Zune hardware: failed, killed.
Kin hardware: failed, killed.
Shape-shifting display hardware: pending.

I'm just sayin'.

Who in the world spends more time with strangers with common interests than they do with friends?

Common interests are a necessary but sometimes small part of a friend. There are lots of other good reasons to befriend and spend time with someone.

Not a problem, just a fact.

I've used lots of mobile phones, and they all have this problem. If you put your hand in the wrong place, signal quality is degraded. So, this isn't Apple's fault, or ATT's; it happens with other carriers, as well.
Next, we ask, "Does it really matter?" Personally, I vote no. Adjust your grip a little, use a case, whatever. If it's really that big of a problem for you, I'd recommend returning the phone.

In short: What's all the fuss about?

When I was 12, I taught myself AppleScript from this Wrox book: Beginning AppleScript .
This is a great language because it's so much like English. You can guess a command and get it right.
Also, that was a good book because it teaches you something and then lets you test and explore it using examples. And the book is still a great referecne.
AppleScrpt is a good, easy way to become familiar with programming concepts. And it's got built-in tools for user interface work, so that part is easy.
Also, there's a lot of good help on the Web for AppleScript.

Good luck! -Nathan

Thanks for the reply!

Good observation!

I've noticed the following.

Schools seem to have no problem separating kids by ability when it comes to sports and athletics.
They have no problem with putting kids on 'bad' and 'good' sports teams.
The 'bad' kids don't get to learn from the 'good' kids, and the good kids don't get the practice from tutoring the bad kids (granted, there probably isn't as much value in the tutoring aspect for athletics as there is for academics).

If we put so much emphasis on 'fairness' in academics, why not in athletics?
Or vice-versa?

It just seems wrong to me.

I'm not a sock puppet.

I don't know how to prove it, but if you can think of a way, I'm all for it.

I haven't made any anonymous posts in this thread, I swear. I only have one Slashdot account, I again swear.

-Nathan

Also, I just thought I'd add:

A typical class period for us is 45 minutes, but some (I have no idea why they vary) are only 40.

A double-period is 90 minutes, minus a 5-minute break in the middle.

Again, double periods are much more productive. Most kids seem to do OK with a few of them a week, but I'd love more.
I'm not sure about the others, though.

Thanks for the reply!

Perhaps, if we do separate by ability, schools could work out some compromise like this (this is something we did at my Hebrew school one year):

Once every few classes, the advacned class could come and tutor the other class. That way, the lower class gets the benefit of one-on-one tutoring, as well as being with the advanced kids.
The advacned kids get the advantage of the extra practice of that comes with tutoring, and they get more challenging curriculum other times.

How does an arangement like that sound?
-Nathan

Thanks for the response!

Those are great ideas; I agree entirely with you.
I'll keep these things in mind.

As for the paragraphs, I tried, but whenever I pressed 'return', Slashdot just ignored it.
-Nathan