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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 ($...
• In a research and development orbit, only two of the existing three parameters can be defined simultaneously.
  The parameters are: task, time, and resources....
• If one knows what the task is, and there is a time limit allowed for the completion of the task, then one cannot guess how much it will cost.
• Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
  -- Augustine's Law Number XXIII -- Norman R. Augustine, President and CEO, Martin Marietta...
• If the time and resources ($) are clearly defined, then it is impossible to know what part of the R&D task will be performed.
• Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
  -- Willis R. Whitney...
• lopsucker /slop'suhk-r/ n. A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has `had its fill' of machine resources.
  Only when the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `suck up the slop'....
• lopsucker: /slop'suhk-r/ n. A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has `had its fill' of machine resources.
  Only when the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `suck up the slop'....
• une vt. [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp.
  by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e....