Oooo, here's a three-fer!

[schickel]

Found this link over on Bruce Schneier's blog -- here's a company that claims: they can break RSA and they have their own unbreakable public-key algorithm, their founder and CTO proved the Riemann hypothesis, and they have a clean energy technology that "extracts energy from the singularity through our patent-pending process."

^ (or would that be ^)

[cheesehead]

http://www.singularics.com/

Great scientific discoveries mark the milestones of human history.

Such are the accomplishments achieved by the men and women of Singularics. Standing on the shoulders of giants such as Albert Einstein and Bernhard Riemann, we have reached up through nature's veil and seen what lies hidden there more clearly than anyone else before us. Our discoveries have yielded a new mathematical framework, one that provides a profound understanding of nature's basic mechanics. We have discovered The Science of Singularics™, the study of the singularity.

We have already found a variety of important applications of Singularic Technology™, but perhaps the most immediately useful are Neutronic Encryption™, a new theoretically unbreakable public key encryption algorithm and Singularic Power™, a new form of clean power generation.

Neutronic Encryption, our next generation public key encryption algorithm, will play a vital role in the digital age by ensuring that the electronic information of governments, industry and individuals is kept secure and private in a world where cyber-terrorism is on the rise.

We have also developed a new primary power generation system capable of delivering abundant, clean and inexpensive energy that can satisfy power requirements on any scale. Singularic Power production technology generates zero pollution and can therefore play an instrumental role in promoting a harmonious coexistence between human civilization and the Earth's fragile ecosystem.

To date, our analysis of the mathematics and physics at the singularity has lead us to eight important new inventions, most notably in the fields of information security and clean energy. All eight inventions (patents pending), have significant and immediate application in the global market.

It is our vision to use these advances to bring about great improvements for everyone through new technology, intelligently applied.

For fun, try to figure out where they ripped-off the images at top of each of their pages.

On http://www.singularics.com/about_us/ is a slice of a standard Windows XP background.

On http://www.singularics.com/products/encryption/ there's a spiral combination lock dial that looks familiar, but I can't recall from where. It's not a standard MasterLock product, I'm fairly sure.

Does anyone recognize the slice of blackboard on http://www.singularics.com/science/ ? From some textbook, perhaps?

"Neutronic encryption" (* snort *)

[ewmayer]

"We call it Neutronic Encryption™ because it's positively unbreakable!!!"

[retina]

Even on their own page they say this:

2. Other Prohibited Activity. ... upload or otherwise make available, files that contain images, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including without limitation copyright or trademark laws and rights of publicity and privacy unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary authorizations to do the same;

[schickel]

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Oops. I just started a "Singularics -- another hoax" thread in Science & Technology. My bad.

Here's my text:

Just think, now Steorn has some competition. Do you suppose that'll spur them both to greater innovative heights?? Maybe we could invest in them both and retire rich!

[cheesehead]

I think the image on http://www.singularics.com/investment/ is from a Mariner spacecraft radar map of the surface of Venus.

[retina]

Originally Posted by schickel

Just think, now Steorn has some competition. Do you suppose that'll spur them both to greater innovative heights?? Maybe we could invest in them both and retire rich!

But Singularics are only proposing "inexpensive energy" whereas Steorn are claiming "free energy". So, yes, I think you should invest in both just to hedge your bets both ways.

[CRGreathouse]

"Any set of random (or seemingly random) periodic values ρx can be infinitely defined (meaning that there are an infinite number of solutions for the order of the values) in reverse with a simple function Ν (m), the Neutronic Function."

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by schickel

Found this link over on Bruce Schneier's blog -- here's a company that claims: they can break RSA and they have their own unbreakable public-key algorithm, their founder and CTO proved the Riemann hypothesis, and they have a clean energy technology that "extracts energy from the singularity through our patent-pending process."

^ (or would that be ^)

What kind of fruitcake spends the time to write 63 pages of Illucid
word salad?????

[S485122]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

What kind of fruitcake spends the time to write 63 pages of Illucid word salad?????

Somebody badly wanting to part a foolish investor from her or his money ?

Jacob

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

What kind of fruitcake spends the time to write 63 pages of Illucid word salad?????

Uh, that could describe pretty much any legitimate-investment prospectus...

At least in this case, the word salad is good for a few giggles - assuming one takes a pass on the "send money" part of the deal.

[Mod note: Merged Cheesehead's related thread from S&T into this one.]