PCs now sold in Britain had older chips that will crash at the change of the century.
Even the invention and widespread use of the telescope in the first decade of the 17th century did not radically change man's view of the heavens.
To enter the theater now is to be immersed in a delicate pastel world of sage and celadon green, rose-pink, lavender and orchid, a dramatic change at the turn of the century from standard theatrical red and gold.
Global warming advocates have responded, in turn, that while the sun has indeed been more active in the last half of the century, the actual percentage change in solar irradiance is tiny, and hardly seems large enough to explain measured increases in temperatures and ocean heat content.
Warnings that we may face civilisation-threatening temperature change by the end of the century, once considered outlandish, are now coming out of mainstream research groups.
They did so against the background of grim predictions of climate change in the next century, including the possibility that the world's forests could themselves become producers rather than consumers of carbon dioxide.
Every death involved "the great change" captured in the language and discourse of nineteenth-century Christianity, the shift from this life to whatever might come next.
And any user-written spreadsheet files that use Excel's built-in date functions should also make it through the change of century untarnished.
Interchangeable lenses: The biggest change in goggles in the 21st century has been the proliferation of models designed to make swapping lenses fast and easy.
America in the early decades of the 20th century was awash with talk of social change: for blacks and other downtrodden groups as well as giving women the same freedom as men.
It includes striking examples, such as the melting glaciers of Kilimanjaro (the highest mountain in Africa) which have lost 80% of their surface area during the twentieth century due to the combined effects of climate change and human activities.
Thinking about witches began to change in the Fourteenth Century, particularly in the wake of the Black Death of 1347-1350, after which Europeans became increasingly fearful of conspiracies by maleficent underground forces, mostly imaginary.
The current range of 21st century warming, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is 3-8 F.
What is astonishing, in the Italian context, is the change of mood: a love affair that has lasted nearly half a century has suddenly, if you believe what ministers have been saying, turned sour.
We have both a need and an opportunity to devise a new form of economic organization, and a new science of management, that can deal with the breakneck realities of 21st century change.
For instance, sea ice is predicted to increasingly shrink as a result of climate change: the late-summer Arctic sea ice may vanish almost entirely by the middle of the century, triggering unprecedented maritime challenges, with an increase in shipping and oil and gas exploration in high-latitude waters previously covered in ice.
Male fantasies and prejudices never seem to change, regardless of the era, or century, in which they live.
Indonesia and America are entering and developing a comprehensive partnership which is elevating and transforming our relations based on the equal partnership and aim to meet the challenges of the 21st century -- promoting peace, reforming the world economy, addressing climate change, as well as promoting harmony among civilizations.
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The Presidents agreed that just as other international organizations have had to change to be more responsive to the challenges of the 21st century, the United Nations Security Council also needs to reform, and expressed their support for a modest expansion of the Security Council that improves its effectiveness and efficiency, as well as its representation.
On two occasions -- in the 1980s, and again at the beginning of this century -- Sioux City earnestly and formally petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to change the letters.
That would change the century-old pattern of British politics.
This mainstay of the U.S. economy, deliverer of 6% of the gross domestic product, was sporting change after nearly a century in business.
"We're challenging Waxman-Markey's cap-and-trade bill, not the need for a legislative response to climate change, " says Karen Harbert, head of the Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy.
Every major regulatory change over the last half-century has had no long-term impact on the logarithmic trend lines of increased healthcare consumptions.
All that began to had began to change a century or so ago with the discovery of Boolean algebra and the construction of the first modern computing machines.
The job description for Benedict's successor, whoever he may be, must reflect this sea-change in the requirements for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church which has occurred during this first full papacy of the 21st Century.
At the dawn of the new century, a new technology promised to fundamentally change global economics.
"Portrait of a Gentleman" was originally thought to be by 19th century British artist Matthew Shepperson -- but the change of attribution meant it sold for 10, 000 times its original estimate.
Dr Gill Morgan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation which represents over 90% of NHS bodies, said Sir Nigel had overseen a turbulent period of record change which, when complete, would transform the NHS into a 21st Century organisation.
This is why one of the most vital projects of this new century, defined by climate change and growing energy and resource scarcity, is to figure out a way to build these variables back into our economic system.
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