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First Quantum Computing Gate on a Chip
An anonymous reader writes "After recent success in using quantum computing for superconducting qubits, researchers from Delft have formed the first Controlled-NOT quantum gate. 'A team has demonstrated a key ingredient of such a computer by using one superconducting loop to control the information stored on a second. Combined with other recent advances, the result may pave the way for devices of double the size in the next year or two--closer to what other quantum computing candidates have achieved, says physicist Hans Mooij of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Unlike today's computers, which process information in the form of 0s and 1s, a quantum computer would achieve new levels of power by turning bits into fuzzy quantum things called qubits (pronounced cue-bits) that are 0 and 1 simultaneously. In theory, quantum computers would allow hackers to crack today's toughest coded messages and researchers to better simulate molecules for designing new drugs and materials.'"
I know grammar has been taking a hit in society as of late, but now even our computers are blatantly spewing out double negatives?
We're not in for an unrough ride, gentlemen.
Not Jokes:
It's a Quantum Gate.... NOT!
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but how can they test it when the output is always either 0, meh, pfft or 1?
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
They're opening the quantum gates now? They're insane! Who knows what might pour out of them... I hope they're at least doing it on the moon.
The future of the human race is up to one lone marine now. Thanks a lot, scientists.
Dude you're getting a Delft!
Tribbles & Qubits: The new Pacman
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
*ba-dum-tsch* Thank you very much, I'll be here all week.
Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.
At home you will use these for ever more sophisticated rendering of artificially intelligent virtual reality porn.
At work it will be more useful in the advanced simulation of a mechanical process for imprinting letter glyphs on sheets of wood fiber.
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Hmm, seems like they've successfully performed a NOT on Moore's law.
Stop! Dremel time!
You'd never know if an article was a dupe or not.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
This is awesome no it's not!
Regex pedantry here, but you're being overly permissive - you allow semantically invalid words: as, ars & arss.
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...it's like I know I should be ticking 'Post Anonymously' but I just can't stop myself
Global symbol "$deity" requires explicit package name at line 2. - If only $scripture started "use strict;"
No they don't. The only matches are ass, ase, arss and arse, but your point still stands. When being a pedant, it's also polite to provide a correction. The regex they were after is: a(rse|ss).
At least tick "No Karma Bonus", please
There will be a small market. I think the world needs only 5 or so quantum computers.
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Come to think of it, arithmetic encoding is a bit like encryption... It was probably created to handle the high demands of the Microsoft Vista operating system.
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Or you could store the superposition of all possible recipes simultaneously. It would simply decohere into the one you wanted once you began cooking.
The trick is going to be figuring out the right first interaction to generate the recipe you're searching for.