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January 23, 2007

ScientificAmerican.com: Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Until Tomorrow, presenting an equation describing procrastination: Desire to Complete Task (U) = Expectation of Success (E) x Value of Completion (V) / Immediacy of Task (I) x Personal Sensitivity to Delay (D), or U=ExV/IxD.

Also: Procrastinus.com.