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100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics
EricR writes "On December 14, 1900, Max Planck presented experimental results in front of the German Physical Society and announced that they could best be explained if energy exists in discrete packets, which he called "quanta." Today is the 100th birthday of Quantum Physics."
Would it be the 102nd? Or am I missing something here.
"I have a porkchop, you have a porkchop. I have a veal, you have a veal".
I didn't understand the impact of uncertainty until I saw The Crying Game.
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. -A. Turing
Happy Birthday Quantum Physics! :)
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
There is a finite probability that this will be modded up to 5.
As you can doubtless see from a second look, it all fits into place that Planck's announcement, which lead to other scientists further investigating the full ramifications of the theory, was the conception of Quantum Physics as we know and love it today. Whilst the title is obviously innacurate, the observation that today is Quantum Physics' 100th birthday is clearly correct, as it is broadly accepted that models of reality have a 2 year gestation period- a similar duration to elephants, I believe.
Sadly, though, Quantum Physics has not been too lucky in love, having had occasional brief flings with 50's icon Relativity, whom everyone would have liked to see it matched up with, but it never quite seemed to work out for them- it seems they just had too many differences.
Although we all wish Quantum Physics well, and it seems surely impossible that such a great catch would never get married (who knows, maybe good old Q.P will be able to patch things up with Relativity after all), it shall obviously not be having any anniversaries for some time yet.
Hope this clears everything up,
Tomble
Be careful! New moon tonight.
As such, there is a risk of discussions developing that involve people talking out of their
completely uninformed ass. Some of the most common symptoms of Quantum Ass-Talking Syndrome (QATS) involve the following topics:
If you feel the urge to discuss these topics, we advise that you immediately consult somebody who knows what the hell they're talking about. If further trouble develops, a dose of reality is recommended.
I would like to salute Mankinds greatest discovery, Qauntum Physics. This shows teh flexibility of the human brain
Sounds like your brain is a little too flexible right now. Go home and sleep it off, dude.
Wow, I guess that means that this is the 2-year anniversary of that story being first submitted to /. I'm glad to see it finally made it on to the front page. Congrats, EricR. :)
Notation reverses YOU!
Whereas of course,
In SOVIET RUSSIA,
RPN POLISHES you!
Although strictly speaking, that probably should have been:
In SOVIET POLAND,
Notation YOU! reverses
Whilst SOVIET RUSSIA has it's own method of doing these things, which didn't quite catch on in the west.
Sorry about that, everyone.
Be careful! New moon tonight.
It's a quantum thing. If you don't understand how 1900 - 2002 is 100 years, you need to go back to physics class. Schroedinger's cat would understand.
Republican Majority Leader, Trent Lott, made a birthday speech congratulating Quantum Physics with its 100 year anniversary, and fondly recalled when during the planning stages of the Manhattan project, scientists were considering building a weapon of mass destruction based on Quantum Physical principles.
"I can tell you now, I wish they'd picked Quantum Physics," Lott said, "If they did, I'm sure the world as we know it would be a better place for white people to live."
Are you on drug(s)?!! Why not?
It might be possilbe to use entanglement to send [instantaneous] information by using spin states, but until they solve the issue of seeing the states without changing them, much the same issue with quantum computing
God is teasing us. We cannot have our cake and eat it too. QP is just like this all over. If I was religious, I just might interpret this as a big Neener Neener Neener from the beyond. It is the biggest sign of a Teasing God since the discovery that zits appear mostly on the body parts most visible to the public. Does the act of observing a face cause zits? Nobel in there for somebody.
Table-ized A.I.
Quantum Mechanics is more than the kind of Physics that allows engineers to make locomotives. Its even more than what allowed us to land on the moon. As a warmer, we get nukes and the mighty computer. This physics promises us glimpses of the time the Universe was born, the quantum computer, time travel, teleportation, and many other things we have'nt imagined yet.
Naah, once we get SDI working and perfect Genetics, it's just Future Tech 1, Future Tech 2... for as long as we keep bothering with science spending.
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Benjamin Coates
...will it change?