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Re: Fwd: Quantum device brings end to the "World Wide Wait"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Hurst)
Wed Apr 1 13:09:01 1998
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 12:57:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>
To: Chris Parker <cparker@starnetusa.net>
cc: "Alex \"Mr. Worf\" Yuriev" <alex@netaxs.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199804011623.QAA26493@email5.starnetinc.com>
Actually the Bell labs website has quite an extensive slab of info on
this work-up, it appears it ports to optical and wireless technologies.
Just do a search on "quantum" when you get there.
THZ's man.... cooool.
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Chris Parker wrote:
> At 09:31 AM 4/1/98 -0500, Alex \"Mr. Worf\" Yuriev wrote:
> >
> >On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 avg@pluris.com wrote:
> >
> >Happy fools day :)
>
> Well actually, this is not all a hoax. The method described in the message
> is known as Quantum Teleportation. It is being seriously researched and
> has been demonstrated in controlled experiments. The following links
> will take you to sites that describe the theory better than I ever could.
> I only study Quantum Physics for fun. :) It is a real effect, and while
> the story is based in reality, the announcement that Lucent has succesfully
> built a device that uses this method of communication is quite doubtful
> though. The following links are however, not hoaxes. We have nothing to
> fear, as this technology is still quite a ways from actual commercial use.
>
>
> http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/
>
>
> http://www.sciam.com/explorations/122297teleport/index.html
>
> >Alex
>
> -Chris
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