The problems with the failure of the power supply to Auckland have little or nothing to do with y2k stuff. The root cause of the problem was a lack of corporate accountability, coupled with a desire for increased profits, resulting in defferred maintenance and cost cutting through slashing staffing levels. The Auckland Power Crisis is the result of greed and a ruthless implementation of right wing economic policies, poor executive level management, and a lack of effective risk management. I know it doesn't sound sexy, but that's just the way it is. Dan ---Reg Harbeck wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, 7Pillars Partners wrote: > > : > :Power failure brings New Zealand's largest city to standstill > : > : February 24, 1998 > : Web posted at: 12:15 p.m. EST (1715 GMT) > : > : AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CNN) > : -- A five-day-old power blackout has > : shut down most of New Zealand's > : largest city, plunging stores into > :[...] > > Verrry interesting. In Quebec (Canada) there was an ice storm (not a nice > storm) around Christmas which left people in the dark for weeks. At the > time I thought, "I wonder if the year 2000 will bring similar > consequences". > > Now, I'm wondering if this (but not the Quebec one) might be in any way > related to year 2000 problems, since 99 is also a problem, and any > algorithm which adds 1 to the year for any reason might be prone to run > into it. > > Is this the appropriate venue to bring this up? > > - Reg Harbeck (URL: http://www.calcna.ab.ca/~rharbeck) > > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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