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These qubits, they keep a-coming 

Posted Thursday 22nd May 2008 18:05 GMT

Boffin

Scott a Mad Guy, constantly lampooning D-Wave? Not that I know of, but if so, that may be because he has doubts about whether the D-Wave machine makes sense. And he knows what he's talking about. Try this link:

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=291

Of course, if D-Wave actually gets usable qubits and finds applications for their special-purpose computer, more power to them.

File Types 

Posted Sunday 25th May 2008 11:44 GMT

Considering the primary advantage vorbis has over mp3 is at low bitrates, why not produce the 'small crappy' version in vorbis instead? Considering it's supposedly meant to become an internet standard, why not use it.

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