Hmph

[plonq]

I just came from a town hall meeting.  Buried in the middle of one of the Powerpoint slides...

"We are hoping to make a quantum leap forward in this area."

You use that term, but I do not think it means what you think it means.

Then again, the cynic in me things that perhaps it does.

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[unciaa.livejournal.com]

Should have pointed him to this. ^^

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I'd be curious to know what the site says - I'll check it when I get home.

Can't connect here because they've got the site redirected through port that our corporate firewall blocks (8080). =/

You'd almost think they wanted me working rather than surfing. (Serf supersedes Surf)

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Ah, never mind. Google Cache came through for me again [purr].

The page only tells me what I already knew.

"The thing about quantum leaps is that they mark an abrupt change from one state to a distinctly different one, with no in-between transitional states being possible; but they are not large. In fact, in physics a quantum leap is one of the smallest sorts of changes worth talking about. Leave “quantum leap” to the subatomic physicists unless you know what you’re talking about."

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they mean that waiting for anything to actually be done will be reminiscent of Samuel Beckett.

[tzisorey.livejournal.com]

People point that out a lot. "You say Quantum Leap meaning a really big thing, but it's really a very small thing!".

Personally, I recall hearing (and I can NOT provide references, sorry) that the term originated not to refer to the quantum leap itself, but rather the large leap in knowledge due to the discovery/invention/concept of the quantum leap.

Sort of one of those "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" type things.