From: houston barnett-gearhart <americanpragmatic@...>
Date: 2008-07-28T06:32:07+09:00
Subject: Re: deaf grandma.

thank you, martin, for your reply. i took your advice & wrote an 
algorithm & it's been helping me along quite well. but, i've a few 
questions that arose while i was writing the program. before i get 
started, here's the program thus far: http://pastie.org/242167. i 
realize that the code is a mess & i probably did much more than was 
necessary, but like i said, i'm fairly new to ruby, let alone 
programming. by all means, please suggest how i could clean it up a bit. 
now, for my questions. foremost, after grandma's spiel about it being so 
long since she last saw you & how mother said you had a question for 
her, if you ask the question & you capitalize any letter in your 
question, the program ends. why is that? second, visually, when the 
program is running, it's not particularly fun to look at. i figured 
centering the text would make a bit more pleasing to the eye, but not so 
much. is there a string method that enables you to output whatever 
grandma is saying as if she is typing it in real time? if so, how can i 
implement that in my program?

that's the gist of my questionnaire. it's been frustrating, but as i 
figure things out by myself or through the hints people give me, i get a 
feeling of accomplishment. i understand that i'm just starting out & i 
shouldn't expect to have an elite knack to code in ruby, but i've been 
at this program on & off for 2 days & i'm not really getting all the 
results i've wanted. there's still a lot i need to work in. 
specifically, grandma's response if you give her initial question an 
answer that is not "yes," "Yes," "no," or "No," on top of the extension 
to the program, which is a whole other monster for the time being.

again, any help is appreciated.
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