[Gllug] Bomb the ISP's

[Ian Northeast]

Nix wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Nathan Matthews said:
> >>From what I understand Quantum Computers stand to make any Prime Factor
> > based code almost trivial to decript, There certainly a theoretical
> > possibility.  I'd be surprised if the NSA didnt allready possess one.
> 
> The NSA are spook mathematicians, not spook quantum physicists.
> 
> There are *very* few good quantum computing people out there, and
> they're overwhelmingly concentrated in academia (and IBM). There are few
> enough that they can be individually tracked :)

<ramble>
IBM. What exactly is IBM's relationship with the US infrastructure? They
write AIX in Texas you know (this might explain a few things)[1]. I'm
not sure where they write MVS (or zOS as they call it these days), I
think it's NY.
</ramble>

Regards, Ian

[1] It's a bit weird exchanging emails with people in TX with Asian
names. It's just so contrary to the place's image. I know, I shouldn't
be so prejudiced. About TX I mean of course.

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