Murphy's Technology Laws –

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Murphy's Technology Law #1:

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

Murphy's Technology Law #2:

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Murphy's Technology Law #3:

Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand.

Murphy's Technology Law #4:

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

Murphy's Technology Law #5:

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he/she knows absolutely everything about nothing.

Murphy's Technology Law #6:

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.

Murphy's Technology Law #7:

All great discoveries are made by mistake.

Murphy's Technology Law #8:

Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

Murphy's Technology Law #9:

All's well that ends... period.

Murphy's Technology Law #10:

A meeting is an event at which minutes are kept and hours are lost.

Murphy's Technology Law #11:

The first myth of management is that it exists.

Murphy's Technology Law #12:

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

Edited August 21, 2007 by Railman5