Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing 109
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."
Post with unknown state (Score:5, Funny)
Oops...thought this was about Obama (Score:3, Funny)
Video? (Score:1, Funny)
What video? There's no video on that page, only a huge blank gap sponsored by Adobe.
Re:Video? (Score:4, Funny)
Schrodinger's laptop (Score:3, Funny)
Re:question: (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe in the future, a Quantum Computer running Windows x.x will be able to harness its power to show the contents of a folder in less than the 30 seconds it takes now.
Re:Perhaps (Score:4, Funny)
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.
Re:Perhaps (Score:5, Funny)
If you'd categorized your porn collection properly, it wouldn't need to all be in one folder :-(
Re:Irony? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Perhaps (Score:3, Funny)
Here we are having fun and you have to go throw your superior hardware in our face.
I bet you're real fun at parties.
Re:The real question is (Score:2, Funny)
At some point this becomes truth...
http://www.xkcd.org/538/ [xkcd.org]
Re:Who is going to watch this? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:question: (Score:3, Funny)
Geez, thanks for ruining a good meme with facts. Next thing you know we'll find out all those cats have been misquoted time and time again.