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Re:Google Glass in 10 years: the view from dystopia by goostavos on Saturday May 25, 2013 @11:44AM (#5767558)
A bit of an offshoot from the article, but is the quantum calculation speed true, or just flowery journalist language?

Simultaneously being 0 and 1 at the same time? Solving problems faster than imaginable?

Is it possible to understand the ideas behind quantum computing without having a physics degree? Is there a good layman introduction somewhere?

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Re:Google Glass in 10 years: the view from dystopia by wikke on Saturday May 25, 2013 @05:37PM (#5768956)
In laymans terms:

If you have 0 and 1 as inputs you have to try all possible combinations to get all possible results and choose an optimal one.

If you have all possible combinations of 0 and 1 at once you can just use the optimal solution in one step.

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