Speaker:
Dr. Jeff Zadeh, Computer Science,
Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Abstract:
On January 1, 2000, not only computers but also other electronic devices
and equipment may not function properly. Power supply, transportation,
banking, communications, and health care services will be effected.
The Year 2000 (or known as a Y2K) problem is a disaster like a flood or an
earthquake which affect organisations all over the world. The difference
is, this disaster is scheduled to affect everyone simultaneously, and can
not be delayed. Every person on the planet whose life is influenced in
any way by computers or electronic circuitry will be affected.
CNN on November 15, 1998 reported: Nuclear weapons for Y2K are not
ready! Thousands of chips and millions of line codes need to be
corrected!
The greater impact of this disaster will be on the militaries. According
to the Pentagon, only four countries: the US, England, Canada, and
Australia are preparing their military computers for the year 2000.
The US may be ready, but the Russia, China, and other countries are NOT
ready! So we must deactivate all nuclear weapons before January 1, 2000.
This talk will be about hardware, software, and other issues related to the Y2K for the US and the world.