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Beginner's Guide to Quantum Entanglement

Posted by Zonk on from the in-case-you-need-to-make-your-own-universe dept.

No Fortune writes "Einstein called it 'Spooky action at a distance.' This article describes, in scientific layman's terms, how spooky action is created." From the article: "Normally the photons exit the crystal such that one is aligned in a horizontally (H) polarized light cone, the other aligned vertically (V). By adjusting the experiment, the horizontal and vertical light cones can be made to overlap. Even though the polarization of the individual photons is unknown, the nature of quantum mechanics demands they differ."

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  1. Jesus Zonk... by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...what the hell is the matter with you anyway?

    Throwing that kind of physics at us on a Saturday evening when you *know* most of us are half drunk?

    Bastard.

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    1. Re:Jesus Zonk... by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 3, Funny

      More to the point, it's 11:33 PM on a Saturday at UVA, and I'm reading about quantum stuff. I'm far worse than Zonk right now. :(

    2. Re:Jesus Zonk... by myth24601 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The ones that understand this stuff would never go out on a Saturday night... or Friday... or Monday... well, you get my point.

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    3. Re:Jesus Zonk... by Sir+Pallas · · Score: 2, Funny

      My level of drunkeness was a wave function until I collapsed.

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

    Did you mean: fleabiteus ?

  3. Zonk is Jesus?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lord help us... but anyway, you've got be half-drunk to even start getting quantum physics. Everyone knows that... well, they do when you ask, they didn't before you asked.

  4. In what? by Transcendent · · Score: 5, Funny

    in scientific layman's terms

    Ah, oxymoron terms... the best kind.

    1. Re:In what? by Dogtanian · · Score: 2, Funny

      Other /. oxymorons

      Slashdot stud
      Girl Friend
      Penetration testing

       How about....

      "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." :)

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  5. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been waiting for Teach Yourself Spooky Action in 24 hours.

    1. Re:Finally! by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've been waiting for Teach Yourself Spooky Action in 24 hours.

      It's right next to Brain Surgery for Dummies, Nuclear Power Plant Management for Complete Idiots, Intelligent Design for the Non-Intelligent, and War Planning for the GOP :-)

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  6. Great Article! by CynicalGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    +1 dugg

  7. Re:I have to be a god damn idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Listen, just align the damn light cones and quit asking questions.

  8. Einstein called it 'Spooky action at a distance.' by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 2, Funny

    I call it saturday night.....

  9. "Quantum Entanglement"? by artemis67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that what the geek kids are calling it these days?

    "Excuse me, but you stimulate the neurons in my hypothalamus. Would you like to come over to my place and study quantum entanglement?"

    1. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is that what the geek kids are calling it these days?

      Call it whatever the hell you want; geeks still won't get any.

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    2. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by Robotdog · · Score: 2, Funny

      I first read it as "Quantum Enlargement."

    3. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by Woldry · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, it only gets bigger when there's an observer. ;-)

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    4. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by d99-sbr · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be the classical interpretation. In quantum physics the likelihood is just incredibly small.

  10. Do not read the article before going to bed by Muhammar · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you do, they will find your wave function collapsed. In seven days.

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  11. Re:sigh, digg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You get better quality news with less dupes, better quality writeups, often humor, and just a better web experience in general.

    What???

    Since when has editing required no dupes, correct information, reliable and accountable sources or actual information (rather than advertising another product/site)? Keep up the effort /.!

    Besides with all the weed I smoke I need to read /. to remember what I read somewhere else yesterday/last week/last month. I also need to read it at least twice so that it replaces the brain cells that I lost last night!

    Since when has editing required no dupes, correct information, reliable and accountable sources or actual information (rather than advertising another product/site)? Keep up the effort /.!

    Besides with all the weed I smoke I need to read /. to remember what I read somewhere else yesterday/last week/last month. I also need to read it at least twice so that it replaces the brain cells that I lost last night!

  12. Re:sigh, digg by Tankko · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>The comments were 50% juvenile drunken-louts-at-school level and the other 50% were people who didn't understand the question.

    Exactly!!! And what is your impression of Digg comments?

  13. Re:sigh, digg by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep and even now when no one is on K5, it still loads slower than here.