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Research Team Makes Quantum Computing Progress
Timogen writes to tell us Wired is reporting that a research team is reporting that they have found a way to "controllably couple qubits" bringing us one step closer to quantum computing. "In classical computer science, bits -- or binary digits -- hold data encoded as ones and zeros. In quantum computing, data is measured in qubits, or quantum bits. As such, a qubit can have three possible states -- one, zero or a "superposition" of one and zero. This unique property theoretically makes quantum computing able to solve large-scale calculations that would dwarf today's supercomputers. But qubits in isolation are not very useful. It's only when they can be connected to one another that large-scale processing becomes possible."
The Ark. That's right: Noah's Ark.
It was a bit of a leap.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
The tri-state computer: Yes, no and "maybe".
Then again, every time I use Windows, I already have the hunch that this "maybe" has already been implemented. If only in software so far.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
There are two possible end states: the researchers made progress or not.
But until you actually make an observation by clicking on the link and reading the article, the outcome will still be indeterminate.
Slashdot's got an article that says "Timogen writes to tell us Wired is reporting that a research team is reporting that"...
Just junk food for thought...