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Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <114k02m$3bdac$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

rCLQuantumrCY has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can >>sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter, Nexialism,
Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties, Magnetic,
Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic, Memetic.

"Computer" and "Transistor" were once very popular when I was younger.

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements
or energy drinks. I see a great need in the market.
--scott
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In article <114l1o1$mo4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <114k02m$3bdac$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

rCLQuantumrCY has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can >>>sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter, Nexialism,
Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties, Magnetic,
Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic, Memetic.

"Computer" and "Transistor" were once very popular when I was younger.

Right! Missed "transistor" -- that was a big part of Iron Man's origin!
And "Computo" was big in the LSH, for a two-fer with words ending in 'o'.
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columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

The Quantum Thief. Hannu Rajaniemi.

Hard Science Fiction. (I had already forgotten if I really understood
what was meant by quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

Although I doubt it very much, a thief that steals a very small
quantity of something (that is, a quantum) could be called a "quantum
thief".
And consider all those recipes/formulas that use "quant. suff" for the
amount of an ingredient. And (IIRC) at least one SF story.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 11:01:21 -0400 (EDT), kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <114k02m$3bdac$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

rCLQuantumrC? has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can >>>sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter, Nexialism,
Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties, Magnetic,
Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic, Memetic.

"Computer" and "Transistor" were once very popular when I was younger.

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements
or energy drinks. I see a great need in the market.

Consider homeopathy.
--
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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In article <114en4t$1ehq4$2@dont-email.me>, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >The Quantum Thief. Hannu Rajaniemi.

Hard Science Fiction. (I had already forgotten if I really understood
what was meant by quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

That's on par with asking a passing wino before burning down an orphanage.
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On 2026-08-01, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements

Search, and Google shall provide:

Quantumin Plus the Miraculous Drops
Quantumin Plus, short for (Quantum Minerals) is Filipino-made,
mineral-rich food supplement made available especially for adult
and youngsters alike.

Quantum Plus: Uses, Dosage & Side Effect
QUANTUM PLUS is a nutritional supplement with all the required
vitamin and mineral content essential for the daily intake of
vitamin-deficient teens and adults.

Quantum Nutrition Labs

Quantum Health: Herbal Health Supplements for the Natural ...
Quantum Health is dedicated to providing science-based herbal
health products & supplements that improve the quality of life
for the natural shopper.

...
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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On 8/1/2026 2:07 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <114k02m$3bdac$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D|+Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

|ore4+oQuantum|ore4-Y has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can >> sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter, Nexialism,
Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties, Magnetic,
Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic, Memetic.

Older: HiFi, transistorized, Solid State, 'smart'.
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On 7/30/2026 1:23 AM, Titus G wrote:

The Quantum Thief. Hannu Rajaniemi.

Hard Science Fiction. (I had already forgotten if I really understood
what was meant by quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

I was attracted by the title and enthralled by the first chapter but I
was soon lost. No exposition and no data dumping but an expectation that
this far future and its terminology were known to the reader. I
persevered but also disliked the writing style and frenetic shifts in emphasis. I have bounced off Zelazny and suspect that those who like him
will also enjoy Rajaniemi.
Without reading online synopsis and explanations, I would not have
understood this. Two stars.

Would a Quantum Thief be stealing the smallest amount possible?

pt
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Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <114k02m$3bdac$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D|+Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

|ore4+oQuantum|ore4-Y has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can >> sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter, Nexialism,
Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties, Magnetic,
Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic, Memetic.

In "A Random Walk down Wall Street" Burton Malkiel noted that towards
the end of the 60s stock market boom, many, many, companies had names
that ended with "tronic" or "tronics", whether that made sense or not.
Most of them vanished in the early 70s crashes.

And thirty years later it was ".com".

William Hyde


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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2026-08-01, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements

Search, and Google shall provide:

Quantumin Plus the Miraculous Drops
Quantum Plus: Uses, Dosage & Side Effect
Quantum Nutrition Labs
Quantum Health: Herbal Health Supplements for the Natural ...

Well, perhaps. But METABOLAZOOM is made with Quantum Energy!
--scott
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On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 15:01:36 -0400, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Would a Quantum Thief be stealing the smallest amount possible?

But if you knew the amount you were stealing to high accuracy, then
you would only know its location to low accuracy. And vice versa.

rCLHeisenberg Uncertainty PrinciplerCY, itrCOs called.
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On 1 Aug 2026 06:07:56 GMT, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 05:26:46 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:23:40 +1200, Titus G wrote:

(I had already forgotten if I really understood what was meant by
quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

rCLQuantumrCY has become like some kind of magic pixie dust you can
sprinkle on anything to make it suddenly more wonderful.

You see this a lot in CompSci, IrCOm sorry to say.

See Also: Electric, Radium, Radio, Atomic, Cyber, Psi, Nanites,
Xrays, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Positronic, Exotic Matter,
Nexialism, Words Ending With 'O', Zero Point, Emergent Properties,
Magnetic, Monopole, Words Wnding in Tron, Ultrasonic, Microscopic,
Memetic.

Audiophiles might remember rCLoversamplingrCY.
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On 1 Aug 2026 15:34:39 GMT, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

And "Computo" was big in the LSH, for a two-fer with words ending in
'o'.

I personally liked rCLCompu-rCY, and would like to encourage a revival
thereof. ;)

rCLI want my emergent atomic cyber compu-trons!rCY
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On 02/08/2026 07:01, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 7/30/2026 1:23 AM, Titus G wrote:

The Quantum Thief. Hannu Rajaniemi.

Hard Science Fiction. (I had already forgotten if I really understood
what was meant by quantum so asked AI for a reminder.)

I was attracted by the title and enthralled by the first chapter but I
was soon lost. No exposition and no data dumping but an expectation that
this far future and its terminology were known to the reader. I
persevered but also disliked the writing style and frenetic shifts in
emphasis. I have bounced off Zelazny and suspect that those who like him
will also enjoy Rajaniemi.
Without reading online synopsis and explanations, I would not have
understood this. Two stars.

Would a Quantum Thief be stealing the smallest amount possible?

AI told me that the Key Concepts were:
"Quantum Entanglement: This is used for secure communication within the
story, allowing characters to transmit information in a way that is theoretically unhackable."

It is too complicated to provide a short answer so I will give a vague
and incorrect answer. Characters were able to share specific memories or personal details with others based on their privacy settings. Personal
data and identity could be stolen.

"Quantum Dots: These are futuristic devices referenced in the novel,
showcasing the application of quantum mechanics in technology."

I still don't know what this means. Nor does the wino who watched me
burn down the orphanage.
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 18:32:47 +1200, Titus G wrote:

AI told me that the Key Concepts were:
"Quantum Entanglement: This is used for secure communication within
the story, allowing characters to transmit information in a way that
is theoretically unhackable."

ThatrCOs an all-too-common response from otherwise-intelligent people
who get mesmerized by the rCLquantumrCY part.

We already have rCLtheoretically-unhackablerCY encrypted communication
without having to resort to rCLentanglementrCY or rCLquantum encryptionrCY or any such voodoo black magic. We use it routinely to do online shopping
or banking or (as a sysadmin) logging on to remote servers and what
have you.

In fact, the rCLquantumrCY form is prone to a form of attack that the traditional algorithms are not.
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Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote or quoted:

AI told me that the Key Concepts were:
"Quantum Entanglement: This is used for secure communication within the >story, allowing characters to transmit information in a way that is >theoretically unhackable."

Quantum Entanglement is real, but in the real world it cannot be
used to transmit information.

The fineprint on this is that some information /is/ transmitted
by entanglement, but this is strictly information /inside/ the
entangled system that cannot be modulated with any outside payload.
- So, while information is transmitted inside the system, I cannot
use this to transmit any information of my own. Think of it as
a "black box": Inside the black box, there is a mechanism to
transport information, but one cannot reach in and use this to
transfer one's own information, because it is perfectly shielded.

Entanglement can be used to support key exchange, as in
Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), but this does
not involve transport of external information via entanglement.


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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote or quoted:

AI told me that the Key Concepts were:
"Quantum Entanglement: This is used for secure communication within the >>story, allowing characters to transmit information in a way that is >>theoretically unhackable."

Quantum Entanglement is real, but in the real world it cannot be
used to transmit information.

PS: After having read Titus' text again, I now see that his
(quoted) phrase "to transmit information in a way that is
theoretically unhackable" does not actually say that the
information is transmitted /by/ entanglement, it just says that
entanglement /allows/ to do this, which is fully correct, as can
be seen in Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).


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On 2 Aug 2026 09:03:07 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote: >ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote or quoted:

AI told me that the Key Concepts were:
"Quantum Entanglement: This is used for secure communication within the >>>story, allowing characters to transmit information in a way that is >>>theoretically unhackable."

Quantum Entanglement is real, but in the real world it cannot be
used to transmit information.

PS: After having read Titus' text again, I now see that his
(quoted) phrase "to transmit information in a way that is
theoretically unhackable" does not actually say that the
information is transmitted /by/ entanglement, it just says that
entanglement /allows/ to do this, which is fully correct, as can
be seen in Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).

Personally, I prefer to admit that don't actually know anything about
this sort of thing, but do have some acquaintance with the various for-the-public illustrations.
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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On 2 Aug 2026 09:03:07 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:

PS: After having read Titus' text again, I now see that his (quoted)
phrase "to transmit information in a way that is theoretically
unhackable" does not actually say that the information is
transmitted /by/ entanglement, it just says that entanglement
/allows/ to do this, which is fully correct, as can be seen in Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).

Given that you can do it anyway, without involving entanglement, itrCOs
hard to argue that entanglement is in any way rCLallowingrCY this.

The best you can say is, itrCOs not getting in the way.
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On 02/08/2026 05:58, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2026-08-01, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements

Search, and Google shall provide:

Quantumin Plus the Miraculous Drops
Quantum Plus: Uses, Dosage & Side Effect
Quantum Nutrition Labs
Quantum Health: Herbal Health Supplements for the Natural ...

Well, perhaps. But METABOLAZOOM is made with Quantum Energy!
--scott

Is that anything like Vitameatavegamin??? (That'll tickle the ILL fans.
:-) )

Cheers,
Gary B-)
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On 8/3/26 03:48, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

On 02/08/2026 05:58, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Christian Weisgerber-a <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2026-08-01, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements >>>

Search, and Google shall provide:

Quantumin Plus the Miraculous Drops
Quantum Plus: Uses, Dosage & Side Effect
Quantum Nutrition Labs
Quantum Health: Herbal Health Supplements for the Natural ...

Well, perhaps.-a But METABOLAZOOM is made with Quantum Energy!
--scott

Is that anything like Vitameatavegamin???-a (That'll tickle the ILL fans.
-a:-) )

-a-a-a-aCheers,
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Gary-a-a-a B-)

Everything that is solid, liquid, gas or plasma depends on Quantum effects to even be.
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BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

On 8/3/26 03:48, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

On 02/08/2026 05:58, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Christian Weisgerber-a <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2026-08-01, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

But it occurs to me that I have yet to see any quantum food supplements >>>>

Search, and Google shall provide:

Quantumin Plus the Miraculous Drops
Quantum Plus: Uses, Dosage & Side Effect
Quantum Nutrition Labs
Quantum Health: Herbal Health Supplements for the Natural ...

Well, perhaps.-a But METABOLAZOOM is made with Quantum Energy!
--scott

Is that anything like Vitameatavegamin???-a (That'll tickle the ILL fans.

Everything that is solid, liquid, gas or plasma depends on Quantum
effects to even be.

Your body NEEDS quantum energy to even exist! Fortify it with
METABOLAZOOM which is packed full of the quantum energy you need!
--scott
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