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Re: NASA, Google buy 512 qubit Quantum Computer

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On Thu, 16 May 2013 16:09:59 -0700, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>Quantum computers can solve "try all possibilities" problems by using
>Quantum Mechanics to explore all  possibilities simultaneously. I
>suspect encryption, except one-time pads, will have to be revamped or
>abandoned to stay ahead.  This is going to create a massive social
>problem and open astounding possibilities.

turns out the hardware can run only one algorithm, discrete
optimisation. It can't run Shor's algorithm to factor into primes.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. 
If man can go to the moon, he will. 
If he can control the climate, he will. 
 ~ John von Neumann (born: 1903-12-28 died: 1957-02-08 at age: 53)

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