Corporations and government agencies have been working around the clock re-programming the date codes in computer software. But even this task is much more difficult than people could imagine it being. Most experts agree that even in Europe and the USA, where the most attention is being paid to the Y2K problem, many systems will not be ready for January 1, 2000. Japan, with economic problems of its own, has not given the problem much attention. Other Asian countries and most developing nations have hardly even touched the problem.

ftware will only be part of the problem. There are also billions of chips that are embedded in cars, video recorders, telephone systems, power stations, oil pipelines, train tracking systems, chemical plants, nuclear tipped missiles, elevators, medical equipment, and satel

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