ok sweet im in some college classes right now including data communications and java. i took a semester in vb last year which helped a little but it was only an introduction. i bought a c/c++ book, redhat linux 7.0 bible (i put linux on an old HP...now its actually worth having around ) and then a security book for linux (what with shells and all that...) i actually liked c/c++ and filled a whole note book with notes that i could take with me wherever. do you guys have any books you would recomend? and are internships worth having?