GeorgiAg said:

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IIIHorn said:

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So, anyway …

Oxygen and Magnesium walked into a bar together.


OMg

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More exciting than when oxygen went with potassium.

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Ha!

It was Ok?

Helium walked in and ordered a drink.
Bartender said: "Sorry. We do not serve noble gases in this establishment."

Helium didn't react.

techno-ag said:

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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techno-ag said:

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ttu_85 said:

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techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it properly run Windows?

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Well, given nothing else does, probably not.

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3.1 ran just fine back in the day!

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That was really just GUI DOS though

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Exactly.

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By definition, Windows can be a pane.

GeorgiAg said:

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My guess is this is the same guys that perfected "cold fusion."

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Did they celebrate with a couple of Gin Atomics?

techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it run Windows?

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you have to reboot first.

Quantum Computer - A.I. for President 2028.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Microsoft as one of two companies to advance to the final phase of their rigorous benchmarking program

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Aaannnnnndd ......it's really DARPA.


Straight out of the old LifeLog playbook.

(and probably everything else we've seen for the past 70-years.

I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about, but here I go pretending:

Quantum computing is kind of like that sentence. It works backwards (basically) on a problem, all possibilities at once collapsed down to the one answer, like a big probability mesh with a spike to 1 at the result. Running a quantum algorithm on my first sentence would, in reverse, tell us that he would indeed, pretend to know.

Is this how we get Skynet?

ttu_85 said:

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techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it properly run on Windows?

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Well, given nothing else does, probably not.

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It doesn't matter. New operating systems will need to be developed for quantum computers, anyway.

^ This is more likely to become real far sooner than the 2300's.

Roddenberry missed it by a lot.

TheEternalOptimist said:

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^ This is more likely to become real far sooner than the 2300's.

Roddenberry missed it by a lot.

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Battle Star Galactica 2004 probably got it right. Besides FTL their tech was just a little better than ours maybe by 20 years. Those humans alll got nuked.

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techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it properly run on Windows?

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Well, given nothing else does, probably not.

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It doesn't matter. New operating systems will need to be developed for quantum computers, anyway.

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We'll probably use conventional AI to write an OS for Quantum AI in language that only AI can understand.

I'm sure it'll be fine though.

BigRobSA said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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My guess is this is the same guys that perfected "cold fusion."

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Best I ever got was lukewarm fusion.

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I get body to slightly higher-than body temperature fusion sometimes.

carl spacklers hat said:

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BigRobSA said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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My guess is this is the same guys that perfected "cold fusion."

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Best I ever got was lukewarm fusion.

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I get body to slightly higher-than body temperature fusion sometimes.

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That only tricks you. Otherwise known as con fusion.

AgSoccer2007 said:

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everything is possible now!

Microsoft has made a big step forward in creating a new type of quantum computer. Here's a simple explanation:

• Quantum Computers vs. Regular Computers: Regular computers use bits that are either 0 or 1. Quantum computers use "qubits," which can be both 0 and 1 at the same time, thanks to the weird rules of quantum physics. This allows them to do many calculations at once, potentially solving problems much faster than regular computers.
• The Breakthrough: Microsoft has developed a new kind of qubit called a "topological qubit." This isn't made from the usual solid, liquid, or gas but from a special new state of matter. This state of matter was thought up in the 1930s but only now has it been used for something practical like computing.
• Why It's Important: These new qubits are supposed to be more stable and less prone to errors. With this technology, Microsoft believes they can make a quantum computer with a million qubits in just a few years rather than waiting decades.
• What This Means for the Future: Having a million qubits could lead to solving complex problems in fields like medicine, material science, or energy, which are currently too hard for normal computers. This could be like the jump from old-fashioned vacuum tubes to modern computer chips, making quantum computers much more practical and powerful.
• The Catch: While this is a big deal, it's still early days. They've only managed to put eight of these new qubits on a chip so far, and there's a lot more work to do to get to that million-qubit goal.

In short, Microsoft has found a new way to build quantum computers that could make them much more useful and powerful, potentially changing how we solve big scientific and technological challenges in the future.

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Quantum computers is like String Theory, its a dead end to siphon funds for "research" from governments.

techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it run Windows?

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Can it upload a virus to the alien mothership?

techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it run Windows?

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For a while, until the updates stop supporting your printer/soundcard/mouse/etc. drivers.

Aggie95 said:

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I would say "explain it to me like I'm 5"....but in this case, I suspect that won't be possible.

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it run Windows?

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Can it upload a virus to the alien mothership?

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Ya got me there. That was a Mac.

Bill Gates pissed he isn't the richest man in the world anymore.

Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

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Is this equivalent to "more than 2 genders?"

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Great, a transcomputer. Self-identifies as an abacus.

ttu_85 said:

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techno-ag said:

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Yes but can it properly run on Windows?

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In gross simplification terms, imagine we have isolated a single electron that we can measure and manipulate. It is suspended in a medium or created in a superconducting loop.

That single electron is combined with a series of other isolated electrons.

Each electron and the parts that manipulate, isolate, and measure the quantum state of the electron is one qubit, or one quantum transistor.


While these individual quantum transistors are tiny, the hardware to do all the supercooling, measuring, and parts to make it up take up a lot of space.


A normal transistor can exist in only two states. On or off. 1 or 0. The power of qubits is that they can exist in any number of superpositions states of both at the same time, fundamentally changing how math can be performed as it searches through the varying states of 1 or 0 to solve a problem.


I think a weird way to picture how a quantum computer might work is from a marvel movie (with a giant leap of lateral thinking). Dr. Strange at the end of Infinity war is examining and searching through millions of timelines simultaneously to find an answer to stop Thanos. If he were to go and examine timeline by timeline one at a time he would never yield an answer fast enough. By existing in a weird state of psedo-magic superpositioning between all the timelines, he can come up with an answer faster.