> From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:50 -0800
>
> OK, they've figured out how to store and transmit data in a very dense
fashion:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8281544.stm
>
> But:
>
> "Reading out the data on a light pulse is limited by the same
electronics that
> generate them in current systems, so a "decompressing" scheme would
need to be
> implemented on the receiving end."
>
> They haven't yet figured out how to read them.
>
> Who needs one-way encryption?
Um-m-m... Passwd file??
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