CNN snippet - 2000-01-02 (late night)
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[0:01] The British government alone spent $690
[0:04] million to ensure that
[0:05] >> things don't go right by accident. I
[0:07] mean, for instance, here in the UK, we
[0:09] ran a major assessment program for the
[0:11] national infrastructure. That assessment
[0:13] program looked, of course, first to see
[0:14] what was necessary to do, and there were
[0:16] certainly things that needed to be
[0:17] updated and things that needed to be
[0:18] modified. So, we're quite sure that the
[0:20] money was well spent.
[0:21] >> Businesses say so far so good. One
[0:24] British store chain reports the most
[0:26] serious problem called into its hotline
[0:28] was when a child cut the cables to the
[0:30] family computer to keep the Y2K gremlins
[0:32] from getting inside. Most hospitals are
[0:35] operating just fine. Thank you. Three
[0:37] Swedish hospitals say they had
[0:39] millennium bug problems with a piece of
[0:40] heart monitoring equipment on January
[0:43] 1st, but a technician quickly fixed the
[0:45] glitch.
[0:47] France reported no major problems with
[0:49] Y2K. One small glitch did hit a French
[0:52] defense satellite. Officials say the
[0:54] Syracuse 2, which links Paris with
[0:56] French forces i