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  • S Steve Mayfield

    Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

    Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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    Baconbutty
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    Interesting, although reading how they did it I'm sure it would have been easier to just put the atom in a small bucket and carry it 3 feet :)

    My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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      Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

      Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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      Theoretically, the particles could be an infinite distance apart, and viola! instant communication. No speed of light constraints! Wonder why they chose 1 meter, was it the size of the room? :)


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        50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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        Interesting, although reading how they did it I'm sure it would have been easier to just put the atom in a small bucket and carry it 3 feet :)

        My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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        yeah but there was a hole in the only bucket they had...

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        • S Steve Mayfield

          Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

          Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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          Mladen Jankovic
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          We've still got a long way to go before human beings can be beamed from one place to another "Star Trek"-style... Ok, now I begin to feel like this[^]!

          [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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            We've still got a long way to go before human beings can be beamed from one place to another "Star Trek"-style... Ok, now I begin to feel like this[^]!

            [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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            Good one.

            My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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            • Steve EcholsS Steve Echols

              Theoretically, the particles could be an infinite distance apart, and viola! instant communication. No speed of light constraints! Wonder why they chose 1 meter, was it the size of the room? :)


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              MartinABooker
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              - and viola! - typo of the year so far for me :-D

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                - and viola! - typo of the year so far for me :-D

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                Steve Echols
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                :laugh: Let me know if I win!


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                  Good one.

                  My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

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                  MartinABooker
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                  I love this stuff, really feels like we're getting somwhere with the whole teleportation thing doesn't it. Once again, science fact only a few years behind science fiction. Its also the very reason 'skynet' scares the crap outta me!

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                  • S Steve Mayfield

                    Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

                    Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                    Christian Graus
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                    If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                    • C Christian Graus

                      If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                      Is that for spiritual reasons, the whole 'what happens to the soul during transit' thing? Or just the whole being blown into millions of itty bitty pieces thing? :)

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                        Paul Unsworth
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                        You'll be alright if there's no flies on you... ;)

                        oooo, the Jedi's will feel this one....

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                        • C Christian Graus

                          If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                          Steve Echols
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                          Chicken....bawk, bawk, bawk!


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                          • S Steve Mayfield

                            Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

                            Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                            I find "teleport" one of the worst misnomer for that. But hey, "IN ZERO SECONDS!!!!!!" isn#t much better.

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                            • C Christian Graus

                              If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                              Stuart Dootson
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                              Definitely - they'll have software controlling them - and you just know the programmers were (the week before) posting on CP - URGENTZZZ HLP RQRD PLZ

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                                yeah but there was a hole in the only bucket they had...

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                                Caslen wrote:

                                but there was a hole in the only bucket they had

                                Then patch it, dear Caslen. Dear Caslen, patch it.

                                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                • Steve EcholsS Steve Echols

                                  Theoretically, the particles could be an infinite distance apart, and viola! instant communication. No speed of light constraints! Wonder why they chose 1 meter, was it the size of the room? :)


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                                  Steve Echols wrote:

                                  Wonder why they chose 1 meter

                                  they're measuring for metric system

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                                    If they ever have teleporters, no chance in hell I get in one.

                                    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    I teleported home one night With Ron and Sid and Meg. Ron stole Meggie's heart away And I got Sidney's leg.

                                    "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                                      Is that for spiritual reasons, the whole 'what happens to the soul during transit' thing? Or just the whole being blown into millions of itty bitty pieces thing? :)

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                                      John M Drescher
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                                      MartinABooker wrote:

                                      Or just the whole being blown into millions of itty bitty pieces thing?

                                      Although I am a religious person, this part scares me a lot more than worrying about the soul. [EDIT]Now when I think of it would you feel this?[/EDIT]

                                      John

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                                      • S Steve Mayfield

                                        Scientists succeed in teleporting information from one atom to another 3 feet away [^]

                                        Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                                        Maybe I'm the only one who misunderstands quantum entanglement here, but how is this in anyway teleportation, or even communication? I thought that when two atoms where entangled, when you observe one, and then the other, you will both see the same thing. However, because you cannot influence the measured result, you cannot communicate. Furthermore, because you don't know when one has been measured, even if the collapse of the wave function happens instantaneously, a message using standard, slower than light communication would need to be transmitted. In other words, entanglement lets you see a random value, with the (amazing) catch that someone with the other particle will see the same random value, when they look.

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                                        • Steve EcholsS Steve Echols

                                          Theoretically, the particles could be an infinite distance apart, and viola! instant communication. No speed of light constraints! Wonder why they chose 1 meter, was it the size of the room? :)


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                                          Steve Echols wrote:

                                          Theoretically, the particles could be an infinite distance apart, and viola! instant communication.

                                          ... of RANDOM INFORMATION ONLY. When you measure the value of one entangled particle you know what the other one is. When you attempt to do anything to set the value of one particle you break the entanglement. This is not, will not, can not, and never will be usable as an actual communication device.

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