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davebaconski.jpg Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also an assistant research professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)

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Google Thinks Anyone Can Fault-Tolerantly Quantum Compute

Category: Funny Ha HaQuantum Computing
Posted on: September 3, 2008 1:44 PM, by Dave Bacon

What a graduate student at UW discovered when searching for Kitaev's paper on anyons:
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Considering that anyons don't actually exist, Google's response actually makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: Geordie | September 3, 2008 2:09 PM

That's a stretch!

Posted by: Geordie | September 3, 2008 9:01 PM

Google has made several things possible for anyone that were previously pretty niche. Google Earth, SketchUp, Jabber chat, ... exploration of Mars. Maybe this is just they're latest Google Labs product. If they're smart, they'll use the obvious catchy name: Google Fusion (beta).

Posted by: RBarnes | September 4, 2008 9:34 AM

A stretch, yes. But the box tightens a bit, I think, with that experiment. What odds would you give me for evidence of anyons in the next decade? (I'm sure your VCs would support the bet. Wait, I can't play at that level :) )

Posted by: Dave Bacon | September 4, 2008 10:37 AM

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