elh102 - Slashdot User

NSA and Army On Quest For Quantum Physics Jackpot 110

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @12:07AM from the you-can-win-but-only-if-you-don't-know-the-prize dept.

coondoggie sends this excerpt from NetworkWorld: "The US Army Research Office and the National Security Agency (NSA) are together looking for some answers to their quantum physics questions. ... The Army said quantum algorithms that are developed should focus on constructive solutions [PDF] for specific tasks, and on general methodologies for expressing and analyzing algorithms tailored to specific problems — though they didn't say what those specific tasks were ... 'Investigators should presuppose the existence of a fully functional quantum computer and consider what algorithmic tasks are particularly well suited to such a machine. A necessary component of this research will be to compare the efficiency of the quantum algorithm to the best existing classical algorithm for the same problem.'"

Comment Re:Well, thats just nullty. (Score 1) 1090

by elh102 on Thursday December 07, 2006 @05:33PM (#17152586) Attached to: Professor Comes Up With a Way to Divide by Zero

I think that if an enlightened teacher had mentioned that in some cases 1+1=11 (binary)...

Wow, the pedants on Slashdot must be slacking off today. I guess it's left to me to point out that in binary, 1+1=10, not 11.

Comment A little ingenuity (Score 2, Interesting) 446

by mks180 on Friday October 21, 2005 @04:30PM (#13847530) Attached to: iPod Nano Scratches Result In Suit

I got my nano a few weeks ago, and managed to avoid all problems with screen scratches by using a screen protector bought for my palm pilot. I had to trim the protector to fit on the nano, but it's barely noticeable that it's on there and I have not had a single scratch on the screen.

True, I shouldn't have to do that; maybe Apple should have used a better material for the screen. In the end I see this as another frivolous lawsuit that's destroying this country.

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