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“superposition” – the fact that a particle does not have a definite location and can be in several places at once

"How can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all?"

Firesign Theatre circa 1970

1 posted on 09/16/2010 4:43:04 PM PDT by AU72
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Don`t make light of this but Obummer was in Kenya, Hawaii and Indonesia all at the same time.


2 posted on 09/16/2010 4:44:52 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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” Computers set for quantum leap “

And Windows will still take 5 minutes to boot-up in the morning....


4 posted on 09/16/2010 4:52:23 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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So when can I get a Chinese knockoff at Walmart? ;-)
5 posted on 09/16/2010 4:56:31 PM PDT by Dem Guard (Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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Computers set for quantum leap

Yeah but will that keep FR from crashing ;-)

6 posted on 09/16/2010 4:57:28 PM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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Bell Labs had a working "light" chip when I was there back in the late 80's. These announcements are interesting, but a dime a dozen, meant to keep the group / company in the headlines so the money keeps flowing (track some press releases from IBM).

"This property will enable quantum computers to process information in quantities and at speeds far beyond conventional supercomputers. But formidable technical barriers must be ­overcome before quantum ­computing becomes practical."

7 posted on 09/16/2010 4:57:52 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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Of course, special software and input-output devices will have to be developed to make practical use of the device.


And therein lies the rub. Any speedup due to parallelism on the CPU will still be slowed down by I/O devices and disk drives that don’t have equivelent, parallel capability. 1000 parallel tasks sharing the same resource will each have to wait their turn for the resource to be made available.


8 posted on 09/16/2010 4:58:04 PM PDT by rbg81 (When you see Obama, shout: "DO YOUR JOB!!")
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great news for one like myself who has yet to learn how to cut and paste on a toshiba laptop.

i definitely need a machine running 10x speed.

9 posted on 09/16/2010 4:58:04 PM PDT by mmercier (everything to everyone)
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10 posted on 09/16/2010 5:01:56 PM PDT by jla
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“in two places at once....”

If the chip in question also reports itself and its activities to 0bama’s cyber data warehouse, perhaps? DOJ? HHS? Homeland Security?

That’s 4 places. Then, there’s your PC.


11 posted on 09/16/2010 5:03:16 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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So, maybe I’ll be able to run my Microsoft Flight Simulator X with the sliders all the way up?


12 posted on 09/16/2010 5:06:49 PM PDT by Big Giant Head (Two years no AV, no viruses, computer runs great!)
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“No matter where you go, there you are.”

Buckaroo Banzai, 1984


13 posted on 09/16/2010 5:09:13 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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I can see it now. It’s 2018 and I’m testing out my iPad-7. I download the bootleg 256 bit decryption app and then use it on a file that has been floating around the net for a few years. That file is marked SECRET - OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PASSPORT AND SCHOOL RECORDS - ENCRYPTED.

Seconds later the decrypted filles pop up on the screen and I start to read ...


16 posted on 09/16/2010 5:24:48 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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"How can you be in two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all?" Firesign Theatre circa 1970

"We're all Bozos on this bus." Robert Gibbs

Not really, just Firesign Theatre, 1971...
17 posted on 09/16/2010 5:29:25 PM PDT by BikerJoe
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“Can I get Duluth?”


19 posted on 09/16/2010 5:30:23 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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OH NO - not something else I will have to learn. I started out in the “if you want a copy of something, don’t forget to use carbon paper” age. I still like remember all the DOS commands but this one may be the one that forces me to retire.


21 posted on 09/16/2010 6:04:57 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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An early application will be to investigate and design complex molecules, such as new drugs and other materials, that cannot be simulated with ordinary computers. More general consumer applications should follow.

Already there. You can have the fastest computer in existence but if your software is crap, you'll just get really fast crap.

This software is already quantum leaps ahead of others that try to do the same thing:
BlackLight has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Millsian, Inc., dedicated to developing the molecular modeling applications of classical physics (CP), solving atomic and molecular structures based on applying the classical laws of physics, (Newton's and Maxwell's Laws) to the atomic scale. The set of individual bonds between two atoms apiece of a molecule are known as the functional groups. The functional groups (Table 1) of essentially all major classes of chemical bonding including those involved in most organic molecules have been solved in analytical form. By using these functional groups as building blocks, or independent units, a potentially infinite number of molecules can be solved. As a result, Millsian software can visualize the exact three-dimensional physical structure, calculate physical characteristics of a boundless number of molecules of any length and complexity, and facilitate the engineering of new pharmaceuticals and materials at the molecular level. The results obtained in real-time match the experimental values typically to the limit of measurement.

Even complex proteins and DNA (the molecules that encode genetic information) can be solved in real-time interactively on a personal computer. By contrast, previous software based on traditional quantum methods must resort to approximations run on powerful computers for even the simplest systems. The Company believes that Millsian software represents a major breakthrough that may impact nearly all businesses involved in drug development, material science, and chemistry. Millsian plans to license its molecular modeling tool for use by a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, semiconductor, chemical, agricultural, nanotech, and any industry with products and businesses that will benefit from this improvement in molecular modeling. The Millsian competitive advantage includes rendering true molecular structures providing precise bonding characteristics, spatial and temporal charge distributions, and energies of every electron in every bond and bonding atom, facilitating the identification of biologically active sites in drugs; and, facilitating drug design. The Millsian 2.0 Beta software has recently been released, and will be initially marketed to the academic and pharmaceutical markets.

Additional types of bonding such as the ionic bond, the metallic bond, condensed matter materials, and additional major fields of chemistry given in Table 2 have been solved classically. The exact classical bonding solutions and the extension of the predictive capability as molecular predictions made by Millsian technology constitute conclusive evidence of the correctness of classical physics applied to atoms and molecules.

23 posted on 09/16/2010 6:39:04 PM PDT by aruanan
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Will it run Windows?


25 posted on 09/16/2010 6:51:08 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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“pull important information out of the biggest databases almost instantaneously. “

Uhhh.....chips are already faster than disks.


31 posted on 09/17/2010 5:44:06 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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33 posted on 09/17/2010 6:06:46 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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There goes all known encryption. It will be able to be cracked instantly now.


35 posted on 09/17/2010 6:33:11 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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