While I was doing some repairs to my Ubuntu machine, I decided to try out Scribus on the Mac. It's pretty good, with a few glitches here and there. However, then my Mac also started having trouble - hanging and whatnot. I don't blame that on Scribus. However, after one particularly traumatic restart, I discovered that my System Preferences were largely reset, as were my preferences in Firefox and several other apps. Meanwhile, my work in Scribus was completely gone - both the original file and the .bak file were turned to gibberish, as if they were binary files. I've looked them over in vim and several other text editors, and there's nothing even remotely recognizable. I've given up hope of recovering them, but can anyone at least explain what happened?
Steve -- All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. - Alexis de Tocqueville
