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MIT’s New 5-Atom Quantum Computer Could Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete
Cryptogon ^ | March 6, 2016

Posted on 03/24/2016 1:38:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 03/24/2016 1:38:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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They have always had this already working or not.


2 posted on 03/24/2016 1:39:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe they will finally be able to determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.


3 posted on 03/24/2016 1:40:28 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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4 posted on 03/24/2016 1:41:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Diogenesis

That’s what the poll at the site is about. I tell my wife when we’re watching television that if it shows a new technology, we’ve had it for at least twenty years.


5 posted on 03/24/2016 1:42:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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6 posted on 03/24/2016 1:43:17 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Quantum computing - how FR finally fixed the apostrophe problem.


7 posted on 03/24/2016 1:44:13 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason.)
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Or the singularity.


8 posted on 03/24/2016 1:47:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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9 posted on 03/24/2016 1:51:51 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton
"Maybe they will finally be able to determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin."

Classical Ballet or Modern Interpretive?

10 posted on 03/24/2016 2:06:26 PM PDT by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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Both, since this imaginary computer is so capable.


11 posted on 03/24/2016 2:11:16 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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Maori Haka

;>)


12 posted on 03/24/2016 2:13:21 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ah, the old ion trap.

Love, Maxwell


13 posted on 03/24/2016 2:13:27 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Buchanan: A note of caution: This establishment is not going quietly.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m calling bull shit on this. No MIT, Apple is not going to give up security on iPhones because of this BS story. Let’s see it hot shots. We should just be able to apply more technology and fly through space at the speed of light but don’t hold your breath.


14 posted on 03/24/2016 2:17:50 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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Combining the best of interpretive and the classics.
15 posted on 03/24/2016 2:19:55 PM PDT by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

My job is Angel Choreographer, aka Software Engineer.


16 posted on 03/24/2016 2:33:54 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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Nice— hadn’t seen that before.


17 posted on 03/24/2016 2:36:20 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: precisionshootist

Cracking the iPhone security would require thousands of qbits.


18 posted on 03/24/2016 2:38:56 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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Never say never...

Right now they are using laser beams to hold the qbit atoms. Set up a chipful of laser LEDs and the proper cryogenic equipment, and you have your qbit jig. Not everything has to be hand-fabricated.

Japan will probably have kilo-qbits before we do.


19 posted on 03/24/2016 2:46:31 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Diogenesis

Schrodinger’s cat might have knocked it off of the lab bench.


20 posted on 03/24/2016 2:48:30 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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