[Ipg-smz] Quantum computing question for my next short story

[Sally Wiener Grotta]

Thanks for the reminder, Daniel. It's more a philosophical story than 
tech. So, I don't believe that will be an issue. But it good to be 
reminded about that.

Best, Sally

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On 2019/06/05 21:33, Daniel Dern wrote:
> The danger of using bleeding-edge tech -- or anything too detailed --
> in an sf story like this is it risks being quickly outdated, possibly
> even before you write "The End."
> 
> Throwing in some (buzz)words like "quantum <whatever>" can't hurt, but
> too specific and, well, I recently re-read a Robert Silverberg story,
> medium-from-when-written (written in the 80s? 90s?) with the
> protagonist narrate-thinking about his wrist computer, with its 350
> megabytes of data capacity. Given the plethora of advanced medical
> tech, it wasn't a near-future.
> 
> Yeah, the buzzwords don't matter so much as the what-you-do-with-it,
> but you don't want to handicap things.