[ExI] D-Wave's Quantum Computer

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Thu May 23 20:35:41 UTC 2013


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> So the answer to my original question appears to be that you can use it for
> general purpose computing, but you probably shouldn't. Just like a
> Connection Machine, it is good for some things, and not so hot for word
> processing. Does that about sum it up?

It'll be great for word processing - you just think about what you
want to say and from the nearly infinite permutations of the ways in
which you can say it, the ideal document will emerge.

Actually, I think the thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters
would probably be faster.



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