[sPlOrYgOn]

hmm
I dunno of any way to teach you what a scope is but to show you...

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

namespace blue
{
   int x = 3;
}

int x = 2;

int main ()
{
   int x = 0;
   {
      int x = 1;
      cout << "This is the value of x: " << x << endl;
      cout << "No.. this is.... " << blue::x << endl;
      cout << "Geez idiots this is.. " << ::x << endl;
   }
   cout << "You're all wrong.. this is.. " << x << endl;
   return (0);
}

well thats a little scope thingy...