tylero
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Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
Here's a fun (and pretty long) podcast interview with Klaus and Guido: http://jeffrubinjeffrubinshow.com/episode/16-settlers-of-cat...
Comment · 13 years ago
We'll be posting the EPUB and MOBI files shortly. You'll get those soon.
Comment · 13 years ago
Soil transmitted helmiths (aka worms) are a huge medical burden on the world. CDC estimates more than 1 billion people are infected.
Comment · 13 years ago
We'll have some entirely new Scratch books with "harder" projects in the Fall, I hope. Physics simulations, geometry, math and science-oriented projects, not just games.
Some great new authors working on those, and not just Scratch too, but some "real languages".
But sadly, the 2nd edition of Super Scratch will probably just be an update to stay relevant, not an overhaul.
I hope that Edmond, the author of that first edition, will write a second book, but that depends on his time. You can check out some of his other Scratch projects here: http://scratch.mit.edu/users/LEAD/
Comment · 13 years ago
Indeed! Don't let that stop them from having fun, though.
For the book, you can still download 1.4:
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4_download
And all the games should still work in the new 2.0 interface too; it's an overhaul of the development environment, with backwards compatibility. (I'm updating the book now for 2.0, I edited it.)
Comment · 15 years ago
No, though it's helpful to have some exposure or be eager to learn in the later chapters.
The authors explain how several MSF modules work, show you how to create your own, for example.
Comment · 15 years ago
When I was working a booth at Wondercon, an 11-year-old girl picked up a copy of the Manga Guide to Electricity and told me, "Reading this book was fun!" Made my day. (I edit the series.)
Comment · 16 years ago
Apple explicitly claims the trademark in their press releases.
Comment · 17 years ago
Yes, you're quite right that there is an important distinction to make there.
To clarify one point: Authors typically make their royalties on the wholesale price--that is, the actual cash publishers receive from booksellers like B&N and Amazon. For a printed book, that might be 50-60% of the list price ('sticker price').
The actual retail price, wholesale price, and list price are all related. A higher list price does result in a higher wholesale price, which in turn affects the royalty payment.
Comment · 17 years ago
Your initial claims here don't follow: Lower prices certainly do have an affect on author's income. Authors receive a royalty based on a wholesale price, which is (normally) directly related to the price you pay as a consumer.
Publishers' and authors' interests are fundamentally aligned. Volume and pricing affect everyone in this equation. It seems like they should be the ones discovering and ultimately setting the right price/volume ratio, not Amazon.
(I have no idea what you're driving at in your last two sentences.)
http://opengarages.org/handbook/