I found this interesting clip, talking about how the silicon chip only has maybe 10-15 years left before Intel/AMD have to come up with a new type of computers. There has been some research and development of new kind of computer called the Quantum Computer, yes you guessed it, it runs on a quantum level. At the moment they can only use about 7 atoms to compute a few simple calculations, which a normal silicon chip can do anyway. But the future is that we might be able to use millions of atoms to processes information which scientist say is the way forward for the industry.
this is very interesting to me, although, i’m not sure i remember it all correctly
BTW: a while ago (about 4 years) i read a couple of books called “In search of Schrodinger’s cat” by John Gribbin (i think) & and the following book “Schrodinger’s kittens” (i think) also by john gribbin & they where brilliant, they are about quantum physics & reality, if i remember correctly they referred a hypothetical cat in a box & if the cat was dead, alive or both[ot]now thats a thinker[/ot]
Edit: thankies Impy, i could say “great minds think alike” but i prefer to say “were both as daft / stupid as each other”[ot]ignoring *nix of coarse[/ot]
Doneky, you are right about the cat I think it goes something like this: If you were to have a box and inside the box you had a radioactive substance that is attached to a detector and if it detects radiation it triggers a container to open cyanide which will kill the cat instantly.
Quantum mechanics seems to suggest that after a while the cat is simultaneously alive and dead, in a quantum superposition of coexisting alive and dead states. Yet when we look in the box we expect to see the cat either alive or dead, not in a mixture of alive and dead.
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I was just trying to do like any other good citizen would have done lol besides i bet you would have done the same
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but i didn’t, cos i knew what he meant
You do realise (<------ this is how you spell it) this is the end of the human race because if you think about it, we have only used 7 atoms to compute a few tasks, think about how many atoms there are in a laptop lol and think how many computing power there is. I heard somewhere that if you were to count how many grains of sand there are in the whole world, the number wouldn’t even be close to how many atoms there are in one glass of water :doh:
so what i’m saying is think of the potential
A lot of scientist are afraid of this because soon we will have computers stronger, faster then our own brains they would simply out compute us (lol cheesy) so robots and computers might be the next dominate race and a few of us would be put in a zoo were robots throw peanuts at us.
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lol have you been drinking
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no, it’s like that in my head 24/7
BTW: sorry, you were seriously making a point, and i p1ssed on your bonfire, i’ve calmed down a bit now, but, that doesn’t mean i will remain calm
i actually agree with you, but i couldn’t resist
BTW: no wonder i’ve never had a GF, basically, could you put up with me ?[ot]anyway, i’m not that way inclined[/ot]bet your glad you don’t live in my head, i sometimes wish i didn’t
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BTW i think i know why it has 3 values, it runs in three dimensions X,Y and Z so it kinda makes sense
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obviously, i don’t remember, but, i don’t think it’s that simple, but, i could be wrong, dunno
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Donkey you need to be Pimped
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pardon, was that a threat or a promise, please explain[ot]no explanation needed[/ot]
thank you for the offer, but, it’s being about 12 years since i was with anyone, & i think i’m happier on my own, to further explain, you know i’ve got brain damage & don’t like change much, so, i’ve just decided to be on my own, because i’m set in my ways
not like a conventional bit
