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Carefully. Isn't that what the "C" in VCR stands for?
Marc
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Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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by applying the & 0x05 op on the media ...
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I just love that kind of article, like this one in the news section today.
In 1980 I read the cover article from this magazine[^] about the new 16 bit processors (Like the MC68k and Intel 8086  ). They wrote that these processors are awesome and will help us solve the last mysteries of the universe, but will be far too expensive and powerful for normal users. Around 1988 I read a similar article about the new 80486, singing very much the same song.
So what will quantum processors bring? Of course they will solve the last mysteries of the universe. They are awesome, but far too powerful and expensive for normal users.
And a few years later we will be posting cat pictures faster, in more colors and higher resolutions than ever before with them.
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I don't know - but I suspect Pr0n will probably be involved.
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Why not? The last mysteries of the universe may be important, but it's just as important that the same tech can be used to bring a little fun and entertainment into some people's life, no matter if it's by sharing cat pictures or playing some games. Even Pr0n, as long as there is no abuse or criminal activity involved.
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Indeed - historically, just about every technical advance is very quickly turned to the subject!
The Romans had pornographic oil lamps - presumably so you could see what you were looking at 
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OriginalGriff wrote: The Romans had pornographic oil lamps - presumably so you could see what you were looking at
More like a shadow theater (hope that's the right word), maybe?
Edit: Much simpler: Decorated oil lamps that probably were used to get into the right mood.
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CodeWraith wrote: we will be posting cat pictures faster
No, because the cat disappears if you see it.
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Ah, Schrödingers cat pictures!
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Schrödinger's lolcat
modified 13-Sep-18 21:01pm.
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Chess.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Yes, all possible combinations of moves all at once in quantum states.
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Well, more specifically it will answer this question with one word:
"Can a perfectly played game be won?"
The chess world is in agreement that draw is highly probable outcome of a perfect game, but it has not been proven.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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megaadam wrote: "Can a perfectly played game be won?"
Answer: Only when the cat is there.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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megaadam wrote: "Can a perfectly played game be won?"
The person who loses wouldn't be thinking of it as being so "perfect"...so as long as it's a game involving more than one player, the answer would be "no"...?
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We will be able to connect all the CodeWraiths in all the infinite parallel universes so they can share conundrums like: "What problems will we solve with a quantum computer?."
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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But we could never collect them all. According to the Uncertainty Principle, any observation of CodeWraiths affects the observed CodeWraiths. In some of the infinite cases, this will be enough to destroy the observed CodeWraith.
Oh well, shift happens. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: But we could never collect them all.
CodeWraith, not Pokemon.
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If every possibility exists in some parallel universe, then is there a parallel universe where parallel universes don't exist?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Even at quantum computer speeds, we will be creating problems faster than we can solve them.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Didnt Herman Hollerith, founder of IBM, say the world meeds 4 computers?
Seems like every prediction made about IT is always wrong.
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Not he. And it was maybe five.
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CodeWraith wrote: Of course they will solve the last mysteries of the universe.
Douglas Adams already solved that one. 42. 
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"There is nothing between a residence and a sidewalk before the end of the day, that results in such low dose snake oil medicine"
(10)
modified 7-Jul-17 4:46am.
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Homeopathy
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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