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Weinberg's First Law:
Progress is only made on alternate Fridays.
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Weinberg's Principle:
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while
sweeping on to the grand fallacy.
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Weinberg's Second Law:
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs,
then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
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Weiner's Law of Libraries:
There are no answers, only cross references.
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well-adjusted, adj.:
The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were games.
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Westheimer's Discovery:
A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a
couple of hours in the library.
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When asked the definition of "pi":
The Mathematician:
Pi is the number expressing the relationship between the
circumference of a circle and its diameter.
The Physicist:
Pi is 3.1415927, plus or minus 0.000000005.
The Engineer:
Pi is about 3.
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Whistler's Law:
You never know who is right, but you always know who is in charge.
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White's Statement:
Don't lose heart!
Owen's Commentary on White's Statement:
...they might want to cut it out...
Byrd's Addition to Owen's Commentary:
...and they want to avoid a lengthy search.
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Whitehead's Law:
The obvious answer is always overlooked.
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