Total Annihilation is a great RTS that still isn't quite outdone by its CPU hogging sequel Supreme Commander. Yeah, it's so old it will run with DirectX 3.0. Multiplayer won't work in Windows Vista or 7 without a boatload of firewall hacks (Probably why I'm still on XP), but its the best match of board-game meets video game out there

Otherwise, just Microsoft Visual Studio, because business still thinks that's the only game in town.

I still think those who complain about JavaScript being the only option don't really understand how awesome JavaScript is.

Heck, if you don't like coding JavaScript for the browser: port your language of choice to JavaScript! Then you can happily code in SmallTalk, ADAScript, MEL Script or whatever other codec you find more appealing.

Yes, its that flexible

Voting the idiots out is the only option (unless the day dreams of Bev Perdue become reality)

As I poorly stated previously, I don't advocate violence over a discussion. Much less over a law imposing a certain view of how one ought to behave on the Inter-webs.

But you must admit its a disturbing precedence for the government at the higher levels deciding formally (with the threat of fines, guns, prison, and all the force government entails) what really only needs informal discussion between neighbors and parents.

In so far as they would consider abolishing freedom of association: they are going against their oath to uphold The Constitution of the United States.
It suggests they don't consider their promise to the public when discussing or possibly deciding legislation. It suggests they think of themselves as rulers instead of public servants.

For example, if a corporation were to discuss defrauding the public as a way to solve a particular problem; people would generally be upset on finding out.
With a company you might have a choice whether to do business with them. But with government, since they have a monopoly on force (fines, prison, etc), everyone is subject and there is no other (safe) choice. People who don't have a choice about something they disagree with: well, they sometimes resort to more physical methods of argument

I don't advocating violence over something that's just being discussed: but it's perfectly reasonable why threats of violence would be a reaction in this instance.

The genius of Brendan Eich's language is that its so flexible you define new features and redefine existing ones.

There's a (Japanese) implementation of the Java JVM in JavaScript and someone else ported Apple's Objective C in JavaScript

Now personally I don't really care to use either of those (I'd rather stick closer to the actual language being used, and in this case JavaScript is the web), but I think JavaScript is more than adequate as it is

It's unlimited supply of modeling clay: don't complain just because you can't decide what to make!