[Buffalo-pm] new member!

[DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI]

I remember you mentioning this after the July meeting. It definitely
sounds like an interesting talk. I can put you into the slot for the
August meeting, and maybe we can get someone to do a beginner topic as
well (is anyone good with pack/unpack?).

-Dan

>>> "Kevin Eye" <eye at buffalo.edu> 07/27/06 12:14 PM >>>
> Feel free to offer up any
> topics that you'd like to see/give a talk on at an upcoming meeting.

BTW, I had an idea for a talk.

Back in 2000, Damian Conway closed out YAPC::NA::19100 (an homage to
the Y2K
bug) with a mind blowing talk and module about "quantum
superpositions." The
module (Quantum::Superpositions -- it's on CPAN) simulates what
quantum
computing will be like, allowing massively parallel computations with
single
operations. The module isn't all that useful for everyday things, but
it
illustrates some fascinating concepts and completely different ways to
look
at things.

Anyways, I think I could do an hour or so on an intro to quantum
mechanics,
qubits, quantum supercomputing, and the Quantum::Superpositions
module.
Maybe next month, or some other time.

 - Kevin


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