On 2001.12.20, John Clark <jonkc@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> In today's issue of the journal "Nature" it's reported that a Quantum
> Computer has factored the number 15. The answer (3 and 5) will
> surprise few but this is a real Quantum Computer, I've been wondering
> for a long time when it would happen, it's a milestone. It proves
> there has been a lot of advances on the hardware side of things over
> the last few years, it also proves that Peter Shor's quantum factoring
> algorithm works in reality not just on paper.
The only really interesting milestone is being able to factor
the product of two large primes. Then, we can all kiss public
key encryption goodbye. ;-)
-- Dossy
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