Quantum Computer Works Best When Off

From New Scientist comes a short story about a theory that quantum computers will still be looking for answers when they're off. This is pretty mind blowing. Even more amazing is the fact that this post wrote itself on a quantum computer in the future, which also happened to be off.


"With the right set-up, the theory suggested, the computer would sometimes get an answer out of the computer even though the program did not run. And now researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have improved on the original design and built a non-running quantum computer that really works."

Population Growth

According to Wired, the world's population will hit 6.5 billion this Saturday at around 7:16pm EST. Not if I have anything to say about it! Mwa ha ha! Oh wait, I'm not the only one who wants to trim the fat from humanity's ample midsection.

From the article:

"For his part, Cohen estimates that if we want to support individuals indefinitely -- allotting each person 3,500 calories per day from wheat and 247,000 gallons per year of fresh water -- the planet has room for only about 5 billion people."