Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 21:34:48 GMT
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Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law (and corollaries)
- THE PRIME AXIOM: Anything that can go wrong, will.
- If nothing can go wrong, something will.
- If nothing is going wrong, you have overlooked something.
- If only one thing goes wrong, it will do maximum damage.
- Everything will go wrong at one time...
- When you least expect it;
- When it causes the most difficulty; and
- After any warranty expires.
- Things always go from bad to worse.
- Mother Nature is...
- Not indifferent to intelligence; she is actively hostile;
- She always sides with the hidden flaw.
- Nothing is as easy as it looks; everything takes longer than
expected.
- Having found a solution to a problem after immense work, one
usually realizes that it or another was apparent from simple
inspection.
- Errors usually sum in the same direction.
- Fault cannot be properly placed, or credit properly given, if
more than one person is involved.
[Edited by Tom Field, Franklin Pierce Law Center]
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