Comment Wow! (Score 4, Funny) 82
Looks like the Monolith was discovered on Mars. For some reason I was expecting it to be found on the Moon . . .
try spotify.
Or IMEEM, which now has an iPhone app (although I haven't tried it).
Some Americans are not cowards and are not willing to sacrifice the very living ideals that make the country special for the petty illusion of 'being safe.' 0.001% of the US population were killed when the towers fell.
You're absolutely right that there is no reason to be afraid of dying in a terrorist attack. The chances are astronomically low that you will. Yet I contend that the additional security measures taken to "stop" terrorism are actually a good thing. Do you really think for a minute that security experts don't know the same statistics that you do? The point of additional security after 9-11 is not to ACTUALLY protect anyone, the point is to make the American public feel like they're being protected. Just as terrorism itself is theater, so must your response to terrorism be theater. It's a psychological battle. You're right that there is no reason to be afraid, but it's a moot point. After 9-11 there were 300M people who needed convincing, and simply telling them "the odds are 0.001%" is not going to quell panic on that scale. You and I know the additional security is just theater, but in this case theater is the correct response.
It's not about "not having a choice". Windows programmers aren't stupid, they figured out IDEs are far more productive.
To answer the question: Visual C++ Express is the one. Lightweight IDE, best compiler, most standards compliant, best debugger
I agree with everything you have said, as I also use Visual C++ Express and find it to be highly useful. However, be warned that in my experience it will occasionally crash, losing any unsaved data. Save often!
However, viruses cannot swap genes on their own. They can't even reproduce on their own.
So to stop swine flu from spreading, all we have to do is eliminate all of those host cells . . . Dagnabbit I'm a genius!
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred. -- Superchicken
