In quantum terms, you can blame Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which says the more precisely we know a particle's speed, the less we know about its position, and vice versa.

用量子力学的术语来说，这可以归犯罪于海森堡不确定原理，这个理论认为如果我们所知道的粒子的速率愈为精确，那么对于它所处的位置就只能知道得愈不精确，反之亦然。

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This principle does not apply to the furnishing of information in confidence by the offeree company to a bona fide potential offeror or vice versa.

至于受要约公司向真正的有意要约人提供保密资料，或由后者向前者提供保密资料，本项原则并不适用。

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Ian Manocha, vice president at SAS Software, says the principle works just as much for cargo as it does for passengers.

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"It's hard to tell in advance what effect a principle will have, " says the FASB's scholarly vice chairman, Robert Sprouse, a former Stanford University professor.

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