[LINK] Murphy's laws of computing/flame warriors

[Jan Whitaker]

>Murphy's Laws of Computing
>
>1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
>
>2. When you get to the point where you really understand your 
>computer, it's probably obsolete.
>
>3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the 
>manual where you least expect to find it.
>
>4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
>
>5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
>
>6. To err is human . . . to blame your computer for your mistakes is 
>even more human, it is downright natural.
>
>7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
>
>8. If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.
>
>9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have 
>evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
>
>10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
>
>11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but 
>rarely what you want to do.


Flame warrior types, explained and illustrated:
http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/index.htm


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