OT: oh man!

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remember that little C proggy i whipped up that converts UNIX time? 
well, UNIX time is a signed number counting in seconds since january 1, 
1970. the problem is, since it's signed it lasts half as long! so i did 
a little test with my prog on my linux box, and 2147483648(the second 
immediately after January 19, 2038, 3:14:07 AM) was interpreted as 
January something 1901!!! why hasn't anybody fixed the kernel yet? i 
would, but on a dialup connection it'd take a long time, i have no clue 
how to compile the kernel and put it to use, and i'd have to wade 
through countless lines of code to find the one line...

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