Y2K problem identified new cars as 'horseless carriages' From DAVID SHARP of AP in Portland, Maine 13oct99 11.45am (AEST) STATE government got its first "millennium bug" surprise months early when owners of 2000 model cars and trucks received ownership papers identifying their new vehicles as "horseless carriages". Despite millions of dollars spent to ensure state computers are ready for the year 2000, computers in the secretary of state's office got confused over the 2000 model year designation. As a result, some new vehicle owners got titles to "horseless carriages" instead of cars or trucks in April. The case demonstrates the problems that can occur when computers misread the year 2000 as the year 1900, which is what happened in the secretary of state's office. Since the computer thought the model year was 1900, the titles were printed with the "horseless carriage" designation used for vintage vehicles produced before 1916, said Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky, whose office oversees licensing and registration of vehicles. About 800 passenger car titles and about 1200 tractor-trailer titles were issued with the error, Gwadosky said. "Most of them chuckled and said we need a clean title as soon as possible," Gwadosky said Tuesday. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
