But then we'd have to shoot you. As you move up over 120-bit encryption, you're talking about months with a supercomputer. Ford's manager for computer-aided engineering says they've got enough computer power that if all the systems were combined, Ford could calculate the tax returns of every U.S. citizen within 30 minutes. That's something that no other commercial company in the world can say. Finally we're talking about Real World technology.
Resistance is futile.
His Billness and Intel's own zillionaire laureate Andy Grove told the World Economic Forum that the best role of government in encouraging the use of new technology is not as an active industry participant but as a customer. A Really Big Customer. Be a role model, the pair instructed. Buy more stuff. Or better yet, just send us all the money.