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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing |
| Date | 2015-11-01 00:07 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <0n1ggc-fcf.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
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Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:20:35 +0000, jimp wrote: > >> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum >>> computing. >>> >>> But only if you act like a gentleman, both in style and content. A >>> scientific discussion. >>> >>> What say you? >> >> I say you will be incapable of anything other than cut and paste. >> >> Quantum computing is yet another pie-in-the-sky dream that is unlikely >> to ever become real like a cure for the common cold and peace in the >> Middle East. > > Quantum computers which perform "quantum annealing", used to solve linear > programming problems, are already in use. Much like the special-purpose > analog computers used in the 1960s for hydrology simulations and the like, > they are a harbinger of things to come. Such are special purpose devices, not usefull as a general purpose computer, and whether or not these things can exceed the performance of a traditional computer is unanswered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_annealing FYI there were general purpose analog computers. -- Jim Pennino
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Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 09:42 -0500
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-10-30 11:42 -0400
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-30 17:22 +0000
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 10:49 -0700
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Bobby Sifuentes <bobsif@academicinstitute.org> - 2015-10-30 15:46 +0000
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-30 17:20 +0000
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 18:32 -0500
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-01 00:07 +0000
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 20:46 -0500
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-01 02:22 +0000
Why make quantum computer ? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-11-01 01:40 -0700
Re: Why make quantum computer ? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-01 04:58 -0600
Re: Why make quantum computer ? dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-01 11:08 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2015-11-01 16:19 +0000
Re: Why make quantum computer ? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-01 16:25 -0600
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 07:57 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-02 08:06 -0600
Re: Why make quantum computer ? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-01 17:12 +0000
Why make quantum computer ? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-11-01 09:53 -0800
Re: Why make quantum computer ? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:11 +0000
Quantum "bits". Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-11-01 13:26 -0800
Re: Quantum "bits". Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:47 -0500
Re: Quantum "bits". R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-11-02 01:51 +0000
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:50 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-02 08:07 -0600
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-02 11:08 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:49 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-01 18:12 -0600
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:49 -0500
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Doc O'Leary <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2015-11-01 21:37 +0000
Re: Why make quantum computer ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-11-01 19:48 -0500
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-01 13:53 +0000
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 18:32 -0600
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 19:33 -0500
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 23:16 -0400
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 04:55 -0800
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 08:07 -0600
Re: Hey jimp | let's have a discussion about the progress toward quantum computing Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-11-01 11:13 -0500
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