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2006-02-24 Science & Technology

Quantum computer works best switched off

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Posted by phil_b 2006-02-24 04:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Get an answer when it's not plugged in and I'll believe it.
Has to have electricity? False reporting.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-24 08:41|| 2006-02-24 08:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously a federal study grant worth several million dollars earmarked by an Illini congressman.

Posted by Whating Flager4285 2006-02-24 09:22|| 2006-02-24 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 "A non-running computer produces fewer errors,"
Having just tried to figure out my taxes (on a computer), I can believe that.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-02-24 09:50|| 2006-02-24 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Send this to Kerry.
He will not run in 2008 AND he will say he has won.

Posted by Poitiers-Lepanto">Poitiers-Lepanto 2006-02-24 10:20|| 2006-02-24 10:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The new design includes a quantum trick called the Zeno effect. Repeated measurements stop the photon from entering the actual program, but allow its quantum nature to flirt with the program's components - so it can become gradually altered even though it never actually passes through.

Tantric computing.

Posted by .com 2006-02-24 11:16|| 2006-02-24 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Like the Arab mind, work best switched off.

Posted by SR-71">SR-71 2006-02-24 11:26|| 2006-02-24 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 A watch that has stopped will show the correct time twice a day...

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-02-24 12:36|| 2006-02-24 12:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I can feel my mind going.
- HAL the computer, 2001 : A Space Odyssey

Posted by BigEd 2006-02-24 15:08|| 2006-02-24 15:08|| Front Page Top

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