They're only blocking the more popular sites. You can still use Tor to access the blocked sites. And don't forget that if the ISPs throttle torrent file transfers, you can always point out that perfectly legitimate torrents such as Linux ISOs are being blocked. That's how I got Airtel to remove torrent throttling from my connection.

Visual C++ Express 2008. Its free. You get a good help (msdn) system. If you install Windows SDK (also free) you can 1. Create Console Apps - ANSI C/C++ and Win32 2. Create Win32 based windows/GUI apps 3. Create DirectX/Direct3D/Open GL apps.

Mod parent down. Win32 designed for Windows NT.

I work on Sharepoint. I consider IE a bug and user FF as my dev browser. And atleast 70% of the stuff works. What doesn't work is integration with MS Office.

Set the runtime tag in app.config. Problem solved.

Q. What's the biggest selling software on Apple computers? A. Microsoft Office Q. So why the surprise? A. MS, Slashdot..do the math.