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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 [email protected] wrote: Happy fools day :) Alex > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 00:49:46 -0800 (PST) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Fwd: Quantum device brings end to the "World Wide Wait" > > Copied without permission from CNN web site. > > Time to close the shop? > > --vadim > > > Quantum device brings end to the > "World Wide Wait" > > April 1, 1998 > Web posted at 1:02 a.m. EST (0602 GMT) > > > NEW JERSEY (CNN) - A major technological breakthrough was announced today > by the research division of the leading telecommunication equipment manufacturer, > Lucent Technologies. The invention by Bell Laboratories scientist Dr. Mas Karud > makes existing communication equipment obsolete by providing a technique for > distance-insensitive instaneous communication. > > "The possibility of such instaneous communication was accepted by scientific > community for a long time" says Dr. Karud. "The device we demonstrated today > exploits the quantum phenomenon known as Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox". > However, putting the quantum-based technique to practial use has proved elusive. > Dr. Kurad spent more than 10 years in search of ways to compensate for the inherent > unpredictability of quantum systems and slow down decay of the "wave function". > > The device demonstrated by Lucent allows simulatneous interference-free communication > of at least ten billion of "stations" at speeds exceeding several billion bits > per second, or at least a million times faster than the modems commonly used to > access Internet. The most intriguing feature, however, is the absense of delays > and dissipation of signal with the distance. Dr. Karud explains that the quantum > wave functions "collapse" instaneously, seemingly violating one of the main > postulates of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The paradoxial nature of > such instaneous "collapse" discovered by Einstein made him to declare the quantum > mechanics invalid. However, the later research confirmed the basic principles > of quantum mechanics, making it one of the most important parts of the modern > science. > > The announcement marks the beginning of the revolution in telecommunications, > declares Lucent. The entire industries of fiber optic and radio communications > are made obsolete by the amazing device. There's no longer any need to "route" > data and voice packets through many "switches" or "routers', since the users > will be able to communicate directly. "This is the end of the era of tyranny of > telecom dinosaurs" says Don Huboldt, telecom analyst at Wessels, Arnold & Heiss. > The shares of AT&T Corp. (T) were down 12-3/4, to 51-1/2, on the news of the > announcement, promting highly volatile trading in the entire telecom sector. > > Vice President Al Gore congratulated the Bell Laboratories team in a telephone > call following the annoncement. "This is the best example of how steadfast commitment > of United States Goverment to supporting scientific research and education pays back > by making American nation the leader in innovation and technology" said Mr. Gore. > > However, not everybody welcomed the news. The most outspoken was John Chambers, > the CEO of the Internet routing equipment vendor, Cisco Systems (CSCO). At the > hastily assembled press-conference he said that "it is time to close the > shop" for Internet router vendors. Representatives of 3Com Corp, Accend > Communications and Bay Networks declined to comment. > > Shares of Lucent Technologies (LU) finished up 25-3/8 to 150-1/4 at Tuesday's > close. >
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