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I don't know, but in my experience, almost all HPC (scientific computing, seismic imaging, etc) work is done in linux environments. So what gives?

So maybe capitalism is very sub-optimal with respect to encouraging software progress? Microsoft's incentive is evidently not to contribute to open standards. I guess capitalism wi…

So when are we ever going to see an optical version of some universal interface? Maybe the components are still too expensive?

Referring Ivy Bridge as a `3D chip', sounds a lot like regurgitating Intel's marketing hype. It sounds silly.

I agree. I'm a phd student in math, and am good at it. The main course I took where I _got_ it was a proof-based course on advanced (abstract) linear algebra. The book used was lin…

I just started up Pandora, Tom Waits was playing, and I was interested in the song, so I googled it. When the first site I clicked loaded, it popped up a Flash based box asking me …