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| dbzlotrfan | Dec 20 2005, 03:59 AM Post #1 |
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Does anyone think that there could be another type of computer faster than a quantum computer or a DNA computer? That would be nice if there was a (type) of computer faster than Quantum Computers (&) DNA. |
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| Sirin | Dec 20 2005, 01:43 PM Post #2 |
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Always. The room for improvement will exist permanently. |
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| Pete | Dec 20 2005, 04:44 PM Post #3 |
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"Magnitude without direction"
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Agreed. In a bazillion years, we'll be looking back and saying, "Quantum and DNA computers? Ha, they're so slow, what about our 30THz Processors and our 20YB of RAM?" And we'll also be saying, "whoa, isn't it cool how we aren't dead yet?" |
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| Spirix | Dec 20 2005, 04:57 PM Post #4 |
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I do think that sometime in the future we will have extremely, extremely powerfull computers. Maybe not faster then one of those but close. Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self. :drool: |
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| Special Forces | Dec 20 2005, 05:04 PM Post #5 |
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According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. ![]() But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world. |
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| Aaron | Dec 20 2005, 05:41 PM Post #6 |
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A blast from the past.
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well computers do "think" for them selfs. its still in its early stages and not used a lot yet....well I can take that back too take weather for example a computer can/is used a lot when predicting storm paths. its still thinking for its self with the information given to it by the user and the program where then is processes the data, elimats all non possibiltys and cames up with the way it probilty will happen. |
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| Spirix | Dec 20 2005, 05:58 PM Post #7 |
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Well, I'm sure that scientists in the 1800's didn't know of or could have predicted the future of computers. In fact, I didn't even know there were any computers in the 1800's, unless you meant 1900's, which I'm sure you did. Nevertheless, with the giant leaps in AI that have come around in the last decade or so I'm sure it's possible for computers in the way future to actually start thinking for themselves or at least come close to something like that. For instance, something to the effect of iRobot, where they were capable of extremely lifelike abilities. |
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| Logik | Dec 20 2005, 05:59 PM Post #8 |
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it's not sparkly enough
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But unless a breakthrough technique/chip/software/program/whatever is created, computers will always be limited. I mean, even if you program a computer with a billion ways to do anything, there will always be at least one way that you can do it and it is not in the computer. I am looking forward to the days where Quantum computers are in bargin bins.
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| Aaron | Dec 20 2005, 06:02 PM Post #9 |
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A blast from the past.
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so in the 1600's computers started to show up the project I did in 8th grade said it was the 1800's so yeah.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer |
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| Spirix | Dec 20 2005, 06:10 PM Post #10 |
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Neato! Never did know that before. :geek: Thanks Aaron/his project Does anyone think that it could be possible to somehow program a chip/device to mimic a humans brain or DNA so that it could learn an think by itself? I do! Or something of that sort?
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| Aaron | Dec 20 2005, 06:32 PM Post #11 |
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A blast from the past.
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Yeah.... Artificial Intelgents like what most games use now (FEAR Is a bad example of this since according to what I read and saw it was scripted. were games like Battlefield 2 use the AI I am talking about.)
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| Deltasix | Dec 20 2005, 06:41 PM Post #12 |
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What you might be refering to is Godels Incompleteness Therom. Though I don't know the time. Basiclly stated, there can be a free thinking computer, but as with all other free thinking beings, it cannot be perfect. This is summed up such by asking a "perfect computer" to admit that it is, at times, wrong. Either it will admit that it is wrong, and thus be correct in stating that it is failable (as it is perfect, anything it says is true). Or it will not admit that it can be wrong, thus proving somthing that it cannot do, making it imperfect. |
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| dbzlotrfan | Dec 20 2005, 06:44 PM Post #13 |
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There (I think atlest) is a limit to everything. Like silicon computers acorrding to Morres (sp?) law transistors get smaller ever 18 months eventurally were going to get them to where they are a few atoms across and possibly a bit bigger than a nanometer {one billionth of a meter, smaller than the width of a human hair, if wondring}, possisbly smaller. I don't think I could see anything else being made but than (If I am correct) Quantum Computers won't even use silicon, transistors and some of the common computer parts today. It will use (frozen) light and some other things to get speeds higher than (all) of the super computers (silicon) today. Now that's fast. |
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| Spirix | Dec 20 2005, 07:27 PM Post #14 |
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SWBF2 > All I play it about 3 hours a day >_< I'm addicted
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| bm13084 | Dec 20 2005, 07:28 PM Post #15 |
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Spankeroo!
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i didnt read this whole thread....but according to ray kurzweil, by the year 2020, computers will have the storage/processing power of a human brain for $1000. |
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