Now in Science

[kovu42]

My rooms gettin kinda boring and there's a lot going on in the scientific world around us so I thought I would look up the new inventions of today and tomorrow.

My first find (as Moka already knows) is Quantum Cryptography:
It basically uses one of the ideas behind the heisenberg uncertainty principle where if you try to study a photon of light then you end up destroying it. So, if single photons of light are sent out with information through fiber optic cable, anyone trying to hack and look in on the information will see the photon first which immediately destroyes the photon, alerting the whole system that someone is trying to hack. Also, it's impossible (or so they say) to make an exact copy of a photon because they all have slightly varying quantom numbers (quantum numbers are like serial codes). The only problem is that a photon of light looses energy as it travels and so as of right now there is a maximum distance of 50 miles that the photons can travel but when that's fixed, the laws of physics will be protecting our nations electronic systems! They say it will be uncrackable.

[Moka]

That sounds very promising, I hope they can get it to work. I think everyone would love to live in a safe and secure world.

[morri908]

Wait, that means no more hacking right? HECK YEAH... we should invest in that. lol..

[whitewolf17]

That sounds good but hackers have found out ways to hack before and I'm sure that they will again.

Not that I want them to.

[morri908]

Well, they said that the Titanic was unsinkable, but it sank... so who's to say that it won't be possible to hack this system?

[kovu42]

Well, the idea is that this system is protected by the laws of physics and if you break the laws of physics then...... yeah.

[whitewolf17]

Well, the idea is that this system is protected by the laws of physics and if you break the laws of physics then...... yeah.

Laws were meant to be broken

If they can make something like that then there would be a way to break it too.

[morri908]

Kovu42.... Think about it, all the laws, have exceptions, EVERY law.. Theoritically speaking. a Black Hole, couldn't exist... wouldn't it implode? How about "The God Particle." Neutrinos, pass through ordinary objects like they are nothing, but they have mass... Every law has an exception, and has probably been broken by something at sometime... Laws don't really exist, we just call them laws, in fact, they are all just theories.

[kovu42]

You are kinda right, but have you taken physics yet? You'll learn a bit about why a black hole doesn't implode. Plus, if it did, all that energy would have to go somewhere which could theoretically mean a burst bigger than a supernova, maybe getting close to a gamma ray burst.

[Moka]

Well I believe in the laws of physics...