Not sure why I forgot to post this when I was done last night, but...

yesterday (Monday, 08/21/2007) was quite fruitful, starting with the new bank account, then gaining a broader understanding of c++ and terminal, and shell scripting in general. Many questions regarding the usage of the book examples have now been explained when using them in conjunction with terminal - seemingly simple now, but unfortunately I found no reference that mentioned the connection in clear words.