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First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography

Posted by timothy on from the sneaky-atoms dept.

An anonymous reader writes with today's announcement that "the Austrian project for Quantum Cryptography made the world's first Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography Based on Entangled Photons; see also Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Paradoxon." (For more background, see the recent Slashdot post "Quantum Cryptography Leaving the Lab.")

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  1. Unexpected Consequences by etLux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but... what will I now need to decode my bank statements?

  2. But... by DonServo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't checking if the transfer went through alter your balance? :-P

    1. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I looked in my account and found out my cat was dead.

      You know the two-slit experiment? Well, its just like that
      -- standard explanation for weird quantum things when you don't know the right answer.

  3. Unfortunately... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I can't observe my checking account balance without lowering it.

  4. Quantum tracking number... by gevmage · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the transaction slip presumably says:

    Your transaction number has a 90% probability of being between 8765432 and 8765478.

    Have a 75% nice day.

    --
    Craig Steffen
    http://www.craigsteffen.net
  5. My check bounced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to Insufficient Cat.

  6. Re:Entangled Photons by Professr3 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Please be Bill Gates, please be Bill Gates, please be Bill Gates...

    When in doubt, mod +1 funny and pray

  7. Due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle... by gid13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... there has been a bank error in your favour. Collect $200. :)

  8. trade ya by theMerovingian · · Score: 4, Funny


    I'll give you my entangled photons in exchange for chocolate.

    --
    "If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
  9. Heisenberger by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    According to Heisenberger, my money is going to be both here and there. And if I'm to check my balance, the result will be inaccurate because I'm checking it up.

    Nah, back to those good ol' electrons.

    1. Re:Heisenberger by Nuklearwanze · · Score: 4, Funny

      well you have to decide: either know where your money is, or how much it is...

  10. Re:Complicated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I may know how to program with code, but damned if i know how futons work!"

    Simple: fold the futon up when you want to use it as a couch and then fold it back down when you want to use it as a bed.

  11. quantum jokes galore by TMB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but filling out the slip for "1/sqrt(2) |deposit> - i/sqrt(2) |withdrawal>" is a pain, and thanks to the epoch of inflation my balance is now much smaller than the rest of the universe... luckily, even in an income vacuum my balance randomly jumps up, but only for REEEEAAALLLLYY short lengths of time. I've been hawking radiation for a while but everyone says it's just a two slit operation.

    Okay, I'm done now.

    [TMB]

  12. Unwanted side effect... by chinton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't look to closely at your account balances, lest they become more uncertain.