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1. Anyone else who can be blamed should be blamed.
2. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong faster with computers.
3. Whenever a computer can be blamed, it should be blamed.

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Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Blame

If you haven’t struck oil in twenty minutes, quit boring.

Whitmore’s Rule for Public Speakers

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Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

Yoakum’s Rule

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1. If you can get to the faulty part, you won't have the tool to get it off. 2. If you can get the part off, the parts house will have it back ordered. 3. If it's in stock, it didn't need replacing in the first place.

Campbell's Laws of Automotive Repair

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No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

First Law of Bicycling

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If you understand it, it's obsolete.

Bitton's Postulate on State-of-the-Art Electronics

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Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.

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1. To get action out of management, it is necessary to create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted upon. 2. Management will select actions or events and convert them to crises. It will then over-react. 3. Management is incapable of recognizing a true crisis.

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Every clarification breeds new questions.

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If you volunteer to do a task that nobody likes to do, you'll be expected to do it every time in the future.

Kotowski's Law of Dirty Work

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Any change looks terrible at first.

Principle of Design Inertia

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Flattery is the sincerest form of lying.

Bradley's Rule

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Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

Gove's Law of Gaudy Book Covers

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Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.

Nowlan’s Deduction

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Everything costs more and takes longer.

Pournelle's Law of Costs and Schedules

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There is always one more bug.

Law of Cybernetic Entomology

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You can always hit what you don't aim at.

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If there is a wrong thing to say, one will.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 28)

If a piece of buttered toast falls, it will land face down.

You can get away with anything as long as you tell someone about it.

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

1. Anyone else who can be blamed should be blamed.
2. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong faster with computers.
3. Whenever a computer can be blamed, it should be blamed.

If you haven’t struck oil in twenty minutes, quit boring.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

1. If you can get to the faulty part, you won't have the tool to get it off. 2. If you can get the part off, the parts house will have it back ordered. 3. If it's in stock, it didn't need replacing in the first place.

No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

If you understand it, it's obsolete.

Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.

1. To get action out of management, it is necessary to create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted upon. 2. Management will select actions or events and convert them to crises. It will then over-react. 3. Management is incapable of recognizing a true crisis.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

If you volunteer to do a task that nobody likes to do, you'll be expected to do it every time in the future.

Any change looks terrible at first.

Flattery is the sincerest form of lying.

Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.

Everything costs more and takes longer.

There is always one more bug.

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

If there is a wrong thing to say, one will.