Well ... that's better than the lead (yes, lead) 'tri-nary' computer the
guys at UT came up with about 2 years ago.


Mark Landin wrote in message <[log in to unmask]>...
>On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 14:39:46 -0700, Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>Starting with a solution of liquid
>>chloroform molecules, and using radio pulses to manipulate the
>>inner magnets of the carbon and hydrogen nucleus in each
>>molecule, the researchers first put each carbon and hydrogen
>>nucleus into a combination or "superposition" of 0 and 1 states, for
>>a total of four possibilities in each molecule.
>
>Can't wait to see an item on the price list labelled "Quantum
>Computing Fluid, 12 oz, field kit".
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>Mark Landin                   "Is the 'poop deck' what I
>T. D. Williamson, Inc.         think it is?" -- Homer Simpson
>UNIX Sys. Admin                upon joining the Naval Reserve