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]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/04/quantum-uncertainty.html/comment-page-1#comment-4586 Steven Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:01:22 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2743#comment-4586 I recognize the attitude of the authors (who are from Lockheed) from similar experiences I had at Bell Labs: some people there decided in 1994 or 1995 that quantum computing won't work and subsequently ignored all further developments in the field. As Dave Bacon notes, the authors only consider circuits that are well-known not to be fault-tolerant. How stupid! And that while they even cite some papers and books that do discuss fault tolerance *properly*. I recognize the attitude of the authors (who are from Lockheed) from similar experiences I had at Bell Labs: some people there decided in 1994 or 1995 that quantum computing won’t work and subsequently ignored all further developments in the field.
As Dave Bacon notes, the authors only consider circuits that are well-known not to be fault-tolerant. How stupid! And that while they even cite some papers and books that do discuss fault tolerance *properly*.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/04/quantum-uncertainty.html/comment-page-1#comment-4585 Dave Bacon Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:21:03 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2743#comment-4585 The paper is rubbish and ignores pretty much everything we've learned since 1995 in quantum error correction (i.e. the circuits they use aren't fault-tolerant so of course they don't deal with gate errors.) The paper is rubbish and ignores pretty much everything we’ve learned since 1995 in quantum error correction (i.e. the circuits they use aren’t fault-tolerant so of course they don’t deal with gate errors.)

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/04/quantum-uncertainty.html/comment-page-1#comment-4584 Gunnar Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:45:15 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2743#comment-4584 sounds like we have Schrödinger's quantum computer, it is one and it isn't one. Depends if you are in BC or MA sounds like we have Schrödinger’s quantum computer, it is one and it isn’t one. Depends if you are in BC or MA

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