"For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks."
Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
Well, I've been using my.yahoo.com as my home news portal for years but if this merger happens I will likely go somewhere else. problem is what are the alternatives? MSN is a big no no, AOL is out of the question and google has nothing that nearly competes with it. Any suggestion? Same goes for streaming music: who competes with Yahoo! Music Unlimited?
You're right, quantum cryptography is a misnomer for quantum key distribution. The difference is that it's based on the laws of physics and uses symmetric key encryption algorithms rather than public key based mathematical method such as RSA that can in theory be broken given enough time to factor a large number. The major threat to RSA are quantum computer as they'll will be able to factor numbers much faster than classic computers. This could happen in the next 5-20 years. Unless you can break (or change) the laws of physics, quantum key distribution is perfectly safe. It makes the one time pad (and therefore perfect encryption) possible.
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Who cares about bandwidth, just setup a local Warcraft server
Not that hard to get on death row.... *K
I say with $5B in their pocket, they take a hike and start Google 2.0
Well, with Barbie(TM) on the case, this should be quickly resolved (unless she's too busy with G.I.Joe(TM))
"For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks."
Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
Aaah, nothing beats a capacitor's jolt in the morning, no even coffee
Well, I've been using my.yahoo.com as my home news portal for years but if this merger happens I will likely go somewhere else. problem is what are the alternatives? MSN is a big no no, AOL is out of the question and google has nothing that nearly competes with it. Any suggestion? Same goes for streaming music: who competes with Yahoo! Music Unlimited?
You're right, quantum cryptography is a misnomer for quantum key distribution. The difference is that it's based on the laws of physics and uses symmetric key encryption algorithms rather than public key based mathematical method such as RSA that can in theory be broken given enough time to factor a large number. The major threat to RSA are quantum computer as they'll will be able to factor numbers much faster than classic computers. This could happen in the next 5-20 years. Unless you can break (or change) the laws of physics, quantum key distribution is perfectly safe. It makes the one time pad (and therefore perfect encryption) possible.