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The title is somewhat misleading, as the article is about entropy, heat dissipation and the limits of irreversible computing. The title sounds like a silly moti
by Kliment 16y ago
The title is somewhat misleading, as the article is about entropy, heat dissipation and the limits of irreversible computing. The title sounds like a silly motivation article that we've seen far too many of here lately. I was positively surprised.
- sethg 16y agoCf. the Fredkin gate, which has three inputs and three outputs, and in which the number of bits going out equals the number coming in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin_gate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin_gate