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A Plagueing Question...
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 2:25 pm
by Aegis
I really hate to bring this up, seeing as it is totally unrelated to BG@ (at least I think it is...)
Whomever may answer my question will get a a bowl of ice cream....
What is a CUBIT? Can anyone answer that? We shall see I suppose. Let us see if we have anyone people more intelligant then a Minerature-Giant Space Hamster....
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Courage is Bravery,
Bravery is Courage,
Children are Flamable
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 2:27 pm
by rapier
SOme kind of a cherub?! A love-angel or something like that?!
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Step in shadow, left a husk, killed in moments after dusk.
Step in shadow, you are prey, pray you live to see the day.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 3:24 am
by rumagent
Are you certain you don't mean a QUBIT? A qubit is a quantum bit, the counterpart in quantum computing to the binary digit or bit of classical computing.
But because an electron is in superposition it is so much more fun than your average bit. A single electron can compute 2^n in a single run. Now imagin what you could do with a system composed of, say, 1000
There are a lot of articles on the net about this topic. Try to do a search on quantum computing.
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"Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 3:33 am
by Rail
A cubit, in biblical terms, is the distance from your elbow to the tips of your fingers, I believe. Kinda like a foot, only longer. Well, depending on the foot or the forearm. Is this what you meant?
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 3:37 am
by Rail
I would never presume to be more intelligent than a Minerature-Giant Space Hamster, however.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 9:10 am
by Weasel
Cubit, also called COVID, unit of linear measure used by many ancient peoples.
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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Chao Chao 192 a.d.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2001 12:58 pm
by Aegis
Congrats, Rail! You get the ice cream! You know your bibal....
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Courage is Bravery,
Bravery is Courage,
Children are Flamable