Today I'm happy about......

[Lost Leopard Spot]

amazes me folk still shop in person, the only thing I dont buy online is wrapping paper.

You'll be the one decked out like a Dexy's Midnight Runner then?!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm glad this makes you happy, LLS. I'd prefer a four-game winning streak.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'm glad this makes you happy, LLS. I'd prefer a four-game winning streak.

That I can't help you with, you'll have to ask Dougie.

[Annoyed Grunt]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

[Lost Leopard Spot]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

You are beginning to make me paranoid... what are you confused about:
a) why I'm happy about 'large scale information teleportation' ?
b) how they did it ?
or c) both of the above ??

[Annoyed Grunt]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

You are beginning to make me paranoid... what are you confused about:
a) why I'm happy about 'large scale information teleportation' ?
b) how they did it ?
or c) both of the above ??

A little from A and a lot from B.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

You are beginning to make me paranoid... what are you confused about:
a) why I'm happy about 'large scale information teleportation' ?
b) how they did it ?
or c) both of the above ??

A little from A and a lot from B.

OK. a little more from a) I'm happy about it because this breakthrough makes quantum computing more likely to be a commercial proposition within my lifetime, and I'm also slightly happy as well because it is a small and very very very very tentative step on the path of developing a beam me up scotty technology that most physicists would have said only ten years ago to be impossible.
And an even littler bit more from b) Quantum teleportation by prior distributed entanglement gives a channel by which quantum states can be transferred among distant locations without any actual physical carriers. This transmisssion of quantum information is key to enabling qubits to perform, but up until now only photons have been demonstrated to transmit information faithfully at a distance by means of entanglement. The problem with photons is the obvious one, insofar as they ain't nailed down - they move like bloody greased lighting from a to b in the wink of an eye, and therefore trying to construct a quantum computer from them is challenging to say the least. The experiment as performed shows two things that haven't been done before, which are in layman's terms: to prove entanglement across matter that is stationary and to do it on a human rather than sub-atomic scale.

There you go, much less confused I'm sure, more than , Yes?

[CrazyHorse]

... the first ever large scale information teleportation carried out. (Teleportation of humans mere centuries away, probably).

And here's how it was done: The boffins mapped the spin wave state of an atomic ensemble of rubidium atoms to a propagating photon, and then performed Bell state measurements on that photon and a second photon that was already entangled with the spin wave state of a second atomic ensemble. Once the two photons were projected into an (entangled) Bell state, the quantum information was teleported from the first atomic ensemble to the second atomic ensemble.
Stupendous.
here you can find the full story...

You are beginning to make me paranoid... what are you confused about:
a) why I'm happy about 'large scale information teleportation' ?
b) how they did it ?
or c) both of the above ??

A little from A and a lot from B.

OK. a little more from a) I'm happy about it because this breakthrough makes quantum computing more likely to be a commercial proposition within my lifetime, and I'm also slightly happy as well because it is a small and very very very very tentative step on the path of developing a beam me up scotty technology that most physicists would have said only ten years ago to be impossible.
And an even littler bit more from b) Quantum teleportation by prior distributed entanglement gives a channel by which quantum states can be transferred among distant locations without any actual physical carriers. This transmisssion of quantum information is key to enabling qubits to perform, but up until now only photons have been demonstrated to transmit information faithfully at a distance by means of entanglement. The problem with photons is the obvious one, insofar as they ain't nailed down - they move like bloody greased lighting from a to b in the wink of an eye, and therefore trying to construct a quantum computer from them is challenging to say the least. The experiment as performed shows two things that haven't been done before, which are in layman's terms: to prove entanglement across matter that is stationary and to do it on a human rather than sub-atomic scale.

There you go, much less confused I'm sure, more than , Yes?

I don't believe any of this claptrap.
Scientists, particularly physicists are a bunch of lying, cheating charlatans.

[TANGODANCER]

If I thought this transportation thing really worked I'd try moving this whole topic over to The Technology Thread. I have fears you may all be lost in space somewhere so, I'll leave it.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I don't believe any of this claptrap.
Scientists, particularly physicists are a bunch of lying, cheating charlatans.

You are Andrew Mitchell and I claim my £5

[CrazyHorse]

If I can prove that I'm not really Andrew Mitchell does that mean you owe me a fiver instead?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

If I can prove that I'm not really Andrew Mitchell does that mean you owe me a fiver instead?

errrrrrrrrrrrrr... I'll have to think about that.

[Bijou Bob]

I'm happy that Lufthansa are offering a flight to Minsk for £159 return, which is a whopping 200 quid cheaper than it normally is. Gotta love the Krauts. Means I can visit friends of mine in March

[Bruce Rioja]

Lufthansa are absolutely ace, Bob. My airline of choice every time (the polar opposite being Air France, the bunch of surly wankers).

[Harry Genshaw]

Lufthansa are absolutely ace, Bob. My airline of choice every time (the polar opposite being France, the bunch of surly wankers).

Fixed that for you

[Bruce Rioja]

Lufthansa are absolutely ace, Bob. My airline of choice every time (the polar opposite being France, the bunch of surly wankers).

Fixed that for you

Aye, fair enough.

[Worthy4England]

Lufthansa are absolutely ace, Bob. My airline of choice every time (the polar opposite being Air France, the bunch of surly wankers).

I like Lufthansa once I'm on the flight, but their record at turning up on time and being able to get you to an interim destination in time for your connecting Lufthansa flight is shite. Must've had 20 flights booked with them since Sept - at least 50% fcuked up.

[General Mannerheim]

back oop north this afty for a couple of weeks off, cant friggin wait.

im worn out, ill say one thing about London, it doesnt cock about when it comes to christmas! i must have been on six xmas do's, 3 of them official ones. company one, project one, & a team one. had an agency one, a squash team one and one for the sake of it last night. was at darts monday, out tuesday & wednesday and were all off to the pub at lunchtime today too! i could happily not drink again now till new year.

[superjohnmcginlay]

back oop north this afty for a couple of weeks off, cant friggin wait.

im worn out, ill say one thing about London, it doesnt cock about when it comes to christmas! i must have been on six xmas do's, 3 of them official ones. company one, project one, & a team one. had an agency one, a squash team one and one for the sake of it last night. was at darts monday, out tuesday & wednesday and were all off to the pub at lunchtime today too! i could happily not drink again now till new year.

This is unusual?