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Fifth Law of Applied Terror:
If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.
Corollary:
If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live.
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Fifth Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that
there is nothing important to do.
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File cabinet:
A four drawer, manually activated trash compactor.
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filibuster, n.:
Throwing your wait around.
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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:
If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
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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 Second Law:
No matter what the anticipated result, there will always be
someone eager to (a) misinterpret it, (b) fake it, or (c) believe it
happened according to his own pet theory.
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Finagle's Seventh Law:
The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum.
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