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whocares
05-26-2005, 11:35 AM
I just got e-mailed these. Thought it was worth reading.

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1. Murphy's First Technology Law : To err is human, but to really
foul things up requires a computer.

2. Murphy's Second Technology Law : Logic is a systematic method of
coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

3. Murphy's Third Technology Law : Technology is dominated by those
who manage what they do not understand.

4. Murphy's Fourth Technology Law : If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, then one woodpecker could destroy all of civilization.

5. Murphy's Fifth Technology Law : An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

6. Murphy's Sixth Technology Law : Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch to be sure.

7. Murphy's Seventh Technology Law : All great discoveries are made
by mistake.

8. Murphy's Eight Technology Law : Nothing ever gets built on
schedule or within budget.

9. Murphy's Ninth Technology Law : A meeting is an event at which
minutes are kept and hours are lost.

10. Murphy's Tenth Technology Law : The first myth of management is
that it exists.

11. Murphy's Eleventh Technology Law : A fatal error will not appear
until a unit has passed final inspection.

12. Murphy's Twelfth Technology Law : New systems generate new
problems.

13. Murphy's Final Technology Law : All's well that ends.

Blue Mercury
05-26-2005, 11:52 AM
6. Murphy's Sixth Technology Law : Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch to be sure.

My favourite, and the most true statement of them all.

Henkie
05-26-2005, 11:58 AM
Brilliant!

Kellenator
05-26-2005, 12:48 PM
My favourite, and the most true statement of them all. Mine too. Great list, whocares.