IBM Tech Detects & Changes Spin of Single Electron 334
An anonymous reader writes "Looks like we have another step forward in Quantum Computing - IBM has discovered how to detect and change the spin of a single electron. Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems.
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Misread this... (Score:5, Funny)
Damn you Taco, and your politics section, it's corrupted my mind!
Well (Score:4, Funny)
Politicians everywhere are terrified! (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. "You spin me right round, baby right round, like a record baby, right round, round round...."
So is IBM (Score:3, Funny)
I'm uncertain about the article. (Score:4, Funny)
Interesting.. (Score:5, Funny)
Electron 2: Oh stop being so negative
Re:Well (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Politicians everywhere are terrified! (Score:5, Funny)
I HATE YOU. This is stuck in my head for the rest of the day now. DAMN YOU
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This could lead to incredibly high storage density (Score:5, Funny)
NO FAIR! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:so now that we can spin one electron (Score:2, Funny)
The Dept. of Homeland Security will be visiting you shortly.
What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So is IBM (Score:5, Funny)
No (Score:5, Funny)
SCO Has Been Quoted as Saying (Score:2, Funny)
Mine mine! All mine! Your ideas are all mine!!!
You keep using that word (Score:5, Funny)
Were he still alive, Andre the Giant would have something to say about this sentence.
Re:What happens if encryption becomes impossible (Score:1, Funny)
What IBM doesn't relize... (Score:2, Funny)
Tell me when.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting.. (Score:1, Funny)
"No I lost an electron!"
"Are you sure"
"I'm positive!"
Re:You keep using that word (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps something along the lines of... (Score:3, Funny)
Original poster: Won't be long before we're all solving impossible encryption problems.
Andre the Giant: As long as someone knows where they left all the mob gems!
Stop that rhyming, I MEAN IT!
Re:Interesting.. (Score:5, Funny)
The second atom says, "Are you sure?"
The first atom says, "Yes, I'm positive."
But... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No (Score:5, Funny)
Won't be long? (Score:4, Funny)
Who's this "we"? I still can't get my VCR to stop blinking 12:00...
I'll help you get it out (Score:5, Funny)
Green acres is the place to be
Farm living is the life for me
Land spreading out so far and wide
Forget Manhatten, just give me that country side
No need to thank me.
Re:Interesting.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting.. (Score:3, Funny)
To which the barman of course replies "to you, no charge!"
Thankyou, here all week, veal, etc etc . .
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Re:Spin doesn't come in pairs of electrons? (Score:2, Funny)
"He's got the upside, I got the downside."
Re:Interesting.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Misread this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What happens if encryption becomes impossible (Score:2, Funny)
Heisenberg gets stopped... (Score:5, Funny)
To which Heisenberg replies "No, but I know where I am!"
Re:No (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting.. (Score:3, Funny)
A third electron comes strolling by, kinda tired, and asks "hey fellas, mind if I sit down and rest for a minute?"
The two electrons, indignant, reply "OF COURSE NOT... what do we look like, a pair of BOSONS?!"
I tried to repeat their experiment... (Score:3, Funny)