Murphy’s technology laws

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
by William

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.