If your next computer could be a quantum computer what would its behaviour be like?
Could such a machine predict user input before you've even input something?
If you owned a quantum computer..
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The Devlish Redhead
, mai 22 2015 10:10
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 10:22
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Quantum computers don't work like that. They're just better at certain tasks, like the ones that involve many permutations. You can actually buy one now.
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 10:42
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Quantum computers don't work like that. They're just better at certain tasks, like the ones that involve many permutations. You can actually buy one now.
Oh ok didn't know that...
I was thinking of something else .... I can't recall the program I was watching but they were talking about a computer and used the term "quantum computer" to describe a machine that could predict user input before you strike a key... I think it was something about time travel and a use of such a computer as a remote viewer..
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 12:45
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I was thinking of something else .... I can't recall the program I was watching but they were talking about a computer and used the term "quantum computer" to describe a machine that could predict user input before you strike a key... I think it was something about time travel and a use of such a computer as a remote viewer..
They weren't talking about quantum computers, they were talking about space magic.
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 12:47
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They weren't talking about quantum computers, they were talking about space magic.
That is probably correct... I think Morgan Freeman was the host
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 12:59
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That is probably correct... I think Morgan Freeman was the host
Heh 
Anyway, a quantum computer couldn't guess user input before they press any button or whatever. That isn't computing, that is precognition, plain and simple. What a QC would be very good at is stuff like password/encryption cracking based on the qubit-architecture's superposition principle (something which I do not understand well enough to try and elaborate), which is the reason why many national agencies are sponsoring QC development. 
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 02:34
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Anyway, a quantum computer couldn't guess user input before they press any button or whatever. That isn't computing, that is precognition, plain and simple. What a QC would be very good at is stuff like password/encryption cracking based on the qubit-architecture's superposition principle (something which I do not understand well enough to try and elaborate), which is the reason why many national agencies are sponsoring QC development.
Yeah, but we're just gonna use it to play video games and watch porn.
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 02:37
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You're goddamn right that's all were gonna do with it.
#9
Posté 22 mai 2015 - 03:20
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I'm a proud owner of a 100-150GBish Quantum HDD.
^ not mine, just for show.
It must be somewhere near...
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 03:32
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They weren't talking about quantum computers, they were talking about space magic.
To be fair, Quantum Mechanics is sorcery.
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 04:01
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I already owned a Quantum
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#12
Posté 22 mai 2015 - 04:04
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You better find this and destroy it before it decides to kill youI already owned a Quantum
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Posté 22 mai 2015 - 10:32
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It'll Quantum Leap through time and space.
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 03:15
The Devlish Redhead
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It'll Quantum Leap through time and space.
OMG one of the best ever TV shows
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 05:01
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It'll Quantum Leap through time and space.
#19
Posté 23 mai 2015 - 05:11
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Thank you for that....... Loved that show
Found this in the previews on the right ...
Used to watch this in the evening after school in the 80s...
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 06:20
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They weren't talking about quantum computers, they were talking about space magic.
My cell phone predicts what I am going to type before I type it, does that qualify as a quantum computer?
#21
Posté 23 mai 2015 - 09:05
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If your next computer could be a quantum computer what would its behaviour be like?
Could such a machine predict user input before you've even input something?
More than likely it'd end up turning into a sofa, an anvil and a ball of string...
Or am I thinking of the infinite improbability drive again?
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 10:38
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Yeah I did mean a quantum computer using quantum state particles as processors.. That's why I attributed the random effects in my OP...
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 03:38
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My cell phone predicts what I am going to type before I type it, does that qualify as a quantum computer?
It does not predict what you're going to type in. it predicts what you are currently typing in. This whole QC will know the answer for my query before I even type it in is not prediction, its precognition. Ergo nonsensical fantasy.
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Posté 23 mai 2015 - 04:13
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Mine BitCoins.
Lol BitCoins.
Naw, ... protein-folding.
