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I have the link to xkcd 678 "Researcher Translation" bookmarked for those occasions. Quoting the appropriate row here:

    If a researcher says a cool new technology should be
    available to consumers in... -> what they mean is...
    [...]
    ten years -> "we haven't finished inventing it yet,
                  but when we do, it'll be awesome."


That would be http://xkcd.com/678/




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