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Re:Quantum computer emulated by a classical system by moron4hire on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:29PM (#9615360)
Probably has something to do with the determinism of digital systems.
Re:Quantum computer emulated by a classical system by db48x on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @11:45PM (#9615962)
Analog systems are equally deterministic. In fact, a digital circuit is just an analog circuit where the interpretation of the voltages is quantized.
Re:Quantum computer emulated by a classical system by moron4hire on Thursday May 28, 2015 @09:32AM (#9617970)
An analog radio tuned to read nothing but static is not deterministic.
Re:Quantum computer emulated by a classical system by db48x on Thursday May 28, 2015 @10:13AM (#9618248)
Just because you can't determine what it will do doesn't mean that it's nondeterministic. You just don't have enough information about the hundreds of billions of radio sources scattered all throughout the galaxy. You probably don't have any better information about what the radio station a few kilohertz away will broadcast next, either.