Pew Internet Project Study on Internet Non-Users
cheezitmike writes "The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a new study on the digital divide and the declining growth of the Internet: "Pew Internet Project tracking data show a flattening of the overall growth of the Internet population since late 2001. Internet penetration rates have hovered between 57% and 61% since October 2001, rather than pursuing the steady climb that they had showed in prior years." You can also just read their short summary of findings or stories about the study in The Washington Post and The New York Times (free reg.)."
There are many free C compilers. GNU makes C compilers for pretty much any OS. If you're talking microcontrollers, SDCC does a nice job with the 8051. There's a port in progress for the PIC series as well.
- "That's just the kind of fuzzy-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten."