Corollaries to Murphy's First Law:
- It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious
- Any wire or tube cut to length will be too short
- All constants are variables
- After the last sixteen mounting screws are removed from an access
plate, it will be discovered that the wrong access plate has been removed.
And that reminds me of this corollary to Chisolm's Second Law:
- Any time things appear to be getting better, you have overlooked
something
dan edwards <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, September 07, 2012 4:58 AM
hey, I that that was another of Murphy's Laws, "selective gravitation"..
any part dropped will land where it can do the most damage...something like
that...
73, w5xz, dan
--- On Fri, 9/7/12, Ralph W5JGV<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Ralph W5JGV<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: (No) Problem in release 2.4.4
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 2:33 AM
I have heard that it is caused by an old phenomena known as "The
innate
perversity of inanimate objects".
IIRC, it was originally called "The diabolical perversity of inanimate
objects."
That's the effect where if you do a test and drop a slice of buttered
bread 100 times, the average number of times the buttered side hits the
ground vs. the unbuttered side comes out to 50% - except for the first
drop, when the buttered side always falls face down.
And it's the effect that causes any small part dropped on the floor to
immediately roll into a completely inaccessible spot under your
workbench that requires you to remove everything from under the bench in
an attempt to find it.
As soon as you have pulled everything out from under the bench, you will
spot the part on the floor in plain sight behind you.
And you will then step on it and crush it as you move to pick it up.
And it will be a part that you have no spare for.
And neither will the parts house.
There were no cold 807's involved.
...until after the tests are run.
<G>
73,
Ralph W5JGV - WD2XSH/7
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Ralph W5JGV <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, September 06, 2012 8:33 PM
I have heard that it is caused by an old phenomena known as "The
innate
perversity of inanimate objects".
IIRC, it was originally called "The diabolical perversity of inanimate
objects."
That's the effect where if you do a test and drop a slice of buttered
bread 100 times, the average number of times the buttered side hits the
ground vs. the unbuttered side comes out to 50% - except for the first
drop, when the buttered side always falls face down.
And it's the effect that causes any small part dropped on the floor to
immediately roll into a completely inaccessible spot under your
workbench that requires you to remove everything from under the bench in
an attempt to find it.
As soon as you have pulled everything out from under the bench, you will
spot the part on the floor in plain sight behind you.
And you will then step on it and crush it as you move to pick it up.
And it will be a part that you have no spare for.
And neither will the parts house.
There were no cold 807's involved.
...until after the tests are run.
<G>
73,
Ralph W5JGV - WD2XSH/7
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