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Negative work time
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The Theory of Negative Work Time is the effect of losing completed portions of a project due to an unforeseen and/or random occurrence. Most of time it is attributed to a computer system or program due to the ease at which large amounts of information can be lost in a short amount of time This can occur due to the following failures # Corrupt Files # Total System Crash # Total Mechanical Failure etc... The Theory of Negative Work Time should not be confused with non-productivity or wasted time. In these cases, time spent on a specific goal leaves the person at the same level as when started or little was gained. The theory only is valid when significant work is lost leaving the person at a significant disadvantage from when he or she started the work at that time. History of the theory The theory was originally postulated by Alexander Klein while studying engineering at Binghamton University. Among the many assignments required for course completion, there was a major computer aided design project requiring an average minimum of 80 hours of work to be completed. The computers given to the students to complete these projects were often underpowered, and very fickle with server resources. It became a common occurrence for the programs used to freeze up, and require a total system restart. Upon these incidents, many files of the program were lost or corrupted. In total, the amount of hours recorded on the program, at the completion of the project was vastly dwarfed by the actual time put into the design and effort working with the computer systems. This is how the Theory of Negative Work Time was first considered. At some points where the project was, as an example, 50% done, a few hours of work could ultimately end in a system crash. When restarted, the total sum of files able to be retrieved would only amount to a fraction of the previous completed work. Therefore, a project which was 50% completed would end at 40% after five hours of time put in. This is the essence of the Theory of Negative Work Time. 
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