The problem, known as Y2K, refers to the fact that some computer systems recognize only the final two digits of the year, leading to potential failure when the clocks tick over to 2000.
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"The fact of the matter is the public is going to go nuts when the clock ticks over to 2000, so whether it's technically wrong or right, a party will break out anyway,"
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Popov is expected to take a tick over 22 seconds to become the first man to win consecutive doubles in the events at a world titles, a record he also set in Olympic competition.
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The 5-year-old mare covered the final quarter-mile in a tick over 23 seconds to pass Happyanunoit and Kalypso Katie and win by four lengths in Hollywood Park's biggest turf race for fillies and mares.
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:: I think this will apply to most such websites-people have an initial burst of enthusiasm, adding to the whole, and then tick over with pet interests . talk ) 18 : 51, 20 January 2009 ( UTC)
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When the odometer of our spinning orb ticks over for the year 2000, Banford, a British investor in small businesses, will be floating off Barbados aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, with 99 other members of his special club.
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Under the measure, companies responsible for computer breakdowns that occur when the clock ticks over to Jan . 1, 2000, could not be assessed punitive damages greater than $ 250, 000 or three times the financial damages, whichever is greater.
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As the clock ticks over from 8 : 01 pm on Wednesday, February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry : 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise-20 : 02, 20 / 02, 2002 . ( Hendrick, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Lying just east of the International Dateline, Fiji and a handful of other Pacific island nations are up to 12 hours ahead of the rest of the world and will be the first to see the clock tick over into the first day of 2000.
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Lying just west of the international date line, Fiji and a handful of other Pacific island nations are up to 12 hours ahead of the rest of the world and will be the first to see the clock tick over into the first day of 2000.
