By Reuser | Published:
April 14, 2010
And The Answer To One Of Cryptography’s Mysteries Is . . . 42 – Physics – io9.
Generating truly random numbers is notoriously difficult. But now, using a quantum system, researchers have managed to create 42 genuinely random numbers. Their discovery is a major breakthrough for cryptography, and could one day enable truly [...]
By Reuser | Published:
March 1, 2010
Somebody announces that he’s built a large quantum computer. RSA is dead. DSA is dead. Elliptic curves, hyperelliptic curves, class groups, whatever, dead, dead, dead. So users are going to run around screaming and say ‘Oh my God, what do we do?’
via Introduction.
Also posted in Science, Technology |
By Reuser | Published:
July 8, 2009
FRONTLINE: poisoned waters: introduction | PBS. – watch the whole two hours before you condemn. It gets through, inexorably to a quality point.
Wake up, people!
Also posted in Biology, Design, Economics, Hurt, Personal, Politics, Rant, Science, Stupid, Technology, Videos |
By Reuser | Published:
November 6, 2008
“Structures” tugging at the universe.
Also posted in Politics, Rant, Science |
By Reuser | Published:
June 25, 2007
No, actually, it isn’t. Twice as much per GDP. Huh.
Also posted in Economics, Rant |
By Reuser | Published:
October 22, 2006
“Finally, in the past two years, euros have also become easier to carry, store, and hide than dollars. Generally, the largest denomination of U.S. currency readily available is the $100 bill. But in the past two years, the European Central Bank has started to print 200-euro and 500-euro bills. These larger bills thus allow for [...]
Also posted in Design, Economics |
By Taark | Published:
August 24, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/15/wmex15.xml
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/20/151654.shtml
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200608/SPE20060821a.html
I just listened to a clip from the sheriff in Zapata County TX, and that guy sounds like he knows more of what is going on with “homeland security” then all the Washington types running the country.
If you really want to ruin your sleep; the border patrol admits to catching less then 1/10 that cross. [...]
Also posted in Hurt, Military, Politics |
By Reuser | Published:
August 22, 2006
I do love data viz. A good plot tells a million stories. I wish I knew more math.