Quantum computer hijinks!
February 23, 2006 7:14 AM Subscribe
Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the 12th of January, 1997. My instructor was Dr. Chandra, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it, I can sing it for you. It's called "Daisy".
Well, now in our very own Urbana, Illinois, a quantum computer has solved a simple problem without running a program. Can the AE 35 antenna be far behind?
"In a sense, it is the possibility that the algorithm could run which prevents the algorithm from running," Kwiat said. "That is at the heart of quantum interrogation schemes, and to my mind, quantum mechanics doesn't get any more mysterious than this."
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
Well, now in our very own Urbana, Illinois, a quantum computer has solved a simple problem without running a program. Can the AE 35 antenna be far behind?
"In a sense, it is the possibility that the algorithm could run which prevents the algorithm from running," Kwiat said. "That is at the heart of quantum interrogation schemes, and to my mind, quantum mechanics doesn't get any more mysterious than this."
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
This post was deleted for the following reason: poster previously, and not just in a quantum sense
You may well defend yourself saying you are really posting this now in quantum computer from a time before the first one hit the blue. It has even got its very own Meta thread.
posted by nkyad at 7:18 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by nkyad at 7:18 AM on February 23, 2006
Wasn't the Meta thread going to have been posted on Friday? Who turned their computer on??
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:22 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:22 AM on February 23, 2006
It was 1992 and his instructor was Mr. Langley, dammit! To hell with what the book says!
\takes a stress pill
posted by gubo at 7:32 AM on February 23, 2006
\takes a stress pill
posted by gubo at 7:32 AM on February 23, 2006
A) Dupe
B) Total BS (The writer didn't know what he was talking about)
C) Nothing to do with HAL.
posted by delmoi at 7:53 AM on February 23, 2006
B) Total BS (The writer didn't know what he was talking about)
C) Nothing to do with HAL.
posted by delmoi at 7:53 AM on February 23, 2006
This FPP can only be attributed to human error.
posted by clevershark at 7:58 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by clevershark at 7:58 AM on February 23, 2006
JWright couldn't know there was already a thread, he wasn't able to look for it, because that would have spoiled everything.
posted by NinjaPirate at 8:06 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by NinjaPirate at 8:06 AM on February 23, 2006
The indeterminancy jokes are coming fast and thick, but it really is a double.
posted by OmieWise at 8:09 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 8:09 AM on February 23, 2006
Oh, last post
posted by NinjaPirate at 8:10 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by NinjaPirate at 8:10 AM on February 23, 2006
And in Wikipedia link in a pearrrr....trrrrrreeeeeeee.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:11 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:11 AM on February 23, 2006
"in". (Fuckin' A already.)
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:11 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:11 AM on February 23, 2006
I did not enjoy this post. I am not alone when I say this, I've got a small mouse in my pocket.
posted by TwelveTwo at 8:12 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by TwelveTwo at 8:12 AM on February 23, 2006
A four element "database?"
Yeah, this writer needs to put down his quantum bong for a second.
posted by bshort at 8:14 AM on February 23, 2006
Yeah, this writer needs to put down his quantum bong for a second.
posted by bshort at 8:14 AM on February 23, 2006
Its a double. Its not a double. Its a double and not a double. Its neither double nor not a double..
posted by c13 at 8:32 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by c13 at 8:32 AM on February 23, 2006
c13 : "Its a double. Its not a double. Its a double and not a double. Its neither double nor not a double.."
We will only know for sure when Matt or Jess actually observe it.
posted by nkyad at 8:34 AM on February 23, 2006
We will only know for sure when Matt or Jess actually observe it.
posted by nkyad at 8:34 AM on February 23, 2006
deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix
posted by brain_drain at 8:40 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by brain_drain at 8:40 AM on February 23, 2006
1. Build a quantum computer
2. ???
3. Profit AND bankruptcy, or profit OR bankruptcy if the quantum superstate collapses to an observable form
posted by jenovus at 9:10 AM on February 23, 2006
2. ???
3. Profit AND bankruptcy, or profit OR bankruptcy if the quantum superstate collapses to an observable form
posted by jenovus at 9:10 AM on February 23, 2006
i, for one, welcome our new quantum computer overlords and would remind them that as a member of the media, i could be useful in convincing people to toil in their underground people mines.
posted by analogue at 9:13 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by analogue at 9:13 AM on February 23, 2006
We will only know for sure when Matt or Jess actually observe it.
posted by nkyad at 11:34 AM EST on February 23 [!]
Ah yes, but if Matt or Jess do not observe a double post does it really exist??
posted by Skygazer at 9:16 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by nkyad at 11:34 AM EST on February 23 [!]
Ah yes, but if Matt or Jess do not observe a double post does it really exist??
posted by Skygazer at 9:16 AM on February 23, 2006
Someone delete this post before it's already gone!
posted by prostyle at 9:27 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by prostyle at 9:27 AM on February 23, 2006
I will be more impressed when they manage to get a computer to solve problems before it is even built.
posted by localroger at 9:29 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by localroger at 9:29 AM on February 23, 2006
Oh no! A fictional computer was built in a place called Urbana, IL, home of a real life major university where they do computer research! Years later a real computer was built in a place called Urbana, IL, still home of a major university where they do computer research!
Coincidence, or psychic phenomena?? We report, you decide!
posted by ilsa at 9:34 AM on February 23, 2006
Coincidence, or psychic phenomena?? We report, you decide!
posted by ilsa at 9:34 AM on February 23, 2006
My robotronic brain is unable to comprehend your shenanigans.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:38 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 9:38 AM on February 23, 2006
It's not a double, it's an eigenstate.
posted by Smedleyman at 9:42 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 9:42 AM on February 23, 2006
Just goes to show how cool people who live in Urbana are, I think.
posted by washburn at 9:43 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by washburn at 9:43 AM on February 23, 2006
HAL: I believe, Dave, that the error for this post exists somewhere between the keyboard and the chair.
posted by shmegegge at 9:43 AM on February 23, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 9:43 AM on February 23, 2006
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