Murphy's laws about Computers, page 4
134 quotes by Edward A. Murphy about computers
Edward A. Murphy Engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
The chance of a virus infecting your network is directly proportional to the amount of damage it does.
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The chances of getting off work on time is inversely proportional to how much e-mail the boss leaves for until end of the day.
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The faster you need a hardcopy, the more people will be using the only office printer.
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General Fault Errors are the “Check Engine” light of computers. If it can be fixed, chances are it's not by you.
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A patch is a piece of software which replaces old bugs with new bugs.
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The chances of a program doing what it's supposed to do is inversely proportional to the number of lines of code used to write it.
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The probability of forgetting your password is directly proportional to the frequency of changing it.
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No matter how fantastic your latest and greatest PC is, you will be able to buy it for half the price in 12 months.
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The longer it takes to download a program the more likely it won't run.
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A program is good when it's bug free - which is impossible.
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If you forget to save you're work every 5 minutes, it will break down after you've been at it for an hour.
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The amount of time taken to successfully complete a software project is in direct proportion to the amount of Marketing input.
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The only thing worse than an end-user without a clue is an end-user who has a clue - usually the wrong one.
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According to most Tech Support people, the most common user error message regardless of Operating System is ID 10T.
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The probability of bugs appearing is directly proportional to the number and importance of people watching.
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An employee rank is in inverse proportion to his use of a computer, and in proportion to its performance.
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The only program that runs perfectly every time, is a virus.
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