The problem always exists between one keyboard and it's respective chair.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
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 program that compile on the first run has an error in the algorithm.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error
Walking on water and developing software to specification are easy as long as both are frozen.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, water
The smaller the size of your email account, the more junk mail you will get.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
The boss will always come to your workspace when you accidentally open an adult link.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, heads
The more pop-up screens you have, the more likely the boss will come by.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, heads
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.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, corruption
Investment in software reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors.
Quote 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.
Quote 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.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
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.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, smoke
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.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, use
Antivirus systems only effectively work on a virus after given virus has passed its prime.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, work
The most frightening of viruses is the virus you do not know is already there.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
The amount of damage that a string of code can do is inversely proportional to the length of the string.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
You only receive instant messaging, when working on a project that's due instantly.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers
When designing a program to handle all possible dumb errors, nature creates a dumber user.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, error, nature
A pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the pants.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony
It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you say you're going to do.
Quote by Edward A. Murphy about intention
