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To: monomaniac

Some of my faves: Finagle’s Law of Dynamic Negatives (also known as Finagle’s corollary to Murphy’s Law) is usually rendered:

Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment

One variant (known as O’Toole’s Corollary of Finagle’s Law) favored among hackers is a takeoff on the second law of thermodynamics (also known as entropy):

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.

Hanlon’s Razor (or Hanlon’s Law) is a corollary of Finagle’s law. Hanlon’s Razor says “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”


19 posted on 09/24/2007 6:45:34 AM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition
Cole’s Law: Thinly sliced cabbage
20 posted on 09/24/2007 6:48:09 AM PDT by null and void (<---- Awake and filled with a terrible resolve...)
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