Quantum Computing is reality!

[Dark Jaguar]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1...21,00.html

"WOW", I mean, that's like weirdness itself up in there.

And I quote:

The lining up of a nucleus parallels the encoding of information in conventional computers as binary ones or zeros. However, unlike a traditional bit, which is either on or off, the nuclei are subject to the very weird laws of quantum physics that allow them to simultaneously be in multiple states. In other words, they can be a one or a zero at the same time.

And this works? I've read about this before. As opposed to a line by line search, where everything is done individually, the computer could in theory use this multiple state thing to search search EVERY possible combination in some large computation at the same time.

I'm confused right in the glaiven...

[Great Rumbler]

I don't get it either...

[The Former DMiller]

I've never understood how quantum computing works, and I doubt I ever will unless I actually take a course in it or something. Pretty confusing stuff if you ask me.

[Laser Link]

Light, and it's hard enough to understand how a normal computer works. I never did figure out how those vacuum tubes worked. Of course, I never did try to figure that out either. :)