There's a bit where he implies that if an encryption process doesn't take very long to execute on a smartphone, then it must be easy to crack the resulting file on a powerful server. Am I making a mistake here?
As a kid, my parents tried using parental control software on my computer to block porn and other inappropriate content. This turned out to be helpful because it motivated me to learn how to exploit the software.
I applaud Mr. Cameron's inadvertent efforts to enhance the computer skills of his nation's youth.
I think that both you and svantana are talking about countability, which is not the point of this post but just a tool used to prove the theorem of indescribable numbers.
The article title is kind of misleading. When I see "Silicon Valley" in a headline, I interpret it as metonymy. So I thought the article was predicting the doom of the internet startup industry, not the valley as a hot location for startups. Such a "so what?" article.
1. The VCs don't want to drive to Ohio when something comes up
2. It's important for teams to be physically together to facilitate better communication and forge a sense of community and solidarity. Without actually knowing their coworkers and managers, your employees may not develop loyalty to your company and are unable to benefit from workplace social life.
True, you can simulate the qbits, so the more precise statement would be they can execute some algorithms in a way that classical computers cannot and this gives them superior efficiency in some situations.
