IBM Tech Detects & Changes Spin of Single Electron

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IBM Tech Detects & Changes Spin of Single Electron

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @01:55AM from the i-got-hundreds-of-those-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like we have another step forward in Quantum Computing - IBM has discovered how to detect and change the spin of a single electron. Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems. "

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Misread this... by NoMoreNicksLeft · 2004-09-21 01:57 · Score: 5, Funny

IBM Detects and Changes Spin of Single Election.

Damn you Taco, and your politics section, it's corrupted my mind!
1. Re:Misread this... by geoffspear · 2004-09-21 03:11 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I thought it said "erection". Damn you, spam!
  
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Well by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 01:58 · Score: 4, Funny

... are they certain?
1. Re:Well by apikoros · 2004-09-21 02:01 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Only Heisenburg knows for sure!
Politicians everywhere are terrified! by CFD339 · 2004-09-21 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny

If spin can be measured in a meaningful way, the entire future of politics is suddenly up for grabs. Imagine a "spin detector" built into the home television!

Wow. "You spin me right round, baby right round, like a record baby, right round, round round...."

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1. Re:Politicians everywhere are terrified! by savagedome · 2004-09-21 02:01 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  "You spin me right round, baby right round, like a record baby, right round, round round...."
  
  I HATE YOU. This is stuck in my head for the rest of the day now. DAMN YOU
  
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I'm uncertain about the article. by glrotate · 2004-09-21 02:00 · Score: 4, Funny

How can we know it's so?
Interesting.. by Marco_polo · 2004-09-21 02:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Electron 1: Oh my god! they've found us! what can we do? we are doomed!

Electron 2: Oh stop being so negative

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1. Re:Interesting.. by Colonel+Cholling · 2004-09-21 02:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  One atom says to another, "I think I lost an electron."
  
  The second atom says, "Are you sure?"
  
  The first atom says, "Yes, I'm positive."
  
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This could lead to incredibly high storage density by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 02:02 · Score: 5, Funny

But they will have to dramatically increase the seek time of cats before this tech will be usable as a hard drive replacement.
NO FAIR! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 02:02 · Score: 5, Funny

You changed the outcome by measuring it!
What's next? by Pig+Hogger · 2004-09-21 02:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Overspinning electrons to overclock systems?
Re:So is IBM by twiddlingbits · 2004-09-21 02:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Nope. SCO still owns that title and will for a VERY long time. It's just that now IBM can measure the spin and quantify it with a number.
No by missing000 · 2004-09-21 02:08 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm quite sure the cat knows as well.
1. Re:No by martinX · 2004-09-21 02:25 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The cat's dead. Maybe.
  
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You keep using that word by American+AC+in+Paris · 2004-09-21 02:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems.
Were he still alive, Andre the Giant would have something to say about this sentence.

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Won't be long? by ThatsNotFunny · 2004-09-21 02:26 · Score: 4, Funny

Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems.

Who's this "we"? I still can't get my VCR to stop blinking 12:00...

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I'll help you get it out by rumblin'rabbit · 2004-09-21 02:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Ready? Sing after me...
Green acres is the place to be
Farm living is the life for me
Land spreading out so far and wide
Forget Manhatten, just give me that country side
No need to thank me.
Heisenberg gets stopped... by schon · 2004-09-21 03:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Heisenberg is driving his car, when he gets pulled over by a cop. The cop asks him "Do you know how fast you were going?"

To which Heisenberg replies "No, but I know where I am!"