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Re: Murphy's law

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On 1/2/2012 5:06 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> I have just written an entry for "Murphy's Law" in the Java glossary.
> Included is a mildly amusing anecdote that happened to me yesterday
> that illustrates the principle.
>
> This is a light hearted entry.  If you have ideas please email me via
> the feedback at the bottom of the page.
>
> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/murphy.html

In focusing on the lighthearted aspect, I feel you have lost the real,
and really important, point that Murphy was making.

There is always a temptation, when considering some weird combination of
circumstances, to say "That will never happen" and ignore it. The point
of Murphy's law is that we must either show that it really cannot
happen, or plan for it happening.

Patricia

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Murphy's law Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-02 17:06 -0800
  Re: Murphy's law Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-02 17:53 -0800
  Re: Murphy's law "A. W. Dunstan" <no@spam.thanks> - 2012-01-06 12:24 -0500
  Re: Murphy's law rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-07 14:56 +0000
  Re: Murphy's law Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-07 10:43 -0800
    Re: Murphy's law Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-07 11:53 -0800
      Re: Murphy's law Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-16 09:33 -0800
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