Quantum entangled-photon Chinese satellite.

[juan]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 17:32:19 -0400
Sci Fith <scfith at riseup.net> wrote:

> Quantum entanglement is real. Sounds like you have some reading to
> do. ;)

	Really? I hope that isn't some sort of appeal to authority...


> basically once particles are associated they can communicate 

	How long does it take for a change in particle 'A' to reach
	particle 'B'?
	


> stay in sync regardless of distance. Amazing stuff. 
> 
> > On Aug 4, 2016, at 4:33 PM, juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:49:12 +0000 (UTC)
> > jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Apparently, that is true.   The tantalizing thing is that SOMETHING
> >> APPEARS   (information, of some nature) to be transferred between
> >> one particle and another, distant one, and yet there seems to be
> >> no way to use that transfer to actually transmit useful FTL
> > 
> >    Which sounds rather absurd no? Either this is ordinary EM
> >    phenomena that propagate at the so called speed of light, or
> >    it is something else which could propagate at 'faster than
> >    light' speed. 
> > 
> >    If 'something' is moving at faster than light speed, then some
> >    information must be being transmitted. If no information is
> >    being transmitted, then by definition, there's no way to measure
> >    speed and the claim makes no sense.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> (faster than
> >> light) information.                 Jim Bell
> >> 
> >> From: Bastiani Fortress <bastianifortress at yandex.com>
> >> Quantum entanglement does not provide information passing faster
> >> than light, afaik. Either i misunderstood the news, or it's being
> >> falsely advertised.
> >> 
> >> 5:43 AM, August 4, 2016, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com>:
> >> 
> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3720772/China-launch-unbreakable-quantum-spy-satellite-say-one-day-lead-megascope-size-Earth-spot-license-plate-Jupiter-s-moons.html
> >> 
> >> [quote]
> >> China to launch unbreakable quantum spy satellite - and it could
> >> one day lead to a megascope the size of Earth that could 'spot a
> >> license plate on Jupiter's moons'Satellite produces entangled
> >> photon pairs which form an encryption keyThese photons will
> >> theoretically remain linked over great distancesThis means that
> >> any attempts to listen in will be detected on the other
> >> sideScientists say this could one day make for a secure global
> >> network 
> >> 
> >> Scientists in China are set to launch the world’s first ‘quantum
> >> satellite,’ which could one day make for an ultra-secure global
> >> communications network. The 1,300 pound craft contains a crystal
> >> that produces pairs of entangled photons, which will be fired to
> >> ground stations in China and Austria to form a ‘secret key.’
> >> Entangled photons theoretically maintain their link across any
> >> distance, and according to the scientists, any attempts to breach
> >> this type of communication would be easily detectable. [end of
> >> portion quoted]
> >> 
> >> 
> >>                    Jim Bell
> >> 
> >> 
> >> (I have big questions about some of these statements in this
> >> article. But given the subject matter, quantum entanglement,
> >> confusion by lay individuals is to be expected.)
> > 
> > 
>