Posted on 11/10/2005 8:07:52 PM PST by Straight Vermonter
I think they meant when transistors were reverse engineered from the Roswell crash.
Unless you were a big contributer to the Clinton administration.
How long do you think they will have to wait to reveal the quantum computational capabilities they also gleaned from the Roswell crash so as to not make it seem too suspicious?
Yours is the funniest post I have seen in at least a year.
Depends on if IBM gets exclusive patents, otherwise they may let the cat out of the bag....
I hope you mean funny "HaHa" and not funny strange!
In considering what type of regulations should be imposed on quantum computing
*Shiver*
I mean I read your post and laughed real hard and even shared it with my family.
I've got a quantum computer now. All the cables are entangled and data is governed by the uncertainty principle.
LOL
Steven Wright couldn't put it any better.
Well, I suppose that will depend on what you mean by "HaHa." :)
Thanks, glad I could spread some good cheer!
Not this kind...
"David DiVincenzo compared the potential of quantum computing to the possibilities generated in 1947 when transistors were invented."
... Or to the invention of the 8-track!
This would necessarily be one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world. Whoever has access to QC can immediately break almost any cryptographic scheme (except for one-time pads and quantum cryptography). Of course the government would go to great lengths to protect this monopoly.
I believe this because 1) the N.S.A. has effectively unlimited, off-budget resources at its disposal, 2) the ability of QC to break all public-key cryptographic schemes is not a matter of conjecture; it is only a matter of engineering, and 3) the N.S.A. has recruited and cultivated many--perhaps most--of the brightest minds in the relevant fields.
How could they NOT throw unprecedented resources at this one engineering problem? If they're not there yet, they're far in the lead.
If ironic or Kovacs-lent bonds are formed then the charm and strange quarks are irretrievably comingled making it impossible to determine the exact nature of the funniness of the related comment.
It's a good question. Transparent aluminum finally made its much-anticipated debut, but we're still waiting to see when the first flux capacitors will become commercially available.
That's sort of what I was thinking, too. Only you said it better.
My first thoughts as I read the title. Once this 'cat gets out of the bag,' everyone going to need new encryption schemes.
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