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It's easy to Google "how do I compile this?" or "how do I install X program?" and get results. It is not, however, easy to Google "How do I use the Hartree-Fock approximation on toluene?"

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The top Google result for "How do I use the Hartree-Fock approximation on toluene" is this comment thread. Smashing!


Ironically, the top result for "How do I use the Hartree-Fock approximation on toluene" is now your comment saying this thread is now the top result! [1]

[1] http://i.imgur.com/8EiBm.png


Even more ironically, now the top result for "How do I use the Hartree-Fock approximation on toluene" is your comment!


Point made. ;p





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