Comment Hm. (Score 2) 113
Ignoring potential future abuses, wouldn't it make more sense to disallow the posting of likely-malicious links? The vast majority of users won't read the warning text and will just click through.
Record-Low Error Rate For Qubit Processor 66
An anonymous reader writes "Thanks to advances in experimental design, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have achieved a record-low probability of error in quantum information processing with a single quantum bit (qubit) — the first published error rate small enough to meet theoretical requirements for building viable quantum computers. 'One error per 10,000 logic operations is a commonly agreed upon target for a low enough error rate to use error correction protocols in a quantum computer,' said Kenton Brown, who led the project as a NIST postdoctoral researcher. 'It is generally accepted that if error rates are above that, you will introduce more errors in your correction operations than you are able to correct. We've been able to show that we have good enough control over our single-qubit operations that our probability of error is 1 per 50,000 logic operations.'"
Comment Lost credibility (Score 1, Troll) 266
>Cell phones, BlackBerrys, and PDAs are now arguably the primary way we check email...
No, they're not. You're a chump, and quite out of touch with the other 90%.
No, they're not. You're a chump, and quite out of touch with the other 90%.
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