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filibuster, n:
Throwing your wait around.
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Fill what's empty, empty what's full, scratch where it itches.
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Finagle's Creed:
Science is true. Don't be misled by facts.
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Finagle's Eighth Law:
If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
Finagle's Ninth Law:
No matter what results are expected,
someone is always willing to fake it.
Finagle's Tenth Law:
No matter what the result someone
is always eager to misinterpret it.
Finagle's Eleventh Law:
No matter what occurs, someone believes
it happened according to his pet theory.
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Finagle's First Law:
To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start.
Finagle's Second Law:
Always keep a record of data -- it indicates you've been working.
Finagle's Fourth Law:
Once a job is fouled up,
anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
Finagle's Fifth Law:
Always draw your curves, then plot your readings.
Finagle's Sixth Law:
Don't believe in miracles -- rely on them.
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Finagle's Seventh Law:
The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum.
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Finagle's Third Law:
In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct,
beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.
Corollaries:
1. Nobody whom you ask for help will see it.
2. The first person who stops by, whose advice you really
don't want to hear, will see it immediately.
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Finality is death.
Perfection is finality.
Nothing is perfect.
There are lumps in it.
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Fine day for friends.
So-so day for you.
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Fine day to throw a party. Throw him as far as you can.
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