5th March 2003, 10:06 AM
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:
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...
"WOW", I mean, that's like weirdness itself up in there.
And I quote:
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...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)