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Submission + - 'Instant cosmic classic' supernova discovered (physorg.com)

Submitted by chill on Friday August 26, 2011 @07:15AM

chill writes: A supernova discovered yesterday is closer to Earth—approximately 21 million light-years away—than any other of its kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they caught the supernova within hours of its explosion, a rare feat made possible with a specialized survey telescope and state-of-the-art computational tools.

Comment Re:Oh not again (Score 1) 109

by pgptag on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @04:00AM (#33506196) Attached to: Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

These crooks from D-Wave just won't give up. 128 qubits quantum computer!? pics or it didn't happen.

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems

Picture in http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/suzanne-gildert-on-quantum-computing-in-teleplace-september-4/ Watch the talk before saying crooks?

Comment Re:Who is going to watch this? (Score 2, Informative) 109

by pgptag on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @03:41AM (#33506104) Attached to: Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

Not only that, but whatever crappy player they're using doesn't seem to want to let you seek. No matter where you move the marker, the whole presentation just starts over from the beginning -- complete with the audience jabbering right over the speaker.

Go to the source http://telexlr8.blip.tv/file/4083093/ open the Files and Links box in the right column and download the original .mp4 video file.

Comment Re:It's great to hear a quantum physicist say... (Score 1) 109

by pgptag on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @12:28PM (#33498820) Attached to: Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

"Why do I hear my voice?" during a video conference.

Makes me feel hella smart. :D

I was surprised to hear my voice during a video conference, because I was hot speaking! Somebody in the audience had started playing a video clip he had recorded a few minutes before.

Comment Re:Who is going to watch this? (Score 4, Informative) 109

by pgptag on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @11:39AM (#33498428) Attached to: Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

@mcgrew - here is Suzanne's blog: http://physicsandcake.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/online-seminar-on-quantum-computing/#comments in the comments she says she will post the slides of the presentation.

Comment Re:Who is going to watch this? (Score 2, Informative) 109

by pgptag on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @11:37AM (#33498406) Attached to: Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

@gandhi re added value of avatar on virtual stage: this is an online talk with a participative audience in realtime telepresence. The second half of the video shows a very lively Q/A session and discussion, with a lot of people asking a lot of questions.

Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing 109

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @10:29AM from the semi-un-non-deterministic dept.

pgptag writes "This talk by Dr. Suzanne Gilbert (video) explains why quantum computers are useful, and also dispels some of the myths about what they can and cannot do. It addresses some of the practical ways in which we can build quantum computers and gives realistic timescales for how far away commercially useful systems might be."

Submission + - Quantum Computing: Separating Hope from Hype (nextbigfuture.com)

Submitted by pgptag on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @09:16AM

pgptag writes: This talk by Dr. Suzanne Gilbert explains why quantum computers are useful, and also dispels some of the myths about what they can and cannot do. It addresses some of the practical ways in which we can build quantum computers and gives realistic timescales for how far away commercially useful systems might be. The talk was given online by using telepresence technology. See the full video recording of the talk, Q/A and discussion.

Comment Re:Transhumanism will never happen (Score 1) 674

by pgptag on Tuesday August 16, 2005 @02:19AM (#13328276) Attached to: Requiem for the Once-Imagined Future

It is a race against time. Old resources are depleted, and new resources are developed. Technology is the driver of both these trends - the question is whether we will develop new sustainable energy resources before exhausting oil. Nuclear energy is available already, solar - wind - other alternative energies are already available as technologies, but not yet fully deployed. It is a race between two trends, we will see which one wins. Transhumanists bet on technology's capability to improve our lives and solve many of the current problems of the world, and on our own capability to develop such technologies in time.

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