Money can't be a problem, just borrow it from China!

90-110 words per minute is typing really fast. The standard length of a word is five letters and if you measured with that word length you really have nothing to worry about. I couldn't imagine anyone writing faster than that.

The artist, Frank Gaylord, probably was paid for his artwork back in the days. So if I sell you a painting, can't you do anything you want with it – including selling pictures of it on postal stamps to others?

Is this one of those... monumental rulings?

Is it your opinion or experiences you're stating? Otherwise, can you supply those claims with evidence or references?

I was about to pick that one, but then I got really sceptical about it.

I even got to be so good at transcribing the notes to LaTeX "cheatsheets" as you call them, that I tried taking notes directly in LaTeX in real time during a (math heavy) lecture. To my great satisfaction I succeded – but then I didn't understand diddly-squat of what I had written down. Slides can be both a blessing and a "PowerPoint Hell". Sometimes the professor surprises you by diverting from the slides and starts writing lots and lots on the blackboard. But the real problem is that the brain can't stay focused for hours, and taking notes keeps me awake during many lectures.

All the more reasons to build a planetary maglev transit system. Unless Tesla's going to come out with some kind of electric airbus, we better start building the future now. Heck, it'll even create jobs and save the economy.

...and I was just about to grab a fatty pizza before taking an exam in quantum physics! Is this a sign?

How do you know you're asking the right question?

So basically it's quantum physics applied on computer science. Computers of today are based on semiconductors and diodes, which allows us to build electric circuits with memory. In this case, it's voltage applied or voltage off - one or zero. Quantum computing is a whole new world of computing; because it's based on the principles of quantum physics. This means that a quantum computer does not resemble the computers of today at all. In a quantum computer, information is stored in "qubits", which is 0, 1 or "undetermined / both". This is a direct application of the wave/particle duality of matter (wiki: De Broglie-wavelength). Working out how a quantum computer - which behaves totally differently from anything we have today - and constructing such a device is really hard. Theoretically, such devices would be more efficient than our computers - and that's an understatement. This story means that we've taken yet another small step towards practical quantum computers, but also that it'll be reposted at least 100 times before working quantum computers are reality. (Off the top of my head, please correct me if I wrote something in error. Thanks! :)

I sure hope it's bullet proof!

...does it do *Acid4* !?