WauloK : The life and interests of an Aussie

As much as I’d like to try out an Apple, I just can’t justify the cost. It =
may be 1337. It may be cool and funky, but another PC is just something I =
don’t want to shell out for.

I would like to purge Windows from my home network all together and just =
run Linux. My problem is I still need XP for Oblivion, Game Editor and =
Second Life. Yes I could install VMware’s player but it means I still need =
XP somewhere on my system taking up space.=20
No, I haven’t re-installed any of these yet as the stability of my PC =
leaves a lot to be desired these days. Last night it had trouble just =
booting, then when I wanted to dial into the interwebbeh it spontaneously =
rebooted! It makes me not even want to turn the damned thing on at the =
moment. The best way to fix instability issues would be yet another =
rebuild, but with no ADSL and my linux box not yet connecting to the wifi =
network, I’m hesitant. If I AM going to rebuild it occurred to me that a =
Linux build might be the way to go (PCLinuxOS?) but with the above required =
applications not working on Linux, I’m trapped.

A bunch of emails went around excitedly announcing the date 04/05/06 and =
the time to go with it at 1:23am. ‘It’ll not happen again for many many =
years’ they proclaimed!

But what about reverse numbers? Is the general public unable to easily =
comprehend them?

What about 08/07/06 at 5:43 and 21 seconds? I haven’t seen emails about =
this strange phenomenon as yet! What’s going on?