Where would we be without laws. Particularly the cynical, yet disturbingly true laws regarding human nature, such as these ones:
Lubarsky’s Law of Cybernetic Entomology: prov.
“There is /always/ one more bug.”
Hanlon’s Razor: prov.
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
Sturgeon’s Law: prov.
“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”
Ninety-Ninety Rule:
“The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.”
Finagle’s Law:
“The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum”
Murphy’s Law:
“If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.”
— Edward A. Murphy, Jr
Larkinson’s Law:
All laws are basically false.
Ducharme’s Precept:
Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.
Harvard Law:
Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure,
temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables, the organism will
do as it damn well pleases.
Boling’s postulate:
If you’re feeling good, don’t worry. You’ll get over it.
Benford’s law of controversy:
Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.
Hofstadter’s Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter’s Law into account.
Flon’s Law:
There is not now, and never will be, a language in
which it is the least bit difficult to write bad programs.