Comments on: Mono-molecular optical transistor brings quantum computing closer http://futurismic.com/2009/07/08/mono-molecular-optical-transistor-brings-quantum-computing-closer/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2009/07/08/mono-molecular-optical-transistor-brings-quantum-computing-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-38058 Paul Raven Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:35:41 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8100#comment-38058 Point taken, Rick - though in my defence that's a quote from the original article rather than my choice of words! I'll keep an eye out for that sort of thing moving forwards, but feel free to call out further errors - that's the best way to learn! Point taken, Rick – though in my defence that’s a quote from the original article rather than my choice of words! I’ll keep an eye out for that sort of thing moving forwards, but feel free to call out further errors – that’s the best way to learn!

]]> By: Rick York http://futurismic.com/2009/07/08/mono-molecular-optical-transistor-brings-quantum-computing-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-37880 Rick York Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:02:46 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8100#comment-37880 Paul, I notice that you used a word construction that has become depressingly familiar. You wrote "over ten times smaller than standard transistors,". Several folks over at Slashdot have picked up the same problem. Why don't we write one-tenth or 1/10 rather than "ten times smaller". I realize I'm nit-picking, but we are seeing a lot of grammatical errors and misconstructions which confuse and mislead. Yours is the least harmful, but, to a nitpicker, it's annoying. Rick Paul,

I notice that you used a word construction that has become depressingly familiar. You wrote “over ten times smaller than standard transistors,”.

Several folks over at Slashdot have picked up the same problem. Why don’t we write one-tenth or 1/10 rather than “ten times smaller”.

I realize I’m nit-picking, but we are seeing a lot of grammatical errors and misconstructions which confuse and mislead. Yours is the least harmful, but, to a nitpicker, it’s annoying.

Rick

]]> By: Evil Rocks http://futurismic.com/2009/07/08/mono-molecular-optical-transistor-brings-quantum-computing-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-37867 Evil Rocks Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:34:04 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8100#comment-37867 I stood in front of a urinal the other day, junk in hand, and realized that there was a computer running the toilet. I stood in front of a urinal the other day, junk in hand, and realized that there was a computer running the toilet.

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