Developers can stop using flash and end-users should uninstall it. There is already a solution out there and it is called javascript. 90% of the things you can do in flash can easily be done using javascript, jquery, or some other javascript framework. For the remaining 10%, HTML 5 will be able to handle most of it (canvas tag, videos, better form support, etc), and the remainder of things that javascript/html can't do that flash can do (if there is anything), is not even worth implementing in a website. Since javascript and HTML is all open and much easier to work with, I foresee flash and silverlight on the decline. This especially holds true when HTML 5 is fully supported in most people's browsers.

Cook. Become a chef! It will satisfy your needs.

Just to note, the USASpending.gov website uses PHP for it website, data feed, and I'm sure a lot of processing behind the scenes. This goes to show that PHP is great for fast deployment of technologies, is very flexible, and can withhold large scale applications as long as they are created correctly.

I've had many technical support jobs, helping employees and friends and family. I ended up in your position and didn't know how much longer I could handle it. What I did is got my B.S. in computer science at a good school and now my full time job is working for myself doing web development. You will not go wrong learning databases and web development and if you get good at it you will be able to work anywhere, anytime, and basically for whoever you want. Also, we all know that web applications and "cloud computing" is the new face of the Internet and still in its infant stages and has plenty of room to grow. Having your degree in computer science can land you other types of jobs doing productive work (even if you decide you don't like web development) and you get a great sense of accomplishment for the type of work you choose to do (possibilities are pretty much limitless). Hope this helps.

This is hilarious that they made Saddam watch South Park over and over again. As long as Saddam was a tyrant responsible for many deaths in his own country, he completely deserved this to say the least.

This doesn't surprise me... anything utilizing the technology (if you want to call it that) of Silverlight is bound to be a disaster. Netflix should definitely act appropriately if they're receiving this many complaints or else it will do more harm than good.

There are some good automated security scanners out there. For instance: Nesses/Nikto, WebScarab with proxmon, portswigger, and you can even go as far as using 3rd party companies such as HackerSafe.com or SecurityMetrics.com. Even though this doesn't give you a 100% fail-safe security scenario (*cough* nothing does and probably never will), it at least helps decrease the chances of common and even some more uncommon attacks such as SQL injections, overflows, man-in-the-middle attacks, etc. You also obviously have to write secure code and keep all of your software up to date (especially open source software). This is not only true for PHP, but for all programming languages. You should also try using BSD since you have a LAMP system. Some other good sources of information: http://www.webappsec.org/ http://www.owasp.org/ Hope this helps...

Web development is a nice and diverse field to get in to. The direction web development is heading should provide good job security... you will just need to learn how to use javascript/ajax, some server side language, SQL, and HTML/CSS. By having to handle multiple technologies in web development, your job doesn't seem as monotonous as going through some C# code all day fixing bugs or writing modules. You can also dive in to doing some graphics/ui design in the web development field if you're in to that sort of thing. I have a B.S. in computer science degree at Purdue University and I enjoy web development much more than working on desktop/other standalone applications all of the time.