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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by yeahsure on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:11PM (#15954424)
Honest question: Why would the average person want/need to do that with their smartphone or computer?
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by barrkel on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:14PM (#15954444)
Why would someone want more than 640k of RAM?
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by jamesharrington on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:48PM (#15954810)
My thoughts exactly.. We don't know we need it till its to indispensable to remove. Only god knows what we could do with quantum computers. There are some low hanging fruit with encryption and quantum simulation.. but hey maybe it can be used in random world generation for games like minecraft.
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by vtomole on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:21PM (#15954516)
The average person would probably not find a lot of use from those applications; but researchers will.
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by ajkjk on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:20PM (#15954508)
They wouldn't.
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip by dima_medvedev on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:19PM (#15954501)
That's what Ballmer thought about iPhone.
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