It happens eventually, step by step. What I'm talking about in terms of WikiLeaks censorship is the US gov't preventing US Army as well as US gov't employees from accessing WikiLeaks.

As for censoring websites from the entire world, I meant by it seizing websites that reside in the .com domain and preventing access to it not just for US citizens, but also for everyone around the world who may want to access that domain name. A country blocking a .com domain (Note that I'm not talking about seizing the actual site, because it may be hosted in the US but blocking the domain name itself means even if the site was hosted outside of the US).

The ongoing trend does not bode well for the freedom of the internet, and the US gov't, unfortunately, has been showing us worrying signs of intentions to control the cyberspace.

The problem with saying "We are still able to do this and this" is that soon you may not be able to, and as a non US-citizen, I care about this because it will affect the entire internet, not just, say, US newspapers.

Irony is: Hosting a World Press Freedom Day while censoring WikiLeaks and censoring websites from the entire world.

Programming mistake #0: Believing that your computer degree (Computer Engineering or Computer Science alike) automatically puts your code in a high level of quality.

Not to bring any academia vs industry argument, but many students miss the idea of a Computer degree with programming courses in it: The degree intentionally doesn't go to details because it needs to give you a background into a broader set of subjects. Industry needs one to be very attentive to details in that one thing he's doing at the moment.

Poor guy was just preparing for some massive debugging.

Who is the house owner and why this amount of explosives?

Google Earth having a new feature that's not Ion Cannon? Not interested.

This.

Although it seems Oracle may not have been completely evil in this specific case...

One day a lynch mob will go to Oracle's HQ and burn the place down.. deservedly so. I'm just amazed at how fast a company can become the no.1 villain in the Computer industry..

Join me, slashdotters, as I expand my life expectancy in that mud pit.

Actually Kuwait has an official newspaper dedicated to just doing that. Publishing all laws, new or modified, and making it available for viewing everywhere.

Where the hell do you bring this bullcrap from? Photography is one of the most spread hobbies in Kuwait, and many competitions and exhibitions are routinely held around Kuwait.
Don't you feel really sick inside when you deliberately twist all sorts of information just to show your hate to people who didn't do anything to you? What a low life.
Also, Kuwait publishes its laws, and every additions or modifications to it. In fact it has an official newspaper dedicated to doing just that. Kuwait a police state? LOL, you have absolutely no knowledge about things you write. If anything, Kuwait is on the opposite polar side of being a police state. Unless, you know, a country with a three letter acronym >.>

Too big to fail.

Some people would suggest programming languages or books.. etc
No, the issue at hand isn't what language to use, because that's something you decide after you determine what to do. You shouldn't determine the 'how' before the 'what'.
My advice? Find a daring project. Something you feel is very difficult for you to do, but you know can be done. At your stage I'd say it's not the method that's lacking; it's the interest.
Just do something fun and borderline crazy, go all out.