[Husker] If this doesn't get your blood boiling...

[David Strong]

Dan, Dan, Dan...(sigh.)  You are going to have to get a new pet peeve.  You have got to starting thinking outside your physics sandbox.  "quantum leap" as I used it has nothing to do with physics, you big crazyhead.  I of course meant that the response I was referring to was "jumping to conclusions" to such an extent that the term "jump" was insufficient, so I changed it to leap.  I then used the adjective "quantum" to describe this leap.  Quantum of course coming from the Norse word "quantus"which meant "in great quantity" and is now used to describe something as "huge, ridiculously big, mucho large, big honkin', big ass, etc, etc".

And by the way, my fun car is a 1966 Chevy Impala SS 396...built to the wall.  And yes, my immature side takes over from time to time and I assure you that when I light that bad boy up, I am taking a righteous quantum leap a lot farther than from 62.347692156987662340933569870 to 62.347692156987662340933569871

We all good?

Dave
--- On Tue, 7/27/10, Dan Draney <ddraney at windstream.net> wrote:

> From: Dan Draney <ddraney at windstream.net>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] If this doesn't get your blood boiling...
> To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 9:19 PM
> As long as we're getting all feisty,
> I'll chime in on one of my pet peeves:
> Talking of "quantum leap" as if it would be a big change.
> 
> According to quantum mechanics, only certain energy states
> can exist. In the
> macro world those states are so close together that they
> appear to be
> continuous. For example, not all possible speeds are
> allowed for your car,
> but you don't jump from 60 to 100 mph. In reality your car
> might "jump"
> right from 62.347692156987662340933569870 to
> 62.347692156987662340933569871
> mph. Not exactly a "leap," when you think of it that way.
> 
> ... And don't get me started on "ATM machines" and "MAC
> address codes."
> 
> Hey, Dave, I'm just trying to be as passionate as Bo. :)
> 
> Dan Draney
> 
> On 7/27/10 4:30 PM, "David Strong" <husker-request at tssi.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Wow!  Now tell us how you really feel!  I
> think you may be making some
> > quantum leaps in that diatribe, but one thing's for
> sure, Bo couldn't have
> > said it any better himself.
> 
> 
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