Programmable Quantum Computer Created

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 26, 2009 @04:41AM from the four-out-of-five-ain't-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines. Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks. Other researchers say the system could be scaled up. 'The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.'"

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Re:Could be worse... by DiegoBravo · 2009-11-26 06:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And is better than the probability of total Linux hardware support for any random pc/laptop!
Re:79% accuracy ... by tomhudson · 2009-11-26 08:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

... you notice that it's backed up by similar interviews on video all over the net? Americans who think that the US invaded Israel, who point to Australia and think it's Iraq, etc...
Just because it's satire doesn't mean it isn't true - satire is used to expose truth, not hide it.