Complete computer breakdown will happen shortly after the maintenance person has left.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, people
Murphy's laws, page 22
1791 quotes by Edward A. Murphy
Edward A. Murphy - engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
Was born on 11 jan 1918.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Origin country: United States
A virus will be erased when the hard drive crashes, making it useless for antivirus program to fix it.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
The problem always exists between one keyboard and it's respective chair.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
A program that compile on the first run has an error in the algorithm.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error
Walking on water and developing software to specification are easy as long as both are frozen.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, water
The smaller the size of your email account, the more junk mail you will get.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
The boss will always come to your workspace when you accidentally open an adult link.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, heads, contentment
The more pop-up screens you have, the more likely the boss will come by.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, heads, contentment
If you're in a hurry, your computer will crash, a hard drive will become corrupted, or your files will be erased. Any way, you're screwed if you have a deadline.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, corruption, contentment
Investment in software reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, reliability, error
Computer sadism: When the computer causes physical or mental damage to a person and can't receive such a return favor due to management rules.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, rules, people
Computer masochism: When a computer takes all the abuse you think you can give it and continues working as it should.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
The sound of grinding metal or the sight of smoke coming from a case is a warning that you are trying to do too much with too little.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, smoke, contentment
The survivability of a system is directly proportional to the price of the cooling system applied to it and inversely proportional to the amount of use it sees.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, use
Antivirus systems only effectively work on a virus after given virus has passed its prime.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, work
The most frightening of viruses is the virus you do not know is already there.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
The amount of damage that a string of code can do is inversely proportional to the length of the string.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
You only receive instant messaging, when working on a project that's due instantly.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, contentment
When designing a program to handle all possible dumb errors, nature creates a dumber user.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error, nature
