Quantum Computer

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  1. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    Hi

    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.

    anyways here are the clips i found:



     
  2. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    Quatum computing is confusing... a bit has 3 values (1, 0 or both at the same time)
     
  3. donkey42

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    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]
     
  4. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    BTW it's called a Qubit :) not like a conventional bit
     
  5. donkey42

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    wooooooooooo, mr correct, prim & proper[ot]we all knew what he meant[/ot]
     
  6. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    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.
     
  7. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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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 :p
     
  8. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    i can read this wiki page too
     
  9. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    but i didn't, cos i knew what he meant

    Edit: BTW: funny, LOL
     
  10. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    lol its the same on wiki but i actually got that info from this guy



    I've met him before :p
     
  11. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    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.
     
  12. donkey42

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    i think i've had his daughter, unless he's got a young wife, in which case it was his wife
    you don't want to, according to his wife / daughter, he's a total tw4t:chk:[ot]:chk: LOL:chk: [/ot]
     
  13. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    lol have you been drinking
     
  14. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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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 ;)
     
  15. donkey42

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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
     
  16. donkey42

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    obviously, i don't remember, but, i don't think it's that simple, but, i could be wrong, dunno
     
  17. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    Donkey you need to be Pimped, then you would get any hoe (not the gardening tool LOL) you want. I will gladly help out with the pimping lol :chk:
     
  18. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    yeah i know, i wasn't gonna go into huge detail, but i think i'm on the right lines :)
     
  19. donkey42

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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
     
  20. Pimp

    Pimp Captain of USS Defiant

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    Fair enough that's your decision, no one is forcing you.

    (btw we are heading down a more complicated subject (women) then quantum computing lol

    Let us get back to the subject

    Quantum computer you say, hmmm, how very interesting :D
     

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