The solution to running out of phone numbers, SSN's etc? Transcendental phone numbers! :-) John Zoltak North American Mfg Co > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Gordon [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 9:20 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] All the problems (was: Y2K problem) > > This SSN situation is news to me. Are they talking about expanding > it? I > just read an article in CIO that they are already starting to use a > Zip+4+2 > type zip code where the last two are bar coded. Are they talking > about > expanding the phone numbers as well? I know we are burning through > area > codes like flash paper in California, but I hadn't heard of any > particular > plans at this point. > > Thanks, > Shawn > > > > > > > toback2 <[log in to unmask]> on 10/23/98 05:59:29 PM > > Please respond to toback2 <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > cc: (bcc: Shawn Gordon/IS/FHM/FHS) > Subject: Re: All the problems (was: Y2K problem) > > > > > Gavin Scott writes: > > >One of the hot questions is what will happen to IS budgets after the > year > >2000. Will there be more Y2K work to do? Will all the Y2K > programmers > >get laid off? Will budgets go down because the work is over? Will > budgets > >stay the same or even go up due to the backlog of projects that got > >postponed for the last three years because of Y2K? Will everyone > simply > >move on to the next "Y2K" kind of problem (euro, SSN, etc.)? > > Most Y2K conversions will include re-engineering to allow more > flexibility in the future, so that changes to the SSN, phone number > format, Dow Jones range and so on require a couple of twiddles in a > table > somewhere, plus some report prettification. > > Right? > > -- Bruce > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; > OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; > 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my > friends - > Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. > btoback AT optc.com | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay > Mail sent to [log in to unmask] will be inspected for a > fee of US$250. Mailing to said address constitutes agreement to > pay, including collection costs.