Murphy’s technology laws
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
by William
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Einstein’s Rule
– Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
Principle of Design Inertia
– Any change looks terrible at first.
Cahn’s Axiom
– When all else fails, read the instructions.
Clarke’s Third Law
– Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Belinda’s Law
– The chance of a computer crash is directly proportional to the importance of the document
that you are working on.
Holten’s Download Principle
– The likelihood of receiving an error message during download increases the closer
you come to finishing.
Putt’s Law
– Technology is dominated by two types of people — those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
