The more I think about that quantum computer that gives you a result even when switched off, the more I like it.

Perhaps I might do something to justify my existence in this world by developing quantum blogging. You know, I just sit here staring idly out the window, and some wave function collapses to make a book review or NRO column appear on my computer screen, finished & edited. And if it was a quantum computer, I could accomplish this even with the thing switched off! Wheeee!

Although, thinking a little more, why would the on-off switch on a quantum computer have two positions? Shouldn’t it just have one, labeled INDETERMINATE?

And thinking more… but no, I must stop thinking about quantum computers. That way madness lies. Think about something else, Derb, before you get sucked in. Mental-distraction exercises, quick! Hic haec hoc, hunc hanc hoc, huius huius huius, hui hui hui… The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog… Of man’s first disobedience and the fruit of that forbiddentreewhosemortaltastebroughtdeathintotheworld…