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Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths

Posted by Zonk on from the small-steps-start-small dept.

Stochastism writes "In yet another small step toward realistic quantum computing Australian researchers have developed a light based 4-qubit quantum computer. It has already calculated the prime roots of fifteen, three and five. 'The quantum circuit pioneered by the Queensland researchers involves using a laser to send "entangled" photons through a linear optical circuit ... The Queensland research group acknowledged that the theorised code cracking ability of quantum computers may be why Australian quantum computer research is in part funded by a US government defence intelligence agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).'"

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  1. SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. 0You Fail It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:How many maths does it do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did you maybe notice that the word 'mathematics' also ends with the letter 's'? Is the joke still funny to you when expressed as "It does seven mathematics"?

  4. Quantum Computing Is Pure Unmitigated Bullshit by MOBE2001 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah. Quantum computing is both crackpottery and a fraud. Any technology that is based on the idea that a cat can be both alive and dead simultaneously is obviously voodoo science. Those QC fraudsters, especially that Oxford crackpot, David Deutsch (of zillions of parallel universes fame), don't even know why nature is probabilistic and yet they feel free to postulate all sorts of voodoo crap. As Feyrabend once said, "The most stupid procedures and the most laughable results in their domain are surrounded with an aura of excellence". Laughable indeed. ahahaha...

    1. Re:Quantum Computing Is Pure Unmitigated Bullshit by MOBE2001 · · Score: 0, Troll

      quantum computing is not just feasible, but is already happening as we speak in labs the world over, like the one in TFA.

      Don't you believe it. It's all lies and bullshit. They've been making progress announcements every few weeks or so for the longest. Nothing worthwhile has or will ever come out of it. It's a way for them to keep the money flowing in. And who's paying for it? We, the public, are paying for it. It's time that we, the public, have a say as to what is being done with our money. Are you listening, NIST? If you are invloved in this fraud you believe that I'm slandering you in any way, let's take it to court. Have your lawyer contact my lawyer. ahahaha... Come to think of it, maybe I should call my lawyer and ask him about filing a class action suit. ahahaha...