Re: [LINK] UNSW researchers make another quantum computing breakthrough

2015-11-16 Thread David Lochrin
On 2015-11-17 10:50 Jan Whitaker wrote: > http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/unsw-researchers-make-another-quantum-computing-breakthrough-20151116-gkzv4b.html > > Mind boggling! Well done, UNSW!!! Can any Linker explain how quantum computing (QC) is actually supposed to work?

[LINK] Need more real IT skills and less disruptor hype

2015-11-16 Thread Tom Worthington
Greeting from the Reimagination Summit at the Star Casino in Sydney (to be followed by ACS Digital Disruptor Awards): http://reimagination.acs.org.au/program/ The event is about "digital disruption" a term I don't like, although admittedly much of IT innovation does disrupt old processes in

[LINK] Texting isn't enough: Australian students' computer skills drop, new report shows

2015-11-16 Thread Jan Whitaker
-report-shows-20151116-gl058m.html Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker Blog: www.janwhitaker.com Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how

Re: [LINK] UNSW researchers make another quantum computing breakthrough

2015-11-16 Thread Karl Auer
On Tue, 2015-11-17 at 11:39 +1100, David Lochrin wrote: > Can any Linker explain how quantum computing (QC) is actually supposed to > work? No. But it won't stop them trying! We are still savages banging rocks together to make pretty sparks. We always get the sparks, and we have figured out

Re: [LINK] Need more real IT skills and less disruptor hype

2015-11-16 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 10:19:44AM +1100, Tom Worthington wrote: > Fortunately Australia now has a Prime Minister* who has experience > sorting tech claims from reality. Unfortunately many companies do not > have this depth of experience in their board rooms. unfortunately, this PM also believes

[LINK] UNSW researchers make another quantum computing breakthrough

2015-11-16 Thread Jan Whitaker
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/unsw-researchers-make-another-quantum-computing-breakthrough-20151116-gkzv4b.html Mind boggling! Well done, UNSW!!! Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter: <ht