The latest techie buzz word seems to be the word Quantum. It is the end-all-be-all of computer technology, the savior of the computing universe. Right.

“Quantum” is used to define the momentum, state, and energy of the elementary particles of an atom, or basically any subatomic particle. It seems like every day someone comes out with a new quantum something that is supposed to solve all our problems. I saw an article wednesday on quantum cryptography now supposedly unbreakable. I read the article and it does seem that they have developed something that would be impossible to intercept in such a way that it could be deciphered simply due to the fact that an interception would be detected in the quantum state of the stream which could then be stopped. It is interesting stuff and reminded me of a bad book I once tried to read.

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