's the moment at which all Y2K lies and deceptions are revealed. The spin melts away to reality. IT'S BEEN A WHILE Americans haven't seen this for a long, long time. Deceptions are the norm these days, and "truth" and "reality" seem to be relative -- especially in politics. The people in power have actually come to believe that words equal reality. If they say it, it must be true. Y2K is the one event that cannot be persuaded. It does not listen to spin and hype. It doesn't have a "mind" to be subjected to mind games. It will simply happen -- precisely on schedule. Remember, bureaucrats are not used to operating under these circumstances. Take the stock market, for instance. Because the stock market is essentially a vehicle of faith, when Clinton says the stock market is good, it *is* good because people believe him. The words have a direct causal effect. Y2KNEWSWIRE thinks politicians have forgotten that Y2K doesn't work that way. If all spinsters on the planet gathered together and gave us their best hype, it would still have zero effect on fixing the Millennium Bug. This is the point they don't understand. Do you wonder why John Koskinen continues telling people the federal government will have absolutely no Year 2000 problems? He's in spin mode, not reality mode. And he seems to believe his spin will somehow solve the problem. That's why 2000 will be a reality-check for at least half the population. Here's a completely objective issue that cannot be swayed by politics or persuasion. It's a pre-programmed event designed into the system. It can't be bargained with or reasoned with. And it most certainly won't listen to spin. SOCIAL SECURITY LIKELY TO MAKE IT This is virtually the *only* Y2K-compliance claim we believe. Social Security is going to make the deadline, no kidding. Why is that? They've spent *a decade* (employing over 700 programmers) to fix the bug. And they'll be done in June of 1999. Aside from the programmers, over 2800 people worked on the problem. This is exactly why the claims from other agencies that started much later -- like the FAA -- are simply lacking all credibility. Do the math here: 700 programmers x 10 years = 1,750,000 person-days of work. That's fourteen million hours of work, and that doesn't even count the 2800 *non-programmers.* So Social Security has spent 14 million hours correcting this problem, according to their own statement. How many hours has the FAA spent? Frankly, we don't know. But to equal 14 million hours in just two years (because they really weren't seriously working on it until early 1998), they would need to employ 3,500 programmers working full time! WHY WASN'T SOCIAL SECURITY FINISHED IN 1991? If these projects could really be completed in two years, why wasn't Social Security done in 1991? Why did it take TEN years to complete the job? If John Koskinen is to be believed, *all* federal projects, no matter how late they started, will be done in plenty of time. And that means two years is quite enough for most agencies. Why did Social Security take ten, then? You already know the answer. Note, however, that without telecommunications or banking, Social Security's compliance doesn't matter. Read the details at: http://www.amcity.com/atlanta/stories/1998/12/14/focus5.html SURVEY REVEALS INSIDER PESSIMISM According to this San Diego Daily Transcript story (link below), the Aberdeen Group conducted a survey at November's COMDEX computer show. Here are some of the more interesting survey results: * Less than half are confident their organization's "mission critical" desktop computer applications will work in 2000 * 20% said their organizations haven't even finished the Y2K assessment stage * 53% said they were "unsure" whether their compliant systems could be effectively shielded from corruption by non-compliant systems Read more details at: http://www.sddt.com/files/library/98/12/07/tca.html U.N. TO DEPLOY Y2K SWAT TEAMS These are basically "crisis intervention teams" that would visit countries with the worst problems and try to solve them. Question: if international transportation is down, how will the SWAT teams get around? Read the details in this CNN report: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/12/y2k.un/ NEW ZEALAND COMPLIANCE PLANS NEAR COLLAPSE As this "Radio NZ" report reveals, plans to make public sector groups Y2K compliant are on the point of collapse. Read the details at: http://www.year2000.co.nz/y2krnz01.htm READER MAIL "I spoke with my bank (US Bank in Portland) and asked them about buying gold and silver coins. The bank employee looked at me and asked, "Y2K?" and I responded "Yes". She told me that I was about the 150th person this month to inquire about the conversion on assets to gold. She advised me to call the brokerage division of the bank." ________________ "At Grand Union in Smithtown, New York, I had a clerk recently ask me if we were invaded or something because so many people had packed the store for the can goods sale. At Waldbaums's in Ronkonkoma, when they put 20lb bags of rice on sale (about once a month) they FLY out the door. I saw one lady buying three." ________________ "Just a few weeks ago, diesel generators were readily available in the southern AZ area. Now there are none to be found. We are looking for one (obviously we postponed too long) and my husband remembered a large lumber/building supply store in a smaller AZ town that has always had a large supply of all kinds of generators (they service many contractors). 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