JUST FOR FUN
After all the serious talking about hardware and software in this
issue of ST NEWS, I think it is time for a bit of laughter. Oh,
Richard Karsmakers is a very decent guy, no foul words about him,
but we can't allways be talking about computers, can we?
Therefore I think it is a good idea to relax (say no more!) a bit
with some nice, humoristic pronouncements of some leading persons
in computer-land.
So, just sit back and enjoy it.
Weinberg's law:
If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs,
then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civili-
zation.
Cann's axiom
When all else fails, read the instructions.
Wood's axiom
As soon as a still-to-be-finished computer task becomes a life
or death situation, the power fails.
Sattinger's law
It works better if you plug it in.
Murphy's fourth law
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the
one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go
wrong.
Nixon's theorem
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of
someone he can blame it on.
Well, that was it! Have you amused yourself a bit? Maybe, when I
have more of these interesting, moralizing no-nonsense you will
find them in one of the next issues of ST NEWS. And now it is
time to go back to the cruel reality of every day's life!
Goodbye!
Disclaimer
The text of the articles is identical to the originals like they appeared
in old ST NEWS issues. Please take into consideration that the author(s)
was (were) a lot younger and less responsible back then. So bad jokes,
bad English, youthful arrogance, insults, bravura, over-crediting and
tastelessness should be taken with at least a grain of salt. Any contact
and/or payment information, as well as deadlines/release dates of any
kind should be regarded as outdated. Due to the fact that these pages are
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