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Comment They say it's blender under GPL and provide source (Score 1) 294

See the disclaimer page.

"GNU GPL:
IllusionMage is proudly part of the Open Source movement... Main program is based on Blender and released as an open source GNU license... Source code of these content and files is available to be downloaded from here (link to Blender source file).
"Intellectual Property Rights:
Images are either under GPL or released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic. Screenshots are attributed to Blender.org."

Politics

Submission + - New mega-leak reveals Middle East peace process (guardian.co.uk)

An anonymous reader writes: There's been yet another mega-leak, this time of 1,600 papers describing the Israeli/Palestinian peace process negotiations. It's independent of Wikileaks and came to light via al-Jazeera, showing perhaps that the mega-leak meme is here to stay whatever happens to Assange. The papers show a weak Palestinian side offering ever greater concessions to Israel, which flatly rejected this as being insufficient: 'We do not like this suggestion because it does not meet our demands,' Israel's then foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, told the Palestinians, 'and probably it was not easy for you to think about it, but I really appreciate it'.
Cellphones

Microsoft Kills the Kin 351

adeelarshad82 writes "The Microsoft Kin is dead, or at least it doesn't have a future as a standalone product. Microsoft released a statement suggesting that it's cutting bait on the Windows Phone 7 spinoff and folding the project's staff and technologies into the main body of Windows Phone 7. For now, it seems like Verizon Wireless will continue to sell Kin phones. But with the Kin team essentially disbanded, it's hard to see future updates and support for the line being a priority within Microsoft."

Comment Not Uncommon; Not Really a Big Deal (Score 1) 417

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?

Comment At age 12, I taught myself AppleScript. (Score 1) 799

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

Comment Re:A Kid's (7th Grade) Opinion (Score 1) 1073

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.

Comment Re:A Kid's (7th Grade) Opinion (Score 1) 1073

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.

Comment Re:A Kid's (7th Grade) Opinion (Score 1) 1073

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

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