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...data, but it holds a lot more potential than that, if only because of its massive information-storage capacity. One of the marvelous little wrinkles of the quantum world is a condition known as superposition, in which a particle can occupy two states at the same time. (Don't ask; it just can.) For this reason, a quantum bit, or qubit, can store two numbers at once. Each qubit added to a quantum computer doubles the size of the system, so if you want to know the capacity of a computer that contains 300 qubits, take the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teleportation Is Real – But Don't Try It at Home | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...imagine Joshua was comforted by the reaction of Rangoon's police chief. "DVB are the worst," growls Major General Khin Yi in the closing scenes of Burma VJ. "DVB are the ones who broadcast most of the false news about us." My brave Burmese colleagues couldn't ask for a bigger compliment, or for a better reason to continue their extraordinary work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma VJ: Truth as Casualty | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...would have been interesting to ask each man what he thought about the value of the toxic assets on bank balance sheets. Unlike land, toxic assets can multiply. And, unlike land, the value of toxic assets may never rebound, although analysts differ on that subject. (See pictures of Mark Twain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memo To Congress: "Buy Land, They Ain't Making Any More Of It" | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

Public input has been varied, but budget sub-committee co-chair Luc D. Schuster, said that most people tend to ask for more funding, rather than less, making cuts difficult...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Schools Examine Budget Deficit | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...Jillson said that when O’Brien first approached her about joining the association, she was reluctant to ask him to pay membership dues. But “he came back later with cash in hand and insisted I take his money,” Jillson said...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Square Bookseller To Close Bookstand | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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