Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 22, 2012
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At exceptionally small sizes, computer chips and other electronic components are rendered useless by quantum effects! In the 1930s, visitors to the United States' Yellowstone National Park were nearly 200 times more likely to be mauled by a bear than they are today! Yum! In addition to feeding on the tics and parasites of Africa's large mammals- ox pecker birds also dine on the mammals's tears, saliva, mucus, earwax and blood!
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Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Mammal ear wax….yummmmm.
jennifer almost 13 years ago
Chips limited by Quantum effects? —> Moore’s Law. However, the way around this is with quantum computers: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/12/dwave-systems-shows-off-512-qubit.html
Tog almost 13 years ago
Well said.
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
You need to get up earlier to be the bird that gets that worm Gaunty ;o)
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
When the chips are down, necessity is the mother of invention!
Fan o’ Lio. almost 13 years ago
It’s the early worm that gets caught.
Fan o’ Lio. almost 13 years ago
Am I the only one who dosn’t understand the quantum effects article? I thought some smarty pants would have explained it to us dumbasses by now.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Maybe some computer chips are too small to take a “Quantum Leap”!
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
I’ve read that visitors to Yellowstone are now more likely to be injured by buffalo that by bears.The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.