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• Extended Epstein-Heisenberg Principle In an R & D orbit, only 2 of the existing 3 parameters can be defined simultaneously.
  The parameters are: task, time and resources ($...
• If you are given a clearly defined R&D goal and a definite amount of money which has been calculated to be necessary for the completion of the task
  one cannot predict if and when the goal will be reached....
• If one is lucky enough and can accurately define all three of these parameters, task, time, and resources, then what one deals with is not the realm of R&D.
• Q's Law: No matter what stage of completion one reaches in a project, the cost of the remainder of the project remains constant.
• No matter what stage of completion one reaches in a project, the cost of the remainder of the project remains constant.
  -- Q's Law...
• Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of the patron may govern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the actual completion.
  An omelette, promised in two minutes, may appear to be progressing nicely....
• Completion of any task within the allocated time and budget does not bring credit upon the performing personnel- it merely proves the task was easier than expected.
  Failure to complete any task within the allocated time and budget proves the task was more difficult than expected and requires promotion for those in charge....
• foreground: [UNIX] vt. To bring a task to the top of one's {stack} for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer tasks.
  If your presentation is due next week, I guess I'd better foreground writing up the design document....
• foreground vt. [Unix; common] To bring a task to the top of one's stack for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer tasks.
  If your presentation is due next week, I guess I'd better foreground writing up the design document....