yeah, we've been having way too many plane crashes lately. I think that last one was due to ice build up on the wings and tail fin...
probably the worst accident in my tiny town was the time someone left a can of gasoline on their back porch in full sun and it exploded and set the house on...
Yeah, I already knew C, so php was pretty easy to learn. That's what I know best, so that's what I voted for. I like php alot for it's database support too, there's a lot of cool (and not so cool) things you can do with it.