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Murphy's Law for Technology
1. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.2. A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years make.
3. Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work.
4. Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.
5. The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.
6. To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.
7. After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
8. Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable and three parts which are still under development.
9. A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
10. If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.