If a project is completed on schedule, it wasn't debugged properly.
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Murphy's laws about Computers, page 5
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The worst bugs in your program will show up only during the final review.
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The people who say that computers are simple to use are the same people who tell you how to build a watch when you ask what time it is.
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Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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A computer that has been on the market for 6 weeks is still usable as a boat anchor.
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The best way past a pesky security feature is a 13-year-old.
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A computer that has surpassed its user's frustration capacity (FC) will accelerate downwards at 9.8 meters per second squared.
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Make a system even a moron can use and a moron will use it.
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Make one that requires training or intelligence and only a moron will use it, but there will be more help desk calls.
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The likelihood of problems occurring is inversely proportional to the amount of time remaining before the deadline.
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You will always discover errors in your work after you have printed/submitted it.
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90% of a programmer errors come from data from other programmers.
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Illegal Error' messages only happen when you forget to save your work.
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If you make the letters in your Word document bigger and then you print it out, you'll have everything on the first page and only one line on the second.
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The OEM did not actually manufacture the part you need to replace
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By the time you learn your new computer you'll need a new one.
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When the Downloading Window says “99% complete”, there will be a fluctuation in the voltage and you'll have to start all over again.
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