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Addendum to Murphy's laws

maynard

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DrEntropy

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Profoundly true!
 

DrEntropy

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And a corollary: "If you haven't had to do it over again three times, you haven't done it."
 

Trevor Triumph

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Yep. Also, work expands to fill the amount of time needed to complete it. It take two if you've got that much time. If you have two weeks, it'll take that long.
 

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  • Etorre's Observation - The other line moves faster.
  • Barth's Distinction - There are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into types and those who don't.
  • Acton's Law - Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
  • Boob's Law - You always find something in the last place you look.
  • Clarke's Third Law - Any sufficiently advanced society is indistinguishable from magic.
  • Franklin's Rule - Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will not be disappointed.
  • Issawi's Law of the Path of Progress - A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.
  • Mencken's Law - Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach.
  • Patton's Law - A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
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Looks like the dratted spell checker got to you on Clarke's law. That should be
"Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic."
 
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