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WCDT Strips 3236 - 3240 (6-10 June 2016)
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Vadik2004 on 06 Jun 2016, 10:45 ---I dislike the purported message this particular comic seems to bring. The only real change that we actually can see with Clinton is
A) new haircut. B) new clothes. C) no glasses.
The message implies that the only thing making him unattractive was his outer appearance and not this personality. However, I'm sure that the comic is trying to say that his personality did change and is reflected in his appearance. We haven't actually known Clinton long enough to see what his personality is really like, and he doesn't change much from the first time we see him. It seems like all these characters are commenting on is looks. If looks really aren't important, then why aren't they making the same observation while he's dressed like a nerd?
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Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight.
Lead me out on the moonlit floor.
Lift your open hand.
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,
Silver moon's sparkling.
So kiss me.
cesium133:
As someone who works on research in quantum computation... yeah, it's not gonna help you much, Hanners.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 06 Jun 2016, 19:34 ---Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight.
Lead me out on the moonlit floor.
Lift your open hand.
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,
Silver moon's sparkling.
So kiss me.
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Me: That sounds weirdly like that song from twenty years or so ago, but with strange lyrics. (looks it up) Wait, those are the actual lyrics?
I had a couple lines right, but a couple lines really wrong, I always thought it was:
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
If you're prepared
Strike up the band, forget the spotlight
The silver moon's sparkling.
So kiss me
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 06 Jun 2016, 19:36 ---As someone who works on research in quantum computation... yeah, it's not gonna help you much, Hanners.
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In that case can you give me an approximate update of the state of the art of quantum computing. The two points of reference I have are:
* In '95 I attended a talk on quantum information, and the speaker said that they have a single quantum AND-gate the size of a desk that operates correctly 70 per cent of the time
* Later ('05?) a colleague (who has written a book about quantum computing) told me that they have a working 4-bit quantum computer that can correctly factor 15. He also told me that the specialists don't agree on whether there are two or three known quantum computer programs.
I have a vague recollection that the last point (number of distinct quantum programs) was addressed here (by some expert) a few years ago. I'm more curious about how much they have gone up from 4 bits.
BenRG:
There is nothing worse than being reduced to 'Subject A' whilst you're actually standing there! Still, being treated with dehumanising disdain or indifference is part of the CoD service package, so Clinton should expect this, I suppose!
This strip feeds into my headcanon that Hannelore studied math to quite a high level (possibility also at a prodigiously young age). She may have a MSc or even a PhD! Being practically raised by a god-AI has some advantages, it seems!
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