<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_11_26_1553227</id>
	<title>Programmable Quantum Computer Created</title>
	<author>Soulskill</author>
	<datestamp>1259253660000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>An anonymous reader writes <i>"A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49951/title/First\_programmable\_quantum\_computer\_created">performed 160 randomly chosen routines</a>. Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks. Other researchers say the system could be scaled up. 'The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.'"</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>An anonymous reader writes " A team at NIST ( the National Institute of Standards and Technology ) used berylium ions , lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines .
Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single , prescribed tasks .
Other researchers say the system could be scaled up .
'The researchers ran each program 900 times .
On average , the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time , the team reported in their paper .
' "</tokentext>
<sentencetext>An anonymous reader writes "A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines.
Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks.
Other researchers say the system could be scaled up.
'The researchers ran each program 900 times.
On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.
'"</sentencetext>
</article>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30241586</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Timothy Brownawell</author>
	<datestamp>1259246160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p> <em>Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it </em> </p><p>Yes. They're called "NP Complete" problems.</p></div><p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way\_function#Theoretical\_implications\_of\_one-way\_functions" title="wikipedia.org">Maybe</a> [wikipedia.org]:</p><blockquote><div><p>If f is a one-way function, then the inversion of f would be a problem whose output is hard to compute (by definition) but easy to check (just by computing f on it). Thus, the existence of a one-way function implies that P != NP. However, it is not known whether P != NP implies the existence of one-way functions.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>I'm not certain exactly what this means, but part of it seems to be that "one-way" != "NP-complete" (because that would result in a much shorter explanation). But it does at least seem to mean that one-way functions would be a subset of NP problems, which I wasn't certain of when I posted that.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Plus , for some problems it 's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it Yes .
They 're called " NP Complete " problems .
Maybe [ wikipedia.org ] : If f is a one-way function , then the inversion of f would be a problem whose output is hard to compute ( by definition ) but easy to check ( just by computing f on it ) .
Thus , the existence of a one-way function implies that P ! = NP .
However , it is not known whether P ! = NP implies the existence of one-way functions .
I 'm not certain exactly what this means , but part of it seems to be that " one-way " ! = " NP-complete " ( because that would result in a much shorter explanation ) .
But it does at least seem to mean that one-way functions would be a subset of NP problems , which I was n't certain of when I posted that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it  Yes.
They're called "NP Complete" problems.
Maybe [wikipedia.org]:If f is a one-way function, then the inversion of f would be a problem whose output is hard to compute (by definition) but easy to check (just by computing f on it).
Thus, the existence of a one-way function implies that P != NP.
However, it is not known whether P != NP implies the existence of one-way functions.
I'm not certain exactly what this means, but part of it seems to be that "one-way" != "NP-complete" (because that would result in a much shorter explanation).
But it does at least seem to mean that one-way functions would be a subset of NP problems, which I wasn't certain of when I posted that.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30240768</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30243376</id>
	<title>Re:First infinite loop....</title>
	<author>FreakyGreenLeaky</author>
	<datestamp>1259354040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>No.</p><p>foreach  (@mind\_numbing\_question) {<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $answer = solveProblem($\_);<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; say $answer;<br>}</p><p>42<br>42<br>42<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>No.foreach ( @ mind \ _numbing \ _question ) {         $ answer = solveProblem ( $ \ _ ) ;         say $ answer ; } 424242 .. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No.foreach  (@mind\_numbing\_question) {
        $answer = solveProblem($\_);
        say $answer;}424242 ...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238608</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237878</id>
	<title>wait</title>
	<author>jaggeh</author>
	<datestamp>1259257920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>79\% of the time they work every time</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>79 \ % of the time they work every time</tokentext>
<sentencetext>79\% of the time they work every time</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238470</id>
	<title>Bring it on, save the nation</title>
	<author>hwyhobo</author>
	<datestamp>1259262660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Experimental physicist Boris Blinov says that one of the most exciting things about the new study is that the quantum computer may be scaled up. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s most impressive and important is that they did it in the way that can be applied to a larger-scale system,&rdquo; says Blinov, of the University of Washington in Seattle. &ldquo;The very same techniques they&rsquo;ve used for two qubits can be applied to much larger systems.&rdquo;</p></div><p>Pretty soon they will be able to calculate the US budget with accuracy heretofore unmatched by any recent administration.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Experimental physicist Boris Blinov says that one of the most exciting things about the new study is that the quantum computer may be scaled up .
   What    s most impressive and important is that they did it in the way that can be applied to a larger-scale system ,    says Blinov , of the University of Washington in Seattle .
   The very same techniques they    ve used for two qubits can be applied to much larger systems.    Pretty soon they will be able to calculate the US budget with accuracy heretofore unmatched by any recent administration .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Experimental physicist Boris Blinov says that one of the most exciting things about the new study is that the quantum computer may be scaled up.
“What’s most impressive and important is that they did it in the way that can be applied to a larger-scale system,” says Blinov, of the University of Washington in Seattle.
“The very same techniques they’ve used for two qubits can be applied to much larger systems.”Pretty soon they will be able to calculate the US budget with accuracy heretofore unmatched by any recent administration.
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238502</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>tolkienfan</author>
	<datestamp>1259262900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>A factoring algorithm that gives the correct answer with 50\% probability (in a short enough time) would be very useful.<br>Since you can check the answer with a single multiply, you keep trying until you have the correct answer.</p><p>This is one of a set of problems labeled "NP" - a characteristic is that you can verify an possible answer in polynomial time.<br>Any of these problems can be solved with a polynomial time algorithm that gives the correct answer 50\% of the time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>A factoring algorithm that gives the correct answer with 50 \ % probability ( in a short enough time ) would be very useful.Since you can check the answer with a single multiply , you keep trying until you have the correct answer.This is one of a set of problems labeled " NP " - a characteristic is that you can verify an possible answer in polynomial time.Any of these problems can be solved with a polynomial time algorithm that gives the correct answer 50 \ % of the time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>A factoring algorithm that gives the correct answer with 50\% probability (in a short enough time) would be very useful.Since you can check the answer with a single multiply, you keep trying until you have the correct answer.This is one of a set of problems labeled "NP" - a characteristic is that you can verify an possible answer in polynomial time.Any of these problems can be solved with a polynomial time algorithm that gives the correct answer 50\% of the time.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237808</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30243384</id>
	<title>Serious news for RSA?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259354100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I wonder if this will mean serious problems for RSA or is this far from beeing dangerous to break integer factorization?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder if this will mean serious problems for RSA or is this far from beeing dangerous to break integer factorization ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder if this will mean serious problems for RSA or is this far from beeing dangerous to break integer factorization?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238656</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>RudeIota</author>
	<datestamp>1259264100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>There's still room for error there though, and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today. <br> <br>This means that quantum-based processor will either become useful for a certain niche (something that doesn't require precise results) or we'll find a way to make them useful for everyday stuff... like outfitting classical processor technology with quantum capabilities to solve specific types of problems more efficiently.</htmltext>
<tokenext>There 's still room for error there though , and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today .
This means that quantum-based processor will either become useful for a certain niche ( something that does n't require precise results ) or we 'll find a way to make them useful for everyday stuff... like outfitting classical processor technology with quantum capabilities to solve specific types of problems more efficiently .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There's still room for error there though, and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today.
This means that quantum-based processor will either become useful for a certain niche (something that doesn't require precise results) or we'll find a way to make them useful for everyday stuff... like outfitting classical processor technology with quantum capabilities to solve specific types of problems more efficiently.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238042</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237818</id>
	<title>correct and incorrect?</title>
	<author>bongey</author>
	<datestamp>1259257500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>So is that 21\% of the time is was both correct and incorrect ?</htmltext>
<tokenext>So is that 21 \ % of the time is was both correct and incorrect ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So is that 21\% of the time is was both correct and incorrect ?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238608</id>
	<title>First infinite loop....</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259263680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>do {<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; solveProblem();<br>} until (getPhotonPosition() &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity());</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>do {     solveProblem ( ) ; } until ( getPhotonPosition ( ) &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity ( ) ) ;</tokentext>
<sentencetext>do {
    solveProblem();} until (getPhotonPosition() &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity());</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30240768</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259239320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><em>Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it </em></p><p>Yes. They're called "NP Complete" problems.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Plus , for some problems it 's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it Yes .
They 're called " NP Complete " problems .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it Yes.
They're called "NP Complete" problems.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238042</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238030</id>
	<title>In Some Alternate Universe</title>
	<author>WED Fan</author>
	<datestamp>1259259060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>In some alternate universe, there's a guy who is riding a bus, a thought pops into his head, "Pick a number between 1 and 100. Now, add 3. Now, divide by 13...". 99\% of the time, he does the problem in his head, 79\% of the time he finishes it. 1\% of the time, he says, "Screw it". 100\% of the time, he wonders where the hell these things are coming from and decides to check himself into the nearest mental ward.</p><p>Quantum computing is screwing up someone's day.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>In some alternate universe , there 's a guy who is riding a bus , a thought pops into his head , " Pick a number between 1 and 100 .
Now , add 3 .
Now , divide by 13... " .
99 \ % of the time , he does the problem in his head , 79 \ % of the time he finishes it .
1 \ % of the time , he says , " Screw it " .
100 \ % of the time , he wonders where the hell these things are coming from and decides to check himself into the nearest mental ward.Quantum computing is screwing up someone 's day .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In some alternate universe, there's a guy who is riding a bus, a thought pops into his head, "Pick a number between 1 and 100.
Now, add 3.
Now, divide by 13...".
99\% of the time, he does the problem in his head, 79\% of the time he finishes it.
1\% of the time, he says, "Screw it".
100\% of the time, he wonders where the hell these things are coming from and decides to check himself into the nearest mental ward.Quantum computing is screwing up someone's day.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30239134</id>
	<title>79\% is the best you can expect in the Slow Zone.</title>
	<author>jeffb (2.718)</author>
	<datestamp>1259268120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Get out into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Fire\_Upon\_the\_Deep#Zones\_of\_Thought" title="wikipedia.org">Beyond</a> [wikipedia.org], and you can reasonably expect 100\% efficiency out of your quantum computers.  Keep going into the Transcend, and you can reasonably expect <i>better than</i> 100\% efficiency -- or at least that's what it looks like to merely-human minds.</p><p>Just don't open any unsigned JAR files.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Get out into the Beyond [ wikipedia.org ] , and you can reasonably expect 100 \ % efficiency out of your quantum computers .
Keep going into the Transcend , and you can reasonably expect better than 100 \ % efficiency -- or at least that 's what it looks like to merely-human minds.Just do n't open any unsigned JAR files .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Get out into the Beyond [wikipedia.org], and you can reasonably expect 100\% efficiency out of your quantum computers.
Keep going into the Transcend, and you can reasonably expect better than 100\% efficiency -- or at least that's what it looks like to merely-human minds.Just don't open any unsigned JAR files.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30241902</id>
	<title>No pictures</title>
	<author>chaynlynk</author>
	<datestamp>1259249280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>makes this a worthless article. How do we even know it exists? There were no pictures!</htmltext>
<tokenext>makes this a worthless article .
How do we even know it exists ?
There were no pictures !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>makes this a worthless article.
How do we even know it exists?
There were no pictures!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237884</id>
	<title>Think of the cats!</title>
	<author>jeffshoaf</author>
	<datestamp>1259257980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Were any cats harmed in the running of the programs?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Were any cats harmed in the running of the programs ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Were any cats harmed in the running of the programs?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237898</id>
	<title>Could be worse...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259258040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time,</p></div><p>Well, its better then anything Microsoft can come up with...I'll take 10!</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>On average , the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time,Well , its better then anything Microsoft can come up with...I 'll take 10 !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time,Well, its better then anything Microsoft can come up with...I'll take 10!
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238830</id>
	<title>Well</title>
	<author>mewsenews</author>
	<datestamp>1259265480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You know what they say... 79\% of the time, it's correct every time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You know what they say... 79 \ % of the time , it 's correct every time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You know what they say... 79\% of the time, it's correct every time.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238780</id>
	<title>Ahh...</title>
	<author>Cytlid</author>
	<datestamp>1259265000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The old 80-20 rule.  The other 21\% of failures caused the first 79\% to be correct.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The old 80-20 rule .
The other 21 \ % of failures caused the first 79 \ % to be correct .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The old 80-20 rule.
The other 21\% of failures caused the first 79\% to be correct.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238522</id>
	<title>Re:Ha ha</title>
	<author>Sulphur</author>
	<datestamp>1259263080000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>21\% of the time Beowulf accidentally shakes Grendel's hand.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>21 \ % of the time Beowulf accidentally shakes Grendel 's hand .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>21\% of the time Beowulf accidentally shakes Grendel's hand.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238174</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238490</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>ShakaUVM</author>
	<datestamp>1259262840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>&gt;&gt;79\% accurate. That's pretty useless. I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.</p><p>79\% accurate? That's good enough for government work!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; &gt; 79 \ % accurate .
That 's pretty useless .
I 've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.79 \ % accurate ?
That 's good enough for government work !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt;&gt;79\% accurate.
That's pretty useless.
I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.79\% accurate?
That's good enough for government work!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237808</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238580</id>
	<title>Re:How do they know?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259263500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's possible, but I'd bet that the odds of getting the correct answer after a failure are negligible (millions to one?) and so wouldn't significantly alter their claim that it was working correctly 79\% of the time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's possible , but I 'd bet that the odds of getting the correct answer after a failure are negligible ( millions to one ?
) and so would n't significantly alter their claim that it was working correctly 79 \ % of the time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's possible, but I'd bet that the odds of getting the correct answer after a failure are negligible (millions to one?
) and so wouldn't significantly alter their claim that it was working correctly 79\% of the time.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238150</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30241452</id>
	<title>Re:First infinite loop....</title>
	<author>inflame</author>
	<datestamp>1259245020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>i think you meant electron</htmltext>
<tokenext>i think you meant electron</tokentext>
<sentencetext>i think you meant electron</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238608</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30239016</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Timothy Brownawell</author>
	<datestamp>1259266980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>There's still room for error there though, and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today.</p></div><p>This is why everybody uses only ECC memory in their desktop machines and all filesystems in common use support checksumming for data integrity.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>There 's still room for error there though , and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today.This is why everybody uses only ECC memory in their desktop machines and all filesystems in common use support checksumming for data integrity .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There's still room for error there though, and that is simply unacceptable based upon how we use our computers today.This is why everybody uses only ECC memory in their desktop machines and all filesystems in common use support checksumming for data integrity.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238656</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30243026</id>
	<title>Re:How do they know?</title>
	<author>ultracool</author>
	<datestamp>1259262720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The underlying quantum state *is* observable. Why wouldn't it be? </p><p>If you RTFA (and not even the paper is necessary for this), you will see that they are limited by the fidelity of their setup, ie. signal to noise. Hence, when they improve their apparatus, they will get more accurate results.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The underlying quantum state * is * observable .
Why would n't it be ?
If you RTFA ( and not even the paper is necessary for this ) , you will see that they are limited by the fidelity of their setup , ie .
signal to noise .
Hence , when they improve their apparatus , they will get more accurate results .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The underlying quantum state *is* observable.
Why wouldn't it be?
If you RTFA (and not even the paper is necessary for this), you will see that they are limited by the fidelity of their setup, ie.
signal to noise.
Hence, when they improve their apparatus, they will get more accurate results.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238512</id>
	<title>Make more and check correlation</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259262960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Put them all in a cold vacuum chamber and check whether there is any correlation in errors. Maybe you could detect some wobbles in space time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Put them all in a cold vacuum chamber and check whether there is any correlation in errors .
Maybe you could detect some wobbles in space time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Put them all in a cold vacuum chamber and check whether there is any correlation in errors.
Maybe you could detect some wobbles in space time.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30239390</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Device666</author>
	<datestamp>1259227440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The programmable quantum computer is 100\% accurate all the time, it always prints 42.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The programmable quantum computer is 100 \ % accurate all the time , it always prints 42 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The programmable quantum computer is 100\% accurate all the time, it always prints 42.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238042</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Timothy Brownawell</author>
	<datestamp>1259259120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>79\% accurate. That's pretty useless.</p></div><p>Not useless at all, just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often. Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems, just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers, and keep trying until it says the answer is right.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>79 \ % accurate .
That 's pretty useless.Not useless at all , just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often .
Plus , for some problems it 's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems , just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers , and keep trying until it says the answer is right .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>79\% accurate.
That's pretty useless.Not useless at all, just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often.
Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems, just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers, and keep trying until it says the answer is right.
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237808</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238592</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Frequency Domain</author>
	<datestamp>1259263620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p><div class="quote"><p>79\% accurate. That's pretty useless.</p></div><p>Not useless at all, just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often. Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems, just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers, and keep trying until it says the answer is right.</p></div><p>One of the classic examples of that last one is prime factorization.  In general it's very hard to come up with the two primes that were multiplied to create a very large number, but if the quantum computer coughs up a candidate it's downright trivial to check whether that's a solution.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>79 \ % accurate .
That 's pretty useless.Not useless at all , just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often .
Plus , for some problems it 's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems , just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers , and keep trying until it says the answer is right.One of the classic examples of that last one is prime factorization .
In general it 's very hard to come up with the two primes that were multiplied to create a very large number , but if the quantum computer coughs up a candidate it 's downright trivial to check whether that 's a solution .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>79\% accurate.
That's pretty useless.Not useless at all, just have it solve the same problem 5 or 15 times and go with the answer that it gives most often.
Plus, for some problems it's much easier to verify an answer than to come up with it -- for those problems, just pair it with a normal computer to check the answers, and keep trying until it says the answer is right.One of the classic examples of that last one is prime factorization.
In general it's very hard to come up with the two primes that were multiplied to create a very large number, but if the quantum computer coughs up a candidate it's downright trivial to check whether that's a solution.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238190</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259260320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"></div><p>What do you mean "useless".  It's already surpassed slashdot.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>What do you mean " useless " .
It 's already surpassed slashdot .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>What do you mean "useless".
It's already surpassed slashdot.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30245820</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Zaiff Urgulbunger</author>
	<datestamp>1259339640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>/me stirs berylium ions and tastes...</p><p>/me announces "needs more cats!"</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>/me stirs berylium ions and tastes.../me announces " needs more cats !
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>/me stirs berylium ions and tastes.../me announces "needs more cats!
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238118</id>
	<title>Improving on the 79\% accuracy</title>
	<author>jonaskoelker</author>
	<datestamp>1259259600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>79\% accurate. That's pretty useless. I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.</p></div><p>You may be interested in purchasing this chip I have here.  It has a very nice fdiv routine.  Since we're so good friends, I'll give you a 100.00001353\% discount.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>79 \ % accurate .
That 's pretty useless .
I 've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.You may be interested in purchasing this chip I have here .
It has a very nice fdiv routine .
Since we 're so good friends , I 'll give you a 100.00001353 \ % discount .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>79\% accurate.
That's pretty useless.
I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.You may be interested in purchasing this chip I have here.
It has a very nice fdiv routine.
Since we're so good friends, I'll give you a 100.00001353\% discount.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30240684</id>
	<title>Anonymous Coward</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259238720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>79 per cent of the time it works every time</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>79 per cent of the time it works every time</tokentext>
<sentencetext>79 per cent of the time it works every time</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238946</id>
	<title>Who cares?</title>
	<author>drej</author>
	<datestamp>1259266380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>That's all well and good, but the important thing is: Will it be able to run Crysis 2?</htmltext>
<tokenext>That 's all well and good , but the important thing is : Will it be able to run Crysis 2 ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That's all well and good, but the important thing is: Will it be able to run Crysis 2?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30242348</id>
	<title>Re:First infinite loop....</title>
	<author>BlueParrot</author>
	<datestamp>1259254380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>do {<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; solveProblem();<br>} until (getPhotonPosition() &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity());</p></div></blockquote><p>In vacuum Photon Velocity will be a rather famous constant.</p><p>The photon momentum, on the other hand, depends on the photon's energy ( i.e the colour ). Thus you can't break the uncertainty principle using photons, even though their velocity is always the same.</p><p>Now in before some smartass points out it is gluons that have colour.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>do {         solveProblem ( ) ; } until ( getPhotonPosition ( ) &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity ( ) ) ; In vacuum Photon Velocity will be a rather famous constant.The photon momentum , on the other hand , depends on the photon 's energy ( i.e the colour ) .
Thus you ca n't break the uncertainty principle using photons , even though their velocity is always the same.Now in before some smartass points out it is gluons that have colour .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>do {
        solveProblem();} until (getPhotonPosition() &amp;&amp; getPhotonVelocity());In vacuum Photon Velocity will be a rather famous constant.The photon momentum, on the other hand, depends on the photon's energy ( i.e the colour ).
Thus you can't break the uncertainty principle using photons, even though their velocity is always the same.Now in before some smartass points out it is gluons that have colour.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30241300</id>
	<title>Re:Think of the cats!</title>
	<author>Dunbal</author>
	<datestamp>1259243580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Screw the cats.... I want to know about puppies.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Screw the cats.... I want to know about puppies .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Screw the cats.... I want to know about puppies.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30244722</id>
	<title>Re:79\% is the best you can expect in the Slow Zone</title>
	<author>arethuza</author>
	<datestamp>1259330220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Somehow I don't think a digital signatures will work too well in the Beyond or the Transcend. And we think security is tricky here...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Somehow I do n't think a digital signatures will work too well in the Beyond or the Transcend .
And we think security is tricky here.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Somehow I don't think a digital signatures will work too well in the Beyond or the Transcend.
And we think security is tricky here...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238638</id>
	<title>Re:How do they know?</title>
	<author>FarFromUnique</author>
	<datestamp>1259263980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>+5 Accurate! If only I had actual mod points...</htmltext>
<tokenext>+ 5 Accurate !
If only I had actual mod points.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>+5 Accurate!
If only I had actual mod points...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30240894</id>
	<title>Re:Yeah, but...</title>
	<author>sxrysafis</author>
	<datestamp>1259240220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>This is the first computer that can and can't run Linux at the same time!</htmltext>
<tokenext>This is the first computer that can and ca n't run Linux at the same time !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This is the first computer that can and can't run Linux at the same time!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238688</id>
	<title>Re:correct and incorrect?</title>
	<author>daveime</author>
	<datestamp>1259264280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The actual state of the machine is "all possibilities at once", it is the act of observing the result that actually collapses the waveform and causes the answer to settle into a specific state.</p><p>So obviously, in the 21\% cases, the operator just looked at the computer "in a funny way".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The actual state of the machine is " all possibilities at once " , it is the act of observing the result that actually collapses the waveform and causes the answer to settle into a specific state.So obviously , in the 21 \ % cases , the operator just looked at the computer " in a funny way " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The actual state of the machine is "all possibilities at once", it is the act of observing the result that actually collapses the waveform and causes the answer to settle into a specific state.So obviously, in the 21\% cases, the operator just looked at the computer "in a funny way".</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237952</id>
	<title>Accurate only 79\% of the time?</title>
	<author>Yvan256</author>
	<datestamp>1259258580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Since it's a Quantum Computer, shouldn't reading the results actually mess up the results? Or at least that's what I understood from that Futurama racing joke.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Since it 's a Quantum Computer , should n't reading the results actually mess up the results ?
Or at least that 's what I understood from that Futurama racing joke .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Since it's a Quantum Computer, shouldn't reading the results actually mess up the results?
Or at least that's what I understood from that Futurama racing joke.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238768</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>xZgf6xHx2uhoAj9D</author>
	<datestamp>1259264880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Actually quantum computing is, by design, probabilistic. Every specifically quantum algorithm (even Shor's infamous factoring algorithm) gives incorrect results <i>by design</i> for the simple reason that it's really not possible to have quantum algorithms which succeed all the time (unless you forgeo their quantum properties). So long as the probability of a correct answer is strictly greater than 0.5, however, one only has to repeat the computation a constant number of times to get the probability of success arbitrarily close to 1.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Actually quantum computing is , by design , probabilistic .
Every specifically quantum algorithm ( even Shor 's infamous factoring algorithm ) gives incorrect results by design for the simple reason that it 's really not possible to have quantum algorithms which succeed all the time ( unless you forgeo their quantum properties ) .
So long as the probability of a correct answer is strictly greater than 0.5 , however , one only has to repeat the computation a constant number of times to get the probability of success arbitrarily close to 1 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Actually quantum computing is, by design, probabilistic.
Every specifically quantum algorithm (even Shor's infamous factoring algorithm) gives incorrect results by design for the simple reason that it's really not possible to have quantum algorithms which succeed all the time (unless you forgeo their quantum properties).
So long as the probability of a correct answer is strictly greater than 0.5, however, one only has to repeat the computation a constant number of times to get the probability of success arbitrarily close to 1.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30240936</id>
	<title>Re:First infinite loop....</title>
	<author>jandoedel</author>
	<datestamp>1259240580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>actually that's not an infinite loop. you can actually get both position and velocity of a particle.<br>
the result of getPhotonPosition() and getPhotonVelocity() just has to be a function, not a single number...<br>
<br>
So you could get for example two gaussian functions as result. And then you use some fuzzy logic.<br>
<br>
PS: the velocity of a photon is often the speed of light (in vacu&#252;m)</htmltext>
<tokenext>actually that 's not an infinite loop .
you can actually get both position and velocity of a particle .
the result of getPhotonPosition ( ) and getPhotonVelocity ( ) just has to be a function , not a single number.. . So you could get for example two gaussian functions as result .
And then you use some fuzzy logic .
PS : the velocity of a photon is often the speed of light ( in vacu   m )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>actually that's not an infinite loop.
you can actually get both position and velocity of a particle.
the result of getPhotonPosition() and getPhotonVelocity() just has to be a function, not a single number...

So you could get for example two gaussian functions as result.
And then you use some fuzzy logic.
PS: the velocity of a photon is often the speed of light (in vacuüm)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30239036</id>
	<title>the 21\% it was also correct</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259267160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>but on a different quantum space, of course.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>but on a different quantum space , of course .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>but on a different quantum space, of course.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238958</id>
	<title>Re:79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>mugurel</author>
	<datestamp>1259266440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>So I guess in the near future we will be seeing things like:</p><p>&gt;&gt;&gt; 1 + 1</p><p>2  (p &lt;<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.001)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>So I guess in the near future we will be seeing things like : &gt; &gt; &gt; 1 + 12 ( p .001 )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So I guess in the near future we will be seeing things like:&gt;&gt;&gt; 1 + 12  (p  .001)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30237808</id>
	<title>79\% accuracy ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259257440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>
20\% of the time it got it wrong, and 1\% of the time, someone looked in the box and it wasn't there. 79\% accurate. That's pretty useless.  I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>The researchers ran each program 900 times .
On average , the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time , the team reported in their paper .
20 \ % of the time it got it wrong , and 1 \ % of the time , someone looked in the box and it was n't there .
79 \ % accurate .
That 's pretty useless .
I 've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The researchers ran each program 900 times.
On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.
20\% of the time it got it wrong, and 1\% of the time, someone looked in the box and it wasn't there.
79\% accurate.
That's pretty useless.
I've got a pair of dice that can do just as badly.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238174</id>
	<title>Ha ha</title>
	<author>cefek</author>
	<datestamp>1259260200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Can you imagine the accuracy of a Beowulf cluster of that?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Can you imagine the accuracy of a Beowulf cluster of that ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Can you imagine the accuracy of a Beowulf cluster of that?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238150</id>
	<title>How do they know?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259259960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm curious how they could possibly know that it operated correctly 79\% of the time, since the underlying quantum state isn't observable. You could say it produced the 'correct' results 79\% of the time, but that's not the same as saying it operated correctly 79\% of the time; it's very possible for a quantum computer to operate incorrectly and still produce the right result, through sheer random chance.</p><p>I suppose I could read the paper.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm curious how they could possibly know that it operated correctly 79 \ % of the time , since the underlying quantum state is n't observable .
You could say it produced the 'correct ' results 79 \ % of the time , but that 's not the same as saying it operated correctly 79 \ % of the time ; it 's very possible for a quantum computer to operate incorrectly and still produce the right result , through sheer random chance.I suppose I could read the paper .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm curious how they could possibly know that it operated correctly 79\% of the time, since the underlying quantum state isn't observable.
You could say it produced the 'correct' results 79\% of the time, but that's not the same as saying it operated correctly 79\% of the time; it's very possible for a quantum computer to operate incorrectly and still produce the right result, through sheer random chance.I suppose I could read the paper.</sentencetext>
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	<title>Re:correct and incorrect?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259257980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Well, yes and no.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Well , yes and no .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Well, yes and no.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30238386</id>
	<title>Bye-bye encryption?</title>
	<author>orkysoft</author>
	<datestamp>1259261940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>How long until they get it to factor huge numbers?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>How long until they get it to factor huge numbers ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>How long until they get it to factor huge numbers?</sentencetext>
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	<title>Re:correct and incorrect?</title>
	<author>electricbern</author>
	<datestamp>1259258880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Yes, although there is a 21\% chance that my answer is wrong.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes , although there is a 21 \ % chance that my answer is wrong .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes, although there is a 21\% chance that my answer is wrong.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_26_1553227.30239332</id>
	<title>Yeah, but...</title>
	<author>Seriousity</author>
	<datestamp>1259226840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Can it run Linux?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Can it run Linux ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Can it run Linux?</sentencetext>
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