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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You mean G.B. (Gilles Brassard) or A.B, not D.B.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>These ideas are quite interesting.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Walter.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> [D.B. pointed out ...]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0306042" TARGET="_blank">http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0306042</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Quantum entanglement, perhaps the most </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> non-classical manifestation of quantum </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> information theory, cannot be used </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to transmit information between remote parties. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Yet, it can be used to reduce the amount </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of communication required to process a variety </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of distributed computational tasks. We speak</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of pseudo-telepathy when quantum entanglement </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> serves to eliminate the classical need to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> communicate.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
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