On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:49:40 -0700
Jon Callas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ah, there are some trustworthy photons. Oops, we can trust them,
but we don't know if they are relevant. Ah, there's a relevant
photon....
And we know they are trustworthy photons because they have
certificates signed by an accredited third-party boson.
Boson or bogon?
Boson. Bosons are force-carrier particles, as opposed to fermions.
Photons are themselves bosons, but there are other bosons that carry
other forces. There's the Higgs boson, W and Z bosons, and so on.
Gluons, the particles that hold atomic nuclei together are also bosons.
Bogons are, technically, bosons as they are the particle that carries
a quantum unit of bogosity. However, you yourself have criticized
people who discuss the role of bogosity in quantum cryptography [sic]
(I prefer the term "quantum secrecy"), and therefore I will say no
more about bogons and QC.
Jon
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