[S0122017]

I had to read it twice to understand. But it is early in the morning for me.

[S0122017]

Ping

[wolfpat]

The answer is .....42.

[mwyounce]

So, I could go to Free Republic and view the latest articles without turning on my computer?

[Kurt_Hectic]

I's amazing, I first understood the concept of quantum-computers when I read "Transit" by Michael Chricton :(

When they get it right there will be no limits for what a computer can do, I think...

[Tiny]

I was going to read this but then I decided not to, and somehow I understood everything that was in the article.

[glorgau]

The truth shall reveal itself in mysterious ways.

[Toby06]

They stole this idea from John Kerry's "Plan"!

[globalheater]

Plese explain the Zenon effect then :)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"A non-running computer produces fewer errors,"

How true! My computer hasn't made a single error while it's been turned off.

[beaver fever]

If I could surf FR with my computer turned off I could save a lot of time.

[Dustoff45]

Great Article - Now I have a new tag line -

A non-posting Freeper produces fewer spelling errors

[SIDENET]

"How about a nice game of chess?"

[Drango]

Inviting all geeks to come "fold" with other FReepers

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1582836/posts?page=1,100

[marvlus]

"A non-running computer produces fewer errors,"

Microsoft, are you listening to this?

[jporcus]

I am not, therefore I think

[mtbopfuyn]

I woke up this morning and the dishes still aren't done.

[rbg81]

The new design includes a quantum trick called the Zeno effect. Repeated measurements stop the photon from entering the actual program, but allow its quantum nature to flirt with the program's components - so it can become gradually altered even though it never actually passes through.

Knowing something about computer science, I find the above statement to be techno-babble. To be useful, an algorithm (implemented by a program) has to be defined, finite, and repeatable. The description given is none of the above. Just letting a photon richochet around(flirting with the program's components?) for some random period of time, until you get an "answer" is not a program. The above (based on this description) seems neither. It could also be a case of the journalist not understanding the technology.

On the other hand, qunatum computers hold the promise of solving combinatorial problems (like the Traveling Salesmen Problem) instantly. It would render the question, is P=NP?, irrelevant.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

There is a very high-level principle that says that something and its opposite can not exist at the same time. Smith can't be alive and dead at the same time.
Any science that claims that a "cat" can be alive and dead at the same time is invalid.
Particle physics is not a true science.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Nothing new... some of my best programs have never run. :-)

[Samwise]

I had to read it twice to understand. But it is early in the morning for me.

I read it twice and I still don't understand. I think it has something to do with "It all depends on what the meaning of 'run' is."