----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Heffner > I've also noticed that the probability of finding the error upon > proofreading is inversely proportional to the above, as is the time > interval after pressing send before the error is noticed. I suppose these > observations are merely corollaries to Murphy's law. 8^)
Yup. Exactomundo. And speaking of that genius, Murphy... here are a few of my favorite corollaries, a few of them shamelessly paraphrased from: http://dmawww.epfl.ch/roso.mosaic/dm/murphy.html MURPHY'S LAWS & Corollaries Nothing is as easy as it first looks. Everything takes longer than you first think. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the first one to go wrong. Or else, they will all go wrong at once. Corollary to that corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen precisely then. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will go wrong anyway. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are as ingenious as indigenous. Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics Things get worse under pressure. Murphy's Law of Logic Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. The Murphy Principle of Life Smile . . . tomorrow things will only get worse. Murphy's Law of Laws Laws of science will be vacated quickest in direct proportion to their assumed prior validity. The day after any law is overturned, the former proponents will say it was always meant to be "special" and never "general" Murphy's 1st Law of R&D All great discoveries are made by accident. R&D corollaries Always draw your curves first, then plot your reading. Enough research will tend to support any theory. Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand. Never report you null experiment so that others can waste as much time on it as your have. Poor Man's Commentary on Murphy's Laws 1) If your have nothing to lose by change, relax. 2) If you have everything to gain by change, relax. 3) If change doesn't seem to matter, be very concerned. O'Toole's Commentary on Murphy Murphy was an optimist. Tuttle's Comment on O'Toole O'Toole was a person predisposed to take a favorable view of Murphy Murphy's Military Laws Friendly fire isn't The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are. Murphy's Love Laws All the good ones are taken. If the good person isn't taken, there's a better reason. Brains x Beauty x Availability = Constant. Money can't buy love, but it sure puts you in a great bargaining position. Nice guys really do finish last. The qualities that most attract a woman to a man are usually the same ones she can't stand years later. Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Love, for a man, is the delusion that one woman differs significantly from another. ....And many more... so **smile** it hides one's deep angst about the truth of Murphy and makes people wonder what you know that he missed.
