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Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

Posted by timothy on from the semi-un-non-deterministic dept.

pgptag writes "This talk by Dr. Suzanne Gilbert (video) explains why quantum computers are useful, and also dispels some of the myths about what they can and cannot do. It addresses some of the practical ways in which we can build quantum computers and gives realistic timescales for how far away commercially useful systems might be."

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  1. Post with unknown state by NoSleepDemon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Upon observation, this post has collapsed into the first post state.

  2. Oops...thought this was about Obama by bricko · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oops. Thought this thread title was about Obama....sorrry.

  3. Re:Video? by bhartman34 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that on the iPad or iPod Touch? :)

  4. Re:question: by tom17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Definitely commercial-only. The world only needs five quantum computers.

  5. Re:Perhaps by Whalou · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the contrary, observing the content of a folder would change its state.


    I'm not a quantum physics expert and I don't play one on television

    And if I did, the show would have been canceled.

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  6. Re:Perhaps by daveime · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you'd categorized your porn collection properly, it wouldn't need to all be in one folder :-(