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Off-topic, joke-filled thread: the poster asks what a quantum computer program would look like (e.g. Shor's algorithm). No technical answer is given — replies are puns about uncertainty ("we can't be certain"), Schrödinger's cat eating the answer, chaos theory, and a spoof 1835 letter to Samuel Morse asking how to program future electric computers, plus a jab comparing Babbage's unfinished Difference Engine to WebSphere. The original poster simply thanked them. No resolution or real technical content is recorded.
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what will a quantum program look like? for instance shores algorithm
On Mar 14, 2:02 pm, "mvd...@googlemail.com" <mvd...@googlemail.com> wrote: > what will a quantum program look like? We can't be certain. Walt.
Sorry my neighbiur's cat cat ate my answer Peter McMurray <mvdbms@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:46999baa-c541-40ef-98f4-7ce263e8ebeb@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > what will a quantum program look like? > > for instance shores algorithm
Peter McMurray wrote: > Sorry my neighbiur's cat cat ate my answer > Peter McMurray > <mvdbms@googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:46999baa-c541-40ef-98f4-7ce263e8ebeb@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> what will a quantum program look like? >> >> for instance shores algorithm > > And Lorenz told me that we couldn't know that far in advance, anyway. JWC
Look at the letter I've saved from my cat's mouth after she came back from my neighbor's house ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To professor Samuel Morse, New York University December 18th, 1835 Dear Sir, I am amazed to learn that you have proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. You probably know that in 1822, in Cambridge England, illustrious professor Charles Babbage had devised a mechanical "Difference machine" that due to its complexity has not been completed yet. This machine would take the place of the human computers and would generate the tables mechanically. I believe that mechanisms and electricity may one day work together as your distinguish British colleague, William Sturgeon, has demonstrated in 1825 when with his electromagnet and with the power of electricity he was able to lift a pound of iron ! In light of your amazing feat can you please describe how the electric computing machines will work and could you elaborate on how are we going to program them, for instance Euclid's algorithm ? Yours truly, Jules Verne Student, First grade, a l'Ecole de l'imagination Born February 8, 1828
Look at the letter I've saved from my cat's mouth after she came back from my neighbor's house ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To professor Samuel Morse, New York University December 18th, 1835 Dear Sir, I am amazed to learn that you have proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. You probably know that in 1822, in Cambridge England, illustrious professor Charles Babbage had devised a mechanical "Difference machine" that due to its complexity has not been completed yet. This machine would take the place of the human computers and would generate the logarithm tables mechanically. I believe that mechanisms and electricity may one day work together as your distinguish British colleague, William Sturgeon, has demonstrated in 1825 when with his electromagnet and with the power of electricity he was able to lift a pound of iron ! In light of your amazing feat can you please describe how the electric computing machines will work and could you elaborate on how are we going to program them, for instance Euclid's algorithm ? Yours truly, Michael V.D.B.M Samuelson
Peter McMurray wrote: > Sorry my neighbiur's cat cat ate my answer Surely that was Schrödinger's cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat John
Hi John How did you guess :-) I had just worked out a super position when Mrs Schrodinger let her darn cat out and as soon as I spotted it everything decohered in front of my eyes. Oh Yes!The cat died. Peter McMurray "John Henderson" <jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote in message news:640vdlF29707tU1@mid.individual.net... > Peter McMurray wrote: > >> Sorry my neighbiur's cat cat ate my answer > > Surely that was Schr'dinger's cat: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat > > John
> You probably know that in 1822, in Cambridge England, illustrious > professor Charles Babbage had devised a mechanical "Difference > machine" that due to its complexity has not been completed yet. A bit like Websphere then?
thats such a cool answer ty