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Quick note. Dr. Mas Karud, if read backwards is: Durak sam. Which means "you are a fool" in Russian. Hmm... Alex, Vadim, you should have noticed :) -- Yan Jan Koum [email protected] | "Turn up the lights; I don't want www.FreeBSD.org -- The Power to Serve | to go home in the dark." On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Alex "Mr. Worf" Yuriev wrote: > >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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