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daaron

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4. True that. It's all very tricksy business.

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 08:19 AM

Jun 2012

That's what makes developments in quantum computing so interesting, to me - they're tinkering and hacking at nanoscale, guided by theory into the land of trial-and-error. It's like the heady days of developing I.C.s, except at no stage can any research happen in anyone's garage, this time.

Plus, it means number theory is going to get another boost - say goodbye to RSA, we get to invent new crypto schemes for machines that can REALLY crunch some effing numbers.

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Breakthru in quantum computing: salty nanoscale bar magnets! [View all] daaron Jun 2012 OP

Plus, Bose-Einstein condensates are difficult. longship Jun 2012 #1

True that. It's all very tricksy business. daaron Jun 2012 #4

Translation: A minor discovery blown up by big words. DetlefK Jun 2012 #2

Not all that minor. daaron Jun 2012 #3

Skepticism and excitement are both legitimate responses caraher Jun 2012 #5

Excellent - I was hoping to provoke a thoughtful response --> daaron Jun 2012 #6

From nobody to nobody ;-) DetlefK Jun 2012 #7

Fair questions. daaron Jun 2012 #8

re DetlefK Jun 2012 #9

ok daaron Jun 2012 #10

It all boils down to one question: "So what?" DetlefK Jun 2012 #12

See for me it comes down to "That's nice." daaron Jun 2012 #13

Actually, quaternions can be handy in "real life" caraher Jun 2012 #14

Yep. Quaternions do have some applications --> daaron Jun 2012 #15

"The domain of mad scientists?" Oy, spare me. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #11