To the best of my knowledge (and this a year old, so I could be way wrong), the thingy doesn't exist in both places at the same time, it just has an option on being in either place, kind of like futures trading.

It also seems likely that we will start QC with electrons or photons, since it is quite difficult to manipulate quarks (requires a particle accelerator) whereas we are pretty good at manipulating electrons (and photons) with desktop equipment.

Do dig up that story - it sounds interesting.

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Jeremy
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In reply to Re: Re: (OT)another bbc world service news item by jepri
in thread (OT)another bbc world service news item by zakzebrowski

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