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Communication, Second Law of: The information conveyed is less important than the impression. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming I, Law of: Any given program, when running, is obsolete. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming II, Law of: Any given program costs more and takes longer. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming III, Law of: If a program is useful, it will have to be changed. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming IV, Law of: If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming IX, Law of: Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming V, Law of: Any program will expand to fill available memory. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming VI, Law of: The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming VII, Law of: Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming VIII, Law of: Any non-trivial program contains at least one bug. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computer Programming X, Law of: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Conway's Law: In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Copier Breakdown Principle: Copiers will break down when there is only one more copy to make. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Corollary to the Fifth Law of Applied Terror: If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live. - [Laws of Life and Nature] de la Lastra's Corollary: After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted. - [Laws of Life and Nature] de la Lastra's Law: After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed. - [Laws of Life and Nature] De Vries's Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Decision Making, Fifth Law of: Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are MADE by considering the benefits to the decision-makers. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Decision Making, Second Law of: Any decision is better than no decision. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Decision Making, Third Law of: A decision is judged by the conviction with which it is uttered. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Design, Fifth Law of: Design flaws travel in groups. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Diddle's Principle: Any set of results can match any set of equations provided you develop a good imagination and sense of tolerance. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Do not believe in miracles--rely on them. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Dominic Cirino's Law of Burnt Fingers: Hot glass looks the same as cold glass. - [Laws of Life and Nature] Displaying page 5 of 20 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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