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Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. If the worth of the application ''now'' is is too small to pass muster, its [[present value]] when delivered at some unknowable time in the future is surely smaller still. Through what of contortion in the [[Space-tedium continuum|spacetedium continuum]] must we crawl to reach that happy land? | Logicians will immediately sense a [[paradox]]. If the worth of the application ''now'' is is too small to pass muster, its [[present value]] when delivered at some unknowable time in the future is surely smaller still. Through what of contortion in the [[Space-tedium continuum|spacetedium continuum]] must we crawl to reach that happy land? | ||
Their suspicions will be confirmed | Their suspicions will be confirmed by the glint in the [[middle manager]]’s eye when confronted with some supplicant [[SME]] whose woe-filled entreaties the requested work would address. He will happily promise to sort this all out ''just as soon as budget allows'' — a time he can talk about with confidence and without regret, while maintaining eye contact. He can assure her in good conscience that all will be well. For the “time in the future” is, literally, unknowable, in that ''it will never be known''. | ||
For if there is not enough interest to shell out for it ''now'', will it be any closer to that threshold ''next'' month, ''next'' quarter, or by the time the ''next'' fiscal budgeting cycle rolls around? | For if there is not enough interest to shell out for it ''now'', will it be any closer to that threshold ''next'' month, ''next'' quarter, or by the time the ''next'' fiscal budgeting cycle rolls around? | ||