Quantum Computing Leap

[DanDaManJC]

And so it's begun, apparently a research team has developed a way to use entangled photons as qubits under normal temperatures and pressures, bringing full fledged quantum pcs within reach in 10 years rather than 25. Sweet stuff.

correct FT article:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c0a68b0-c1bc-11df-9d90-00144feab49a.html
http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=44253

sub article:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c0a68b0-c1bc-11df-9d90-00144feab49a.html

 

[her209]

Dtmwtmp?

 

[olds]

We've had this in the Elite forum for at least a year.

 

[gar3555]

We've had this in the Elite forum for at least a year.

damn it olds...you need to share with us lowly scum once in a while

 

[DanDaManJC]

We've had this in the Elite forum for at least a year.

I updated the op with the correct link... but this new research was just published today. yeah, discussion around quantum computing is nothing new, but this apparent research breakthrough is new news

 

[mmntech]

Yes, but will it run Crysis 10?

 

[DanDaManJC]

Yes, but will it run Crysis 10?

we'll see in 50 years?

 

[Jeeebus]

it's all fun and games until Dr. Sam Beckett steps into the particle accelerator... and vanishes.

 

[Triumph]

Sooo...will this make the internet faster? Because that's all I use a computer for anyway.

 

[Eli]

it's all fun and games until Dr. Sam Beckett steps into the particle accelerator... and vanishes.

LOL.. My thoughts exactly.

 

[disappoint]

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 16, 2010 — A new approach to computing that uses a quantum optical chip could soon be used to perform complex calculations that cannot be done by today's computers, according to an international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol.

Fuck, they get progress in Bristol and we get Bristol Palin. FUCK! Fucking uneducated, immoral low IQ inbred fucking retarded corrupt mofos.

 

[Cogman]

 

[TridenT]

Ok.

 

[Yeem]

Quantum computer ->
Me tossing together some code incorporating reflection, evolutionary algorithms and some other fancy heuristics ->
Skynet ->
Profit?

 

[dainthomas]

Yawn. Call me when you can upload my consciousness into a T-X.

 

[PokerGuy]

Will this make porn load faster?

 

[Cogman]

Will this make porn load faster?

It will make it arrive before you ask for it. (however, the contents will be unknown until you open up the file.)

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

It will make it arrive before you ask for it. (however, the contents will be unknown until you open up the file.)

It's like Chat Roulette, with about as many dicks but actually has naked females involved too.

 

[Cogman]

It's like Chat Roulette, with about as many dicks but actually has naked females involved too.

Well, technically it will be both dicks and females. It isn't until the file is opened that one reality is chosen.

 

[rstove02]

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator, and vanished.

He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al; an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

Edit: Damn, Jeeebus beat me to the punch.

 

[PingSpike]

Ziggy says there's a 98% probability that this shit will just be used to download more porn anyway.

 

[Malak]

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator, and vanished.

He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al; an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

:hmm::sneaky:

 

[Triumph]

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator, and vanished.

He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al; an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

Edit: Damn, Jeeebus beat me to the punch.

Is that really what that show is about?

 

[Malak]

Is that really what that show is about?

Basically he finds himself in the body of another person and his assistant, going by historical information, determines what mistake that occurred in the near future of this person that needs to be corrected. His assistant is able to communicate with him, and only him. Once resolved, he automatically gets shifted to another individual in another time. Unfortunately the process is entirely uncontrollable and he has no way of getting back to his body and timeline, although in a couple of episodes this does happen. He even jumps into the body of his assistant once in his past. It is an interesting show, to say the least.