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Subject: Theoretical Physicist???

Did anyone else notice this in the sack under the favorite ship question? Is it real and if so is Bungie's plan to take over the world finally coming to fruition?

  • 11.09.2012 6:24 PM PDT

Non facete nobis calcitrare vestrvm perinaevm.

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You imply a level of control over Halo: Reach matchmaking that we no longer have. Or, in your vernacular, it isn't our shiznit anymore.


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  • 11.09.2012 6:30 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Probably a ringer for their softball team.

Or an inside track in order to get Neil deGrasse Tyson to be the narrator on Dest.... oooops.

  • 11.09.2012 6:30 PM PDT

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Yes it's real. I am at college to be one. If Bungie ever actually holds that position, I am definitely applying.

  • 11.09.2012 6:38 PM PDT
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I have the degree, so in theory I'm a physicist, just not in practice. So I'm a merely theoretical physicist.

  • 11.09.2012 7:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: sawnose
I have the degree, so in theory I'm a physicist, just not in practice. So I'm a merely theoretical physicist.
So. God. Damn. Punny. Theoretically, of course.

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  • 11.09.2012 7:47 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

-Gandalf

O rly?
Posted by: sawnose
I have the degree, so in theory I'm a physicist, just not in practice. So I'm a merely theoretical physicist.

  • 11.09.2012 7:48 PM PDT

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Posted by: sawnose
I have the degree, so in theory I'm a physicist, just not in practice. So I'm a merely theoretical physicist.
What was your area of concentration? I'm studying Exotic Propulsion right now.

  • 11.09.2012 8:10 PM PDT
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Quantum computing algorithms. (Also: Radio interferometry)

We all hear that QC will change everything, right? Surprisingly, there are only a couple classes of problem that anyone has found a quantum algorithm for that's notably faster than a classical one:

- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
- Searching unsorted data gets a smaller, quadratic speedup

Some other problems are variants of these, but it's still limited to a really specialized problem space. It's not like we just need hardware for a Quantum Xbox to be able to run games with a million AI and 4K-res graphics at 240fps, that's just not the type of computing that anyone knows how to improve with quantum circuits.

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  • 11.09.2012 8:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: xXIHAYD0IXx
Yes it's real. I am at college to be one. If Bungie ever actually holds that position, I am definitely applying.


Maybe you could start as an intern, see if things work out here. But we'd call that an Experimental Physicist. ;-)

  • 11.09.2012 8:23 PM PDT

Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

Posted by: sawnose
- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
That's kind of a big deal, though >_>

  • 11.09.2012 8:25 PM PDT

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Posted by: sawnose
Quantum computing algorithms. (Also: Radio interferometry)

We all hear that QC will change everything, right? Surprisingly, there are only a couple classes of problem that anyone has found a quantum algorithm for that's notably faster than a classical one:

- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
- Searching unsorted data gets a smaller, quadratic speedup

Some other problems are variants of these, but it's still limited to a really specialized problem space. It's not like we just need hardware for a Quantum Xbox to be able to run games with a million AI and 4K-res graphics at 240fps, that's just not the type of computing that anyone knows how to improve with quantum circuits.
If QC isn't the next IC, it will be interesting to see what it. I've been seeing more and more articles writing about how we are fairly close to reaching the maximum effectiveness of the integrated circuit, so I wonder what the next quantum leap (pun intended) will be.

And I'll be sure to send you guys my resume when I graduate. ;)

  • 11.09.2012 8:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Scapegoat413
Posted by: sawnose
- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
That's kind of a big deal, though >_>


Yep, for certain topics like RSA cryptography. And that was the first big algorithm discovered/created, and it's somewhat surprising that in the 25 years or so since that first big leap, nothing has surpassed it.

  • 11.09.2012 8:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: sawnose
Quantum computing algorithms. (Also: Radio interferometry)

We all hear that QC will change everything, right? Surprisingly, there are only a couple classes of problem that anyone has found a quantum algorithm for that's notably faster than a classical one:

- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
- Searching unsorted data gets a smaller, quadratic speedup

Some other problems are variants of these, but it's still limited to a really specialized problem space. It's not like we just need hardware for a Quantum Xbox to be able to run games with a million AI and 4K-res graphics at 240fps, that's just not the type of computing that anyone knows how to improve with quantum circuits.
Well if you take into account the quantum flux of the QPR Magnet Theorem and adjust for any sort of exponential trigonometric variation in the dynamic upper bound of any given data set excreted from an integrated circuit, you could really maximize the output of it tenfold. It all comes down to whether or not you are able to hypothesize within the bounds of reason when it comes to addressing electronic conundrums of a quantum nature.

(Also, look up the works of S.J. Ingeborg. He's one of my favorite Quantum Chemists and his Ph.D. thesis on the wobble of spacetime in relation to the effectiveness of X-rays is mind-blowing to say the least.)

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  • 11.09.2012 8:43 PM PDT

Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

Posted by: sawnose
Posted by: Scapegoat413
Posted by: sawnose
- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedup
That's kind of a big deal, though >_>

Yep, for certain topics like RSA cryptography. And that was the first big algorithm discovered/created, and it's somewhat surprising that in the 25 years or so since that first big leap, nothing has surpassed it.
Not being a physicist (or computer scientist, for that matter), I can't speak with authority on the topic, but isn't quantum key distribution a thing? Not particularly practical yet, but then neither is using quantum computing to break RSA.

Posted by: xXIHAYD0IXx
If QC isn't the next IC, it will be interesting to see what it. I've been seeing more and more articles writing about how we are fairly close to reaching the maximum effectiveness of the integrated circuit, so I wonder what the next quantum leap (pun intended) will be.
Behold, the next quantum leap in computing. I expect a quantum leap out of Intel every year, really.

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Posted by: Scapegoat413
Not being a physicist (or computer scientist, for that matter), I can't speak with authority on the topic, but isn't quantum key distribution a thing? Not particularly practical yet, but then neither is using quantum computing to break RSA.


Yeah, quantum crypto has some interesting possibilities, and QKD is probably a valid new-thing to add to that list. It doesn't really have a classical analogy in the sense of people having this idea that QC is "faster" than what we have now.

p.s. - the "quantum leap" is a funny phrase, isn't it? It actually means the *smallest* possible change from where you were before, but to hear marketing folks use it...

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  • 11.09.2012 8:59 PM PDT

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They asked if I had a degree in Theoretical Physics. I said I had a Theoretical Degree in Physics. They said welcome aboard.

  • 11.09.2012 9:46 PM PDT
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SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

I for one, approve of this thread. Wholeheartedly (non-zero of course).

  • 11.09.2012 9:50 PM PDT

Welcome to the town of "Diligence." I'm Mayor Due.


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I for one, approve of this thread.


So does this guy


Apologies for interrupting everyone.

  • 11.09.2012 10:09 PM PDT

Quantum Leap means excessively small change. There's the one thing I understood from this thread. Glad I learned something.

  • 11.09.2012 10:32 PM PDT
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  • 11.09.2012 10:34 PM PDT

Ugh...

First on a BWU.. yeah, I'm cool.

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What's going on in this thread...
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Well if you take into account the quantum flux of the QPR Magnet Theorem and adjust for any sort of exponential trigonometric variation in the dynamic upper bound of any given data set excreted from an integrated circuit, you could really maximize the output of it tenfold.
Uhhh, yeah.. I'm just gonna go now.

  • 11.09.2012 10:35 PM PDT


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What's going on in this thread...
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Well if you take into account the quantum flux of the QPR Magnet Theorem and adjust for any sort of exponential trigonometric variation in the dynamic upper bound of any given data set excreted from an integrated circuit, you could really maximize the output of it tenfold.
Uhhh, yeah.. I'm just gonna go now.


Don't worry - that's just technical jargon, people often spew it out to make themselves look smarter than they actually are. I'm a physicist by the way - studying at the University of Birmingham (excellent university for Physics).

  • 11.10.2012 8:22 AM PDT
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Anyone else feel dumb now?

  • 11.10.2012 8:36 AM PDT

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