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23 Sep 2008, 4:12 am

a quantum box has infinate capacity

a box, which can hold either nothing or something r niether or both
this means it can have nothing and at the same time have something, but there is space left for another thing, and that another thing is both something and nothing, and that then leads into a never ending cycle

a quantum computer, is it possible?

a computer is broken down into bytes, each byte can hold either a 1 or are 0, (much like the quantum box), a quantum computer can hold either a 1 or a 0 or both, but it cant hold both nothing and something, so is a quantum computer infinite?

is space infinate

space.........big, but dose it end? and if it does, what is at the end?



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23 Sep 2008, 4:20 am

Well, finite and infinite are the same thing, after all. The universe is backwards.
A quantum box cannot have infinite capacity without having a finite capacity at the same - greater relativity.
The possibilities of the quantum box can be infinite within finite bounds. As much as that makes sense.

In other words, both the simplest and most complex computer system conceivable. Duality is a fact of life, though it gives headaches.


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23 Sep 2008, 4:25 am

Ishmael wrote:
Well, finite and infinite are the same thing, after all. The universe is backwards.
A quantum box cannot have infinite capacity without having a finite capacity at the same - greater relativity.
The possibilities of the quantum box can be infinite within finite bounds. As much as that makes sense.

In other words, both the simplest and most complex computer system conceivable. Duality is a fact of life, though it gives headaches.

explain to me what finite meens,

p.s. i may sound smart in this field, but i have a lot to learn



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23 Sep 2008, 4:46 am

Finite is a complex thing. In essence, it is the opposite of infinity. But, at the same, not quite - infinity is endless, things finite have a limit. A polar opposite would be equally infinite. Hence, a conundrum - a contradiction, finite is an unequal opposite to infinity. Physics can get like that.


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23 Sep 2008, 5:02 am

Ishmael wrote:
Finite is a complex thing. In essence, it is the opposite of infinity. But, at the same, not quite - infinity is endless, things finite have a limit. A polar opposite would be equally infinite. Hence, a conundrum - a contradiction, finite is an unequal opposite to infinity. Physics can get like that.

cool just making sure



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23 Sep 2008, 8:13 am

tk5800 wrote:

a quantum computer, is it possible?


Yes, it has been done, but so far they have been small - instead of binary digits (bits), a quantum computer uses quantum digits (qubits). So far, I think they have only been able to make 12 qubits systems, and these are not so stable - they tend to crash after a few hundred calculations. But they can do simple computations using quantum systems.