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Posted on 10/10/2004 4:57:38 PM PDT by sionnsar
Somebody paid to do this study???????????
I wonder if the checks bounced????????
You just have to go with the flow. The only valid excuse for anxiety is if FreeRepublic is down.
You SURE this isn't from the Onion, and your just having a little fun with us?
ROTF>>>>:)
The actual law is:
You tend to take more notice of things going wrong,
and particularly when they do so at inopportune times.
Nonetheless, people routinely do not plan, test or
maintain for worst-case scenarios, with the result
that when stress arrives, stuff breaks.
Back when computers were unreliable, I used to schedule
the periodic preventative maintenance for Thursday, so
the tech could come back on Friday and fix what he broke.
Do you back up your PC?
Have you ever actually done a restore?
If not, assume your "backups" are nothing of the sort.
It would be poetic justice.................
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Tis true, tis true..........
The most discouraging part of the numerous sub-tenets of Murphy's Law is the last one: "Murphy was an optimist." Which simply means that things are actually worse than Murphy thought they are!
All I know is
A 1,200.00 laptop will protect a lousy thread by blowing first.......:)
Ouch!!!!!!!!
This has been a Murphy week for me --- so I'm not going there!!!!
Me too! An I aren't goin thar either:)
You tend to take more notice of things going wrong,
and particularly when they do so at inopportune times.
(snip)
Back when computers were unreliable, I used to schedule the periodic preventative maintenance for Thursday, so the tech could come back on Friday and fix what he broke.
Two points: Some dead-and-gone humorist suggested that
with the original Pentium (and follow-ons), Intel and
Microsoft collaborated on special circuits and software
inside PC chips to time breakdowns to increase in response
to a user's urgency, as indicated by such factors as
moisture on fingertips, frequency of backspaces (type-
overs), and so on.
And if you don't believe that legend, there's always
the Sodding Paper ClipTM to deal with.
Remember, computer operators are in the luckiest profession...
because everyone knows, computers go down on you just when you need them the most! (grin)
Have you ever noticed that things break down in threes? And one of them is usually the clothes dryer.
Murphy's Law "What can go wrong will go wrong at the most in opportune moment that will cause the greatest damage and cost the most to repair." sheesh ---- ya can't break it!
His cousin O'Malley said it best; "Me cousin Murph is damned optimist!"
Unless of course you are depending on Murphy's Law, in which case it won't apply...
PLEASE.........NOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bad enough my car and my computer - not my dryer, please, please not the dryer.
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