In any system where work is queuing up, the response time of the system is likely to be dominated by the queueing time, rather than any garbage collection pauses.

They would be dominated not by the best, most relevant and helpful websites, but by whatever businesses cracked the mystery code and slid their site onto page one.

If Brazil's economy is to benefit from oil, rather than be dominated by it, a big chunk of the proceeds should be saved offshore and used to offset future recessions.