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Even in C++ it's pretty trivial to parallelize a loop with openMP. The compiler could do it automatically but it's only a single line preprocessor directive.

But I suspect less so in china than the US. I doubt that a major part of the Chinese diet is exotic fruit flown half way around the world out of season. China does have oil reserve…

It was built by a Finnish company called Plustech 15 years which went bust and through a series of takeovers ended up as john Deere

You can if every thing they want to buy is made in your country. The US can't half the value of the dollar to boost exports because everything in Walmart that is made in China will…

That was the idea, and why MIT were surprised that most people were using it on their own. What I meant was that there was no market for a small college selling lectures online for…

I thought drug dealing cost money? Isn't that why they have to subsidize it with pirate videos - at least thats what the ad at the cinema said,

Surprised that MIT TAs haven't setup online sites where you can do the assignments for a fee. There's a business model for you!

I do think this is a genuine attempt to spread knowledge. Even being cynical there is no real downside for them. People will still want to go to MIT 'for real' and they will still …

Local bookstores seem to be booming. Amazon is taking out their competitors (B+N, Borders, Waterstones) while offering them a global marketplace to sell used books online. The ones…

The cover/spine out is a marketing thing by the publisher. Cover out sells a lot more books, so the publisher will insist on certain books being displayed like this, or prominently…