Quantum Jump, or Hoax?

A company named Atom Chip Corporation has announced what appears to be a quantum leap forward in computer technology. A "quantum-optical" microprocessor and non-volatile RAM. The processor is rated at 6.88Ghz, and the RAM comes in denominations measured in Terabytes (1 and 2 Tb packages are supposedly currently available). The memory is supposedly of such a speed, reliability, and long-term stability that a single small module (1-2TB) can replace hard drives, completely. A completely solid-state system with no moving parts. The big kicker is that it does all this with a greatly reduced power

The whole thing sounds just too fantastic to be true, so it probably isn't. Their website looks decidedly amateurish. On the other hand, there are patents granted and pending; and the creator has allegedly won a number of awards (how legit they are, I can't say). They're supposedly going to be debuting a laptop featuring their technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January; so I guess we'll find out for sure then.

If it is true, the listed prices ($2500-$6000 per module) means it will be out of reach of most corporations and nearly all consumers for quite some time to come. While there's no price given for their debut laptop, I'd guess it to be somewhere in the range of $10,000-$20,000; or the price of a small cluster farm or single mini.

Article in The Register: US 'world genius' touts 6.8GHz 'quantum-optical' CPU
Manufacturer's Website: Atom Chip Corporation

Holy fuck people piss me off.

It's not bad enough that the people are already finger-pointing and using a devastating natural disaster to further their own political goals; but now there's all this ludicrious conspiracy-theory bullshit. Great Jumping Zarquon on a Pogo Stick, people, this is fucking retarded! Use your goddamn brains already!

I'll spell it out for you:

The Hurricane was not G-D's judgement on the queers! It was a natural fucking disaster, the same kind of shit that happens every damn year, only worse this time. If this was a judgement against the queers, what were all the other hurricanes? How about the one that devastated parts of Florida last year? Was that a judgement against retired Jews?

The levees were not bombed to divert the flooding to the poor parts of town and "flush out the slums". The areas that weren't flooded are on higher fucking ground. Water doesn't fucking run uphill. It's called common sense, people. Use it.

Bush did not intentionally delay assistance because Louisiana has too many poor people, see below.

The government did not secretly engineer the flood, for any fucking reason.

Oh, and while we're on the subject of finger pointing, I'm really getting sick of all the dumbshits saying that the floods occurred because Bush cut funding for the levees. Do any of you people have the slightest fucking idea just what you're talking about? Do you know anything about engineering at all? No, it's quite clear that you don't. I'm not a fan of Bush, I didn't vote for him, and I want him out of office; but Almighty Zarquon, this is just stupid.

According to the Army Corp of Engineers -- you know, the people who designed, built, and maintained them since 1965 -- they were only designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane. To build them to withstand a Category 4 would have required 20 years. They would have had to plan for this hurricane starting back in the 70s. So if you really need a scapegoat, blame Jimmy Carter. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/05/60minutes/main815179_page2.shtml

Plus, the other problem was that there were no protective wetlands, thanks to mismanaged development. Repairing the wetlands would be nearly impossible now. Current estimates are $14 billion and 30 years. A minimum combined wetlands and levee project sufficient to protect the city from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane is estimated to require $8 billion and 30 years. http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/ceonline03/0603feat.html

As for the emergency response, there is plenty of blame to go around, but the majority of it rests solely on the shoulders of the corrupt city and state government. For starters, the Mayor of New Orleans, who refused to use a perfectly good emergency management plan, including refusing to use hundreds of transit and schoolbusses to evacuate citizens; and instead left them sit, parked, to get flooded out. As well as the Governor of Louisiana, whose fuckups are too numerous to mention, including delaying both local and federal relief efforts and blocking both FEMA and the Red Cross. FEMA has plenty of their own fuckups, but keep in mind that their own regulations don't permit them to act until 72-96 hours after the declaration of an emergency.
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