(n.) The defacto gold star standard for delivering products and/or services within a projected timeframe. Derived from the original Star Trek series wherein Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott consistently made the seemingly impossible happen just in time to save the crew of the Enterprise from disaster.
The premise is simple:
1) Caluculate average required time for completion of given task.
2) Depending on importance of task, add 25-50% additional time to original estimate.
3) Report and commit to inflated time estimate with superiors, clients, etc.
4) Under optimal conditions the task is completed closer to the original time estimate vs. the inflated delivery time expected by those waiting.
The premise is simple:
1) Caluculate average required time for completion of given task.
2) Depending on importance of task, add 25-50% additional time to original estimate.
3) Report and commit to inflated time estimate with superiors, clients, etc.
4) Under optimal conditions the task is completed closer to the original time estimate vs. the inflated delivery time expected by those waiting.
The following situation is a simulation of the Scotty Principle in practice.
Kirk: "The ship seems sluggish today. When was the last time you did a tune-up on the warp drive?"
Scotty: "Aye, sir. She's due. Last maintenance was 56 days ago."
Kirk: (light chuckle) "Well, what are you waiting for? An ambush from cloaked Romulans?"
Scotty: "I'll need to check how much dilithium we have in supply, but she'll be better than new in no time."
Kirk: "And that will be...?"
Scotty: "Six hours."
--- four hours later ---
Scotty: "All done, sir. Care to test her out?"
--- Enterprise taken rapidly to warp 3, does a few doughnuts, comes to a smooth stop ---
Kirk: "Scotty, there's no finer engineer in this quadrant!"
Kirk: "The ship seems sluggish today. When was the last time you did a tune-up on the warp drive?"
Scotty: "Aye, sir. She's due. Last maintenance was 56 days ago."
Kirk: (light chuckle) "Well, what are you waiting for? An ambush from cloaked Romulans?"
Scotty: "I'll need to check how much dilithium we have in supply, but she'll be better than new in no time."
Kirk: "And that will be...?"
Scotty: "Six hours."
--- four hours later ---
Scotty: "All done, sir. Care to test her out?"
--- Enterprise taken rapidly to warp 3, does a few doughnuts, comes to a smooth stop ---
Kirk: "Scotty, there's no finer engineer in this quadrant!"
by fugitive247 September 06, 2005
Get the Scotty Principlemug. (adj.) Much like "rocket science," this term is used to describe any activity which may seem overly intricate to the average Joe Sixpack.
I asked Billy Bob to program the DVR to automatically record WWE every week. He looked at me like I expected him to perform brain surgery.
by fugitive247 November 10, 2004
Get the brain surgerymug. (n.) Not to insult the nocturnal creature (Lemuroidea) from which this term was gleaned, it is used in the hack/tech community as a word-play on "lamer".
Lloyd Blankenship is NOT +++The Mentor+++!!! He's just a thieving lemur.
~ or~
One's average script kiddie is a classic example of a lemur.
~ or~
One's average script kiddie is a classic example of a lemur.
by fugitive247 October 29, 2004
Get the lemurmug. (n.) a form of childhood torture referred to as a game, usually inflicted by older children (most often siblings) upon younger ones.
The aggressor will pin their victim laying face-up on their back, sitting on their chest and making sure the victim cannot move their arms. Then the aggressor leans over the poor kid and dribbles a string of spit towards the kid's face until it almost reaches, then sucks it back into the mouth. Odds are, the longer this action is repeated, the victim will end up wearing saliva. This ritual generally lasts until either: 1) the aggressor tires of his fun, or 2) an adult intervenes.
The aggressor will pin their victim laying face-up on their back, sitting on their chest and making sure the victim cannot move their arms. Then the aggressor leans over the poor kid and dribbles a string of spit towards the kid's face until it almost reaches, then sucks it back into the mouth. Odds are, the longer this action is repeated, the victim will end up wearing saliva. This ritual generally lasts until either: 1) the aggressor tires of his fun, or 2) an adult intervenes.
"That bully, Ron, gave my little brother the yo-yo treatment last week, but my big brother caught him and gave him the mother of all wedgies!"
by fugitive247 October 30, 2004
Get the yo-yomug. adj. term indicative of one who habitually consumes mind-altering substances such as pot, LSD, PCP, cocaine, etc.
Man- Randy smoked a half ounce of chronic, dropped 2 tabs of Purple Jesus, burned 3 parsley specials, and snorted an 85% pure eightball all in one night. Dude is totally trippin'- and he parties like this all the time! Hell, he's such a frequent flyer that he doesn't know when to leave the damned airport!!!
by fugitive247 April 18, 2006
Get the frequent flyermug. (n.) shortened form of "negative", meaning not in the affirmative, in the converse, detrimental, or unfavorable.
negged (adv.) past-tense of neg, to have denied, refused, dismissed, shot down, et al.
negged (adv.) past-tense of neg, to have denied, refused, dismissed, shot down, et al.
1. On some sites that use ranking systems like E2, chronic lemurs should be able to be voted into neg status.
2. All the lame suggestions were immediately negged into oblivion.
2. All the lame suggestions were immediately negged into oblivion.
by fugitive247 December 16, 2004
Get the negmug. adj.; when used as a suffix for a proper name or specific entity, becomes part of that noun.
Derived from Godzilla, the gargantuan reptilian star of Japanese "B" horror movie genre. Introduced in 1954 as "Gojira", Godzilla is the embodiment of all that is massive, destructive, and extremely difficult to defeat. Ergo, "'zilla" in both the stand-alone adjective and suffix forms represents those same charecteristics. Linguistically, the "z-l" combo has stronger audiological punch than "j-r", thus giving "'zilla" more connotative power than "'jira".
Derived from Godzilla, the gargantuan reptilian star of Japanese "B" horror movie genre. Introduced in 1954 as "Gojira", Godzilla is the embodiment of all that is massive, destructive, and extremely difficult to defeat. Ergo, "'zilla" in both the stand-alone adjective and suffix forms represents those same charecteristics. Linguistically, the "z-l" combo has stronger audiological punch than "j-r", thus giving "'zilla" more connotative power than "'jira".
The neighborhood chug-a-lug champ might be referred to as "Beerzilla."
The creator of Micorsoft could easily be dubbed "Gateszilla."
My mother-in-law truly lives up to her nickname, Janezilla.
The creator of Micorsoft could easily be dubbed "Gateszilla."
My mother-in-law truly lives up to her nickname, Janezilla.
by fugitive247 July 01, 2005
Get the zillamug.