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To: Red Badger

I read an article about Quantum Computing recently that stated if and when Quantum Computing becomes real and functions in real world applications the uses are unlimited.

For example, all current military grade encryption could be broken in a matter of a few minutes...


6 posted on 09/18/2020 12:39:52 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel
functions in real world applications the uses are unlimited.

But mostly pron.

8 posted on 09/18/2020 12:41:35 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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will it be able to solve Pi?


10 posted on 09/18/2020 12:42:56 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: srmanuel

Decoding military stuff? That does not sound good. Sounds like technology that should be kept out of the hands of certain people or countries.


24 posted on 09/18/2020 12:58:11 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!")
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To: srmanuel

Yes, but Q encryption would replace the old encryption.

And I just “typed” this in with a pencil! How cool is that!?


35 posted on 09/18/2020 1:07:01 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: srmanuel
functions in real world applications the uses are unlimited.

Not really. There are whole classes of algorithms that have no advantage being run on quantum computers. Things like simulating chemical reactions is where they'll really shine.

47 posted on 09/18/2020 2:03:28 PM PDT by glorgau
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Lotus Notes ID files might survive.

The quantum computer might adequately run Notes for once.

A little sarcasm.

I despise Lotus Notes.


49 posted on 09/18/2020 2:04:36 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selm)
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To: srmanuel
For example, all current military grade encryption could be broken in a matter of a few minutes...

And if someone has been recording traffic, they can go back and decipher it. The Brits used computers in the early '70s to crack WW2 era Soviet radio communications with its intelligence agents in embassies. They had been taken down, but never decrypted in the intervening 25+ years. Computers made it possible to do so.

58 posted on 09/18/2020 2:56:57 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: srmanuel
"I read an article about Quantum Computing recently that stated if and when Quantum Computing becomes real and functions in real world applications the uses are unlimited."

Yup. Things that I've read about it are mindblowing.

IBM Is Now Letting Anyone Play With Its Quantum Computer

Google Claims Its Quantum Computer Can Do The Impossible In 200 Seconds

"Google claims it has designed a machine that needs only 200 seconds to solve a problem that would take the world's fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to figure out."

64 posted on 09/18/2020 5:55:49 PM PDT by blam
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