Re: quantum chip built

2006-01-19 Thread Travis H.
I'm fairly ignorant of quantum computers, having had the opportunity to see Schor lecture at a local university but unfortunately finding myself quickly out of my depth (I still don't understand the weird notation they use for representing [superpositions of?] states in Bell inequalities and his

Re: quantum chip built

2006-01-19 Thread leichter_jerrold
| I'm fairly ignorant of quantum computers, I'm no expert myself. I can say a few things, but take them with a grain of salt. | having had the opportunity | to see Schor lecture at a local university but unfortunately finding | myself quickly out of my

Re: quantum chip built

2006-01-19 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: Michael Cordover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: quantum chip built John Denker wrote: My understanding is that quantum computers cannot easily do anything. Probably one of the best statements so far, certainly QC and easy don't go together very well at

Re: long-term GPG signing key

2006-01-19 Thread Ben Laurie
Travis H. wrote: I must admit, I just had a duh moment. Why the heck am I expiring encryption keys each year? Anyone who records the email can crack it even if the key is invalid by then. All it really does is crudely limit the quantity of data sent under that key, which is little to none