21st International Olympiad of Informatics Opens, In Bulgaria and Online

Kostadin Vodenicharov writes "The International Olympiad in Informatics is considered one of the most prestigious programming contests in the world. Currently the 21st IOI is being held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (which was the country that also hosted the 1st IOI), from 8th to 15th August. High school students from all over the world have gathered to put their programming skills to the test. Everyone else who wishes to participate can do it in the online contest which will run in parallel with the real one and will present the same tasks to be solved. The competition itself is going to take place on Monday 10th August and Wednesday 12th August from 9:00 to 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)."

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It is genetic.

[Anonymous Coward]

The IQ tests are quite clear on this matter. The average IQ of Africans and African-Americans is about 20 points lower than the average IQ of Europeans and Japanese.

Japan suffered 2 nuclear bombs and nearly non-stop firebombing during 1945. The Japanese were literally starving on the day of surrender in 1945. From this devastation, the Japanese transformed a barren rock into the 2nd richest nation on the planet.

The Africans completely destroyed their own societies -- despite a wealth of natural resources.

The utter failure of African society is not due to racism. The failure is due to shockingly lower intelligence.

Re:Testing architecture and design

[hvm2hvm]

If you know your algorithms you can do whatever the fuck you want in informatics (or computer science if you like that term better). All that mambo jumbo about teamwork, architecture and design is something to make people who can't code feel like they know something. I know this sounds like a troll but that's how I feel about this subject.