Re: PK and QC

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn_at_null.net)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 03:40:30 -0400

flip wrote:
> We can build some quantum gates today, but translating that into something
> that can be made to function as a computer is a joke at present.
> I would venture to say that in the next 1000 years it might be possible, but
> I suspect something new in crypto will be learned by then.

The joke is that you really think that it takes that long
to develop a new technology to the point of practicality.

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