I am nearly positive that Apple's priority will not be making their chip platform compatible with other operating systems. Why? Because that has never been Apple's priority. Apple has maintained its pristine hardware/software environment by limiting its responsibility. I love my MacBook Pro for many reasons, one being that I can run many operating systems on it. Apple has already made its own processors and it knew when to outsource and expand. I am disappointed that it is limiting its vision and going backwards.

Isn't this in keeping with the findings of the Miller-Urey experiment? Lightning makes things happen. Pretty cool, if you ask me.

Wow. I can totally relate to your description of your days. I was recently diagnosed (am almost 40) and suddenly my whole life made sense. But, I had been clinically depressed for almost 25 years and nothing really "fixed" that. I am telling you, I spent a lot of time in meditation, ate healthy foods (even went vegan for a while), took every antidepressant you can find, and the older I got, the more I really needed to know the answer because it was affecting every aspect of my life, especially my work.

I started Adderall about a year ago and the difference is astounding. Dr.s use Adderall as a diagnostic. If you respond well (and they check your pulse and heart rate in addition to your feedback), then chances are that you have ADD and can be treated. That was the case for me. I got a second opinion, too. I didn't want to be "swayed" by any drug-related euphoria, so I took myself off and went to another Dr. - same diagnosis. I even had to take my school records, get family feedback, etc.

I never felt like I could do grad school because of this, but now I know I can. As a kid, I had psychiatrists wondering why I had so many problems focusing in school when my "scores" were so high, but all they told my folks was that I was bored and needed a challenge. I ended up majoring in Math, loved it, found it challenging, but still had a horrible time focusing - just exactly like you mentioned with the 5 minute or 30 second days.

I am in the process of a move right now and am in between jobs, so I cut way back on the meds. But I know that when we've relocated and I am working again, they will make a huge difference. I intend to finish that master's I started 6 years ago and know that I have something that finally works for me. Please go to the Dr. No matter what anyone says, it can close a lot of gaps and answer so many questions in your life. Good luck!

PS - I am an educator and am very comfortable working with kids with ADD. Many teachers aren't but many are. The importance of that skill is determined by the Principal (and many of those were poor teachers to begin with). So it is a dice toss about what kind of teacher your kids get. All I can say is that I wish someone had encouraged my folks to consider meds when I was in school. While I ended up getting my Math degree, I was in therapy every week so as not to "sabotage myself". I truly believe medication would have made a huge difference in the development of my confidence, success in school and self-esteem in general. Some kids have to take meds. I always knew I was intelligent and could never understand why I couldn't translate that into my life on a regular basis.

I remember when the Apple G4 and G5 were not allowed in some countries because they were considered "supercomputers". I think that qualifies as "shaking the world".

It's all downhill from here...

If your goal is to help your HS students find and appreciate Math in more ways than simply through Math curriculum, here is my all-time favorite list of titles:

Zero - The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife (ISBN 0140296476)
The Joy of Pi by David Blatner (ISBN 0802775624)
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (ISBN 0446670111)
Women in Mathematics by Lynn M. Osen (ISBN 0262650096)
The Princess Hoppy (or, The Tale of the Labrador) by Jaques Roubaud (ISBN 1564780325)
A History of Pi by Petr Beckmann (ISBN 0312381859)
An Imaginary Tale - the Story of (the square root of) -1 by Paul J. Nahin (ISBN 0691027951)
e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor (ISBN 0691058547)
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (ISBN 0553380168)
Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh (ISBN 0385493622)
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (ISBN 0486277240)

Finally, (don't laugh) for a 27-minute awesome trip, I have yet to find a student who didn't enjoy watching
Donald Duck in Mathmagicland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land/

I hope you and your students find any books or supplements you choose to incorporate into your program to be both enjoyable and enlightening.

Jobs canned clones and has made a concerted effort upon his return to legally develop and limit development of Mac OS to run exclusively on Apple Hardware. While often vilified, this was a brilliant move on his part to provide tighter data security for computers on the internet.

Complain about the restrictions, but know that Apple software is designed for, and runs perfectly (and incredibly securely) with Apple hardware. Microsoft (as a software company) is tasked with developing for every sundry component of a PC (self-built or otherwise) and is concurrently expected to maintain airtight data security. This is a very tall order that even open source has not been able to solve.

I am not pro-proprietary, but I am pro-data security.

Jobs is a visionary and many of us are hoping that his successor has at least half of what he brought to the table.

This is why I recently did quit. I am working on my skills and fortunate that I can get by for now. This post (along with its interesting comments) is extremely timely (and validating) for me.