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A Victorian couple actually smiling in a photo... by laminatedwormin pics

[–]Essar 8 points9 points ago

Read the mouse-over text.

I don't think you understand how to play. by directdefiancein fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 27 points28 points ago

We found puns in a jokeless place.

Everytime I come home with groceries by ShoopSkillzin fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 2 points3 points ago

That last panel... what have you got against colour blind people?

Oh the feeling of corn. by dummystupidin pics

[–]Essar -12 points-11 points ago

See, yours was better but the other guy just went for low-hanging fruit.

Oh the feeling of corn. by dummystupidin pics

[–]Essar -29 points-28 points ago

You kind of ruined it tbh.

iPhone EBay Seller Gets Denied (oldie but a goodie) by perneroin JusticePorn

[–]Essar 17 points18 points ago

Well, if I'd just made $800 like that I'd also be upbeat.

Found this while Geocaching. Maybe a bomb? by Flowtosin WTF

[–]Essar 1 point2 points ago

I'm changing my name to Mr. Nighaf Klenoid.

After winning $75,000 at an international high school science fair for developing a cheap, quick, and accurate way of detecting pancreatic cancer by will121000in pics

[–]Essar 1 point2 points ago

At its most basic, the idea is that you cannot measure a quantum state without altering it. If you wished to know exactly a given quantum state, you would need an infinite number of copies on which to perform an infinite number of measurements.

Now, because of this, if you want to transmit a state, you cannot just measure it, and then use a lab elsewhere to recreate it. You either have to transmit the state physically to the other location (which could be difficult, because quantum states are fragile) or you can perform 'quantum teleportation', in which case you can recreate the state by transmitting only classical information (i.e. the outcome of a measurement). The tricky part is, you already have to share an entangled state* to perform quantum teleportation, but there are ways of doing this. In fact, at a glance, I'm pretty sure that the paper in question was detailing one such way of creating entanglement remotely.

In effect, you successfully transmit a quantum state without either party knowing at any point what the transmitted state is. This could be useful if you want to transmit a state from one part to another part of a quantum computer with which to perform computations, for example. It's all a little complicated to explain so briefly.

*not strictly true, but you need to have some form of quantum correlations, and until recently it was thought that entanglement was necessary.

After winning $75,000 at an international high school science fair for developing a cheap, quick, and accurate way of detecting pancreatic cancer by will121000in pics

[–]Essar 0 points1 point ago

Copy-pasted from my other comment:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/tyojz/after_winning_75000_at_an_international_high/c4qwzf5

He didn't. The paper he cowrote is about entanglement creation between two remote quantum memories: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.4028v1.pdf

Now I don't know how much work he personally did on it, but I'd say difficulty-wise it's on the low-end of a project that would be assigned for the final project of an integrated master's degree (possibly bachelor's), but probably a bit shorter. For a high-school student obviously excellent if he had a major contribution.

After winning $75,000 at an international high school science fair for developing a cheap, quick, and accurate way of detecting pancreatic cancer by will121000in pics

[–]Essar 2 points3 points ago

Completely incorrect. You need classical communication (thus luminal or sub-luminal) to enact quantum teleportation. Quantum teleportation is simply copying a quantum state to a remote location (whilst destroying it in its home location, because you can't clone a quantum state).

After winning $75,000 at an international high school science fair for developing a cheap, quick, and accurate way of detecting pancreatic cancer by will121000in pics

[–]Essar 7 points8 points ago

He didn't. The paper he cowrote is about entanglement creation between two remote quantum memories: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.4028v1.pdf

Now I don't know how much work he personally did on it, but I'd say difficulty-wise it's on the low-end of a project that would be assigned for the final project of an integrated master's degree (possibly bachelor's), but probably a bit shorter. For a high-school student obviously excellent if he had a major contribution.

After winning $75,000 at an international high school science fair for developing a cheap, quick, and accurate way of detecting pancreatic cancer by will121000in pics

[–]Essar 4 points5 points ago

I don't know who made that summary of the work, but I sure hope it wasn't the kid or else he doesn't understand the paper he supposedly co-wrote. In fact, I'm pretty sure the statement is simplified to the degree that it's completely incorrect.

I found a copy on the arxiv http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.4028v1.pdf and at a quick scan, it looks to me like it's concerned with entanglement creation between two remote parties.

This is so chill by _TheGermanGuy_in videos

[–]Essar 4 points5 points ago

What if they are on the bridge?

Playing against girlfriend by darkreef2in gaming

[–]Essar 43 points44 points ago

Or just learn a move like Yoshimitsu's flea hop / sword pogo and become even more annoying to the button masher than they are to you.

What are some small, insignificant things that you judge people for? by WtfWhereAreMyClothesin AskReddit

[–]Essar 1 point2 points ago

I wouldn't call being a credulous idiot a 'small, insignificant thing'.

Watch out ladies...my 92 year old grandfather is single [FIXED] by kris919in funny

[–]Essar 7 points8 points ago

It wasn't till I actually read these comments that I realised it wasn't.

Will Smith rapping the Fresh Prince theme live by BatteryRamin videos

[–]Essar 173 points174 points ago

You can tell that most people are reading straight off the prompt, but it's cool that a few look like they may not be (apart from a stray glance or two perhaps).

It takes thirty seconds and might just save your life, by preventing me from killing you. by Cheesiusin fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 1 point2 points ago

Surely if you fill it with enough water so that it overflows then it'll be a bit tough to break the ice on the surface to separate the ice cubes once solidified?

A new kind of Rage by Detectiveoftheeastin fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 0 points1 point ago

I'd expect that the person was making a joke.

Grading 2nd grade math homework. by iHearYouLikein funny

[–]Essar -2 points-1 points ago

Is she?

The question asks "how many of..." and I'm not sure if giving an answer as the fraction of the total is necessarily correct. That is, I think for her answer to be correct the question might have to ask, "what fraction of...".

Maths test by Trollzoroin fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 0 points1 point ago

I've done my fair share of marking mathematics at university level and the majority of people don't really care about reducing fractions etc. However, if you're consistently ugly with the way you do things and do dumb stuff like writing 1000/10 instead of 100 then you may have a couple of marks docked.

At the very least, if you're continually sloppy you're less likely to get the benefit of the doubt if there's some areas of uncertainty.

She was a creep. by NorUnderACrocusin fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[–]Essar 108 points109 points ago

She was trying to make you feel better, you jerk.

Son lost his ipod touch at Fox River Mall tonight 5/15. He's 10 and bought it with his own money :( by ifindthishumerusin wisconsin

[–]Essar 24 points25 points ago

Pretty sure it's a character from the T.V. show Game of Thrones and the series of books upon which it is based, A Song of Ice and Fire.

How common is your birthday? by mistermajik2000in offbeat

[–]Essar 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, I noticed the same discrepancy on a few days around Christmas, and assumed it was because of people not wanting to induce labour etc. on those dates.

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