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Molecular Photography

Posted by michael on from the say-cheese dept.

med dev writes "An article at New Scientist discusses the latest in quantum computing - 1000 bits stored in the electron spins of a single polymer molecule. Add in a recent release of the how-to for the complete quantum computer, qubits that work, and it may not be much longer before Google is running on a server the size of a sugar cube."

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  1. Not necessarily a good thing... by Doctor+Sbaitso · · Score: 5, Funny

    it may not be much longer before Google is running on a server the size of a sugar cube

    "Hey Johnny, where did the new $100,000 server go?"

    "I don't know... I had it right here on the table!"

    "Oh shit! I put it in my coffee! That's why it tasted kind of funny."

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    1. Re:Not necessarily a good thing... by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      If I put a drop of LSD on it and put it under my tongue, will I become an index of everything on the internet?

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  2. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But these molecular photos are so tiny. I can barely see them without my glasses.

  3. 1000 bits... by Lu+Xun · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they could just fit 24 more on there, it would be a much easier number to work with...

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  4. 1024 Bits in a single Liquid Crystal.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Imagine what you could store in a 17" LCD

  5. Re:Regarding this "Quantum Computer"... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently quantum computers "borrow" exponential scratch space from some Hilbert space during computation. As far as I know, there's no one living in Hilbert spaces that it could upset, but I could be wrong. So at worst it's a victimless crime, like punching someone in the dark.

  6. does this mean what i think it means by Dylan_t_p · · Score: 2, Funny

    pocket sized google?
    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these
    "ducks"

    I wish my computer were the size of a suger cube, lan parties would be easy, just stick my computer in my pocket and go though a suger cube monitor might not be as nice.......

    "hey stop shooting at my I droped my magnifying glass"

  7. Re:It's turtles all the way down. by G-funk · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If I can fit four images on a single floppy disc, what if one of those images was of the floppy drive itself... Woah

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  8. This isn't quantum computing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a *really small* punchcard.

  9. Wow.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a RAID array of sugar cubes. That'd be sweet!

  10. Re:Popular science by PissingInTheWind · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... in order to have a Turing-complete system you need at least 3 loops on top of each other.

    Man please give me the phone number of your dealer: I want whatever you're smoking.

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  11. You are an idiot. by c.emmertfoster · · Score: 3, Funny

    if you want some details on how it's done, read my other post.

    Um... the other posts by username "Anonymous Coward" all involve a website called goatse, whatever that is.

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  12. Actually, we have a quantum-supercomputer... by tincho_uy · · Score: 2, Funny

    down at the cafeteria... or maybe it was just a box of sugar cubes?