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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2013-01-30 09:43 am

Hartree's Constant

 Douglas Hartree (who designed Hartree's Differential Analyzer) is also responsible for Hartree's Law

 
lHartree’s Law
 
The time to completion of any project, as estimated by the project leader, is a constant (Hartree’s constant) regardless of the state of the project
eg. A project is 90% complete 90% of the time

The classic example of a Hartree Constant is Fusion power, which is always a decade away from generating excess power.

 

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