Y2K stuff* - and nukes

To help illustrate the level of panic now in full swing within the US government, we have this: ==================== "The NRC has determined that if the agency were to address Y2K issues affecting plant operability within the existing regulatory framework and procedures, continued safe operation of the facility could be unnecessarily adversely impacted, thereby potentially resulting in adverse impact on public health and safety by forcing an unnecessary plant shutdown. NRC approval for relief from a technical specification or license condition under current practices for notification of enforcement discretion would be too cumbersome and unworkable iven the desire for prompt action if the licensee determines that continued safe plant operation is possible." [link lost in import] ==================== There are 108 nuclear power plants in the US. None are beyond the first stage (10%) of remediation (inventory of problems). The NRC has mandated the automatic shutdown of any plant which does not PROVE compliance by 6/1/99. That is 6 months before the actual rollover date. Why 6 months? Because it takes 6 months for core materials to safely cool (requiring electrical power). So if a plant can't prove compliance in time to have our power grid up an minimum of the 6 months required, then it's too risky. Read the above snippet. The NRC realizes it's too late for nukes to make the laughable 6/1/99 deadline, so they have decided that the personal safety of nearby residents of these plants isn't as important producing electrical power. The NRC will drop the "existing regulatory framework" of safety guidelines so they can keep the power on. This is an outrage. Yet the public will know nothing about this incredible breach of responsiblity until the inevitable happens. First, the Dept. of Defense TWICE falsifies Y2K compliance certificates for our nuclear warhead and missiles. And now this. We are not talking about a welfare program or save-the-whales cause. Go ahead and believe Koskinen when he says the basic infrastructure will hold. And that we are 'on-track' - "it's the other countries that are behind". Don't prepare and stay in the city. Everything will be all right in the end. Rick

> Rick, do you ever race a simulator? Or get laid? That's very *subtle* of you to present it as a choice. Does your wife lock you out in protest of your GPL ***ion? <g> Rick - who raced on TEN for 8 months until he decided REAL racecars don't have doors.

Revved, don't take the bait, mate. Once this guy is launched only a nuke will stop him ranting, Paul

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> On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:40:50 -0600, > >To help illustrate the level of panic now in full swing within the US > >government, we have this: > [snip] > Rick, do you ever race a simulator? > Or get laid? > -- > ( rrevved is at mindspring dot com > ( post in haste, repent at your leisure

> He has nothing to say about sims, which is the reason I use this newsgroup. Y2K has much to do with simulation software and you. Nearly everyone is blind to the *fact* that Y2K is the single event that will make their auto simulation fun cease to exist sometime between now and 010100. A few such as myself can see into the future beyond arm's length and are preparing for this event, and therefore will continue enjoying auto racing simulators long after the birth of the post-information age. Long live privatized technology! Rick

> Revved, > don't take the bait, mate. Once this guy is launched only a nuke will stop > him ranting, Paul is this what you mean't by "being ready" for the rollover at your bank? ======================================== Issue date: 10 December 1998 Article source: Computer Weekly News Banks hit by two-day network date failure. The installation of millennium-compliant software by a telecommunications supplier left dozens of London investment banks and brokers suffering from a network failure at the end of last month. Their Colt-run telecommunications network failed when the software installation led to transmission on 25 out of 300 fibre optic rings failing, said a Colt spokesman. Mercury Asset Management and Tokyo Mitsubishi International were among those affected by the almost two-day failure, with market data services provided by Reuters and Bloomberg also affected. Users of the Colt network had previously been told such a failure was unlikely, as the supplier had said any breakdown to any part of the network would be over- ridden by emergency back-up procedures, but this time they did not work. ======================================= http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/news/19981210/cwcontainer.a... (free registration) Don't you guys even bother to test the software before putting it online? Sheesh. Rick

Hey Rick, relax... everything is going to be just fine. ***space will not come to a crashing halt Jan 1, 2000. Now, back to the TOPIC at hand....

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>On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:39:24 +0000, >>Revved, >>don't take the bait, mate. Once this guy is launched only a nuke will stop >>him ranting, >>Paul >That's probably very good advice. I am going to plonk >him, and this thread after I finish this post. He has nothing >to say about sims, which is the reason I use this newsgroup. >He is off-topic and has been in that mode for quite some time. >Thanks for helping me see the light.. :) >>> On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:40:50 -0600, >>> >To help illustrate the level of panic now in full swing within the US >>> >government, we have this: >>> [snip] >>> Rick, do you ever race a simulator? >>> Or get laid? >-- >( rrevved is at mindspring dot com >( post in haste, repent at your leisure

> Hey Rick, relax... everything is going to be just fine. ***space will not come to a crashing halt Jan 1, 2000. Sounds good. I guess that means 75% of all US companies (which gross less than 50 million dollar per year) who HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO GET STARTED are *not* involved in keeping up the infrastructure of ***space. Rick

>A few such as myself can see into the future ... And I thought only guys like Moses and Jesus could do that (and maybe Nostradamus). Thanks for the correction. Joe

So, Rick, you think you'll be the only one able to play sims after the century turn...Now I get what this has to do with sims. You think that if you talk about "doomsday" enough, you will save the sim world. In that case, I'd better read all your posts. >> He has nothing to say about sims, which is the reason I use this newsgroup.

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>Y2K has much to do with simulation software and you. Nearly everyone is >blind to the *fact* that Y2K is the single event that will make their >auto simulation fun cease to exist sometime between now and 010100. >A few such as myself can see into the future beyond arm's length and are >preparing for this event, and therefore will continue enjoying auto >racing simulators long after the birth of the post-information age. >Long live privatized technology! >Rick

Joe, you forgot David Koresh... >>A few such as myself can see into the future ... >And I thought only guys like Moses and Jesus could do that (and maybe >Nostradamus). Thanks for the correction. >Joe

> >A few such as myself can see into the future ... > And I thought only guys like Moses and Jesus could do that (and maybe > Nostradamus). Thanks for the correction. When you are tied to railroad tracks with a train coming, I would hardly characterize yourself as a "futurist" by stating you are about to die. You support my arguments by forgoing any intelligent rebuttal and taking my comments out of context al la Clintonesque'. Thank you. Rick

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:39:24 +0000, Paul Jones >Revved, >don't take the bait, mate. Once this guy is launched only a nuke will stop >him ranting, Hell, that won't work. Damn nuke will probably fail it's Y2K compliancy test or some such... Cheers! John

> Hell, that won't work. Damn nuke will probably fail it's Y2K > compliancy test or some such... You got something right for a change. Rick

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:43:13 -0700, "Ben Farneman" >So, Rick, you think you'll be the only one able to play sims after the >century turn... OK, so Rick's smarter than all of us and will be sim-racing post-010100... My question is, who's he gonna race online with?... ;) "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

> OK, so Rick's smarter than all of us and will be sim-racing > post-010100... Or better prepared maybe? Who says you have to be online to race multiplayer? Rick "be prepared" -Boy Scouts of America