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From: SharkD
Subject: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 8 Jun 2010 23:58:42
Message: <4c0f1172$1@news.povray.org>
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Subject: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:41:42 -0400
From: SharkD <pos### [at] gmailcom>
Newsgroups: povray.bugreports

This render is taking waaaaayy too long. :)


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 9 Jun 2010 01:40:11
Message: <4c0f293b@news.povray.org>
SharkD wrote:
> This render is taking waaaaayy too long. :)

We have them already. They do arbitrarily complicated renders that are 
indistinguishable from photographs in real time using massive, massive 
parallelism.

We call the "photons".

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 9 Jun 2010 04:01:14
Message: <4c0f4a4a$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> We call them "photons".

Damn. Somebody beat me to it...


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From: SharkD
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 9 Jun 2010 22:39:49
Message: <4c105075$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/9/2010 1:40 AM, Darren New wrote:
> SharkD wrote:
>> This render is taking waaaaayy too long. :)
>
> We have them already. They do arbitrarily complicated renders that are
> indistinguishable from photographs in real time using massive, massive
> parallelism.
>
> We call the "photons".
>

It's missing input/output however.

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 9 Jun 2010 22:55:00
Message: <web.4c1053b2a2190b94c9d4b96f0@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> SharkD wrote:
> > This render is taking waaaaayy too long. :)
>
> We have them already. They do arbitrarily complicated renders that are
> indistinguishable from photographs in real time using massive, massive
> parallelism.
>
> We call the "photons".

I wouldn't like to pay the electric bill for that... :P


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 10 Jun 2010 02:40:54
Message: <4c1088f6$1@news.povray.org>
>> We call them "photons".
> 
> I wouldn't like to pay the electric bill for that... :P

The best things in life are free. ;-)

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 10 Jun 2010 12:19:37
Message: <4c111099$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> SharkD wrote:
>>> This render is taking waaaaayy too long. :)
>> We have them already. They do arbitrarily complicated renders that are
>> indistinguishable from photographs in real time using massive, massive
>> parallelism.
>>
>> We call the "photons".
> 
> I wouldn't like to pay the electric bill for that... :P

Nah. It's solar powered.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 10 Jun 2010 15:15:01
Message: <web.4c113987a2190b94d467c99c0@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> We call them "photons".
> >
> > I wouldn't like to pay the electric bill for that... :P
>
> The best things in life are free. ;-)

yes, like Linux or sex.  and yet there are those who can't live without Windows
or hookers...


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 10 Jun 2010 15:42:44
Message: <4c114034$1@news.povray.org>
>> The best things in life are free. ;-)
> 
> yes, like Linux or sex.

The idea of these things being associated disturbs me.

http://www.bash.org/?333161 - This disturbs me more though. o_O

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fwd: We need quantum computers NOW!!
Date: 11 Jun 2010 03:56:52
Message: <4c11ec44$1@news.povray.org>
>>> We call the "photons".
>>
>> I wouldn't like to pay the electric bill for that... :P
> 
> Nah. It's solar powered.

http://www.fukubonsai.com/images/Lava_4_exploding.jpg

Nuclear-powered. ;-)


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