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Comment Re:Drawing little arrows. (Score 1) 279

by speckledlemon on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:23PM (#45317907) Attached to: Why Organic Chemistry Is So Difficult For Pre-Med Students

Solving organic chemistry problems is one of those things supercomputers and massively distributed projects are set up for.

Unfortunately, not yet; algorithms for solving these problems typically don't scale well past 8-16 cores.

Comment Re:Wasn't that difficult when I went through it (Score 1) 279

by speckledlemon on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:21PM (#45317893) Attached to: Why Organic Chemistry Is So Difficult For Pre-Med Students

Or maybe it's just me. I found physical chemistry more challenging.

Usually it's one or the other, rarely both that people find "easy".

MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks 1217

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 11, 2010 @04:31PM from the at-least-it's-not-ipads dept.

An anonymous reader sends in this excerpt from the Salem News: "A new program at Beverly High will equip every student with a new laptop computer to prepare kids for a high-tech future. But there's a catch. The money for the $900 Apple MacBooks will come out of parents' pockets. 'You're kidding me,' parent Jenn Parisella said when she found out she'd have to buy her sophomore daughter, Sky, a new computer. 'She has a laptop. Why would I buy her another laptop?' Sky has a Dell. Come September 2011, every student will need an Apple. They'll bring it to class and use it for homework. Superintendent James Hayes sees the technology as an essential move to prepare kids for the future. The School Committee approved the move last year, and Hayes said he's getting the news out now so families can prepare. 'We have one platform,' Hayes said. 'And that's going to be the Mac.'"

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