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THÅ LAWÓ OÆ COMPUTING

GROSS'Ó POSTULATE

Factó  arå  noô alì equal®  Therå arå gooä factó anä  baä  facts®
Sciencå consistó oæ usinç gooä facts.


UTZ'Ó LAWÓ OÆ COMPUTEÒ PROGRAMMING
1® Anù giveî program¬ wheî running¬ ió obsolete.
2® Anù giveî prograí costó morå anä takeó longer.
3® Iæ á prograí ió useful¬ iô wilì havå tï bå changed.
4® Anù giveî prograí wilì expanä tï filì alì availablå memory.
5® Iæ á prograí ió useless¬ iô wilì bå documented.
6®  Thå  valuå oæ á prograí ió proportionaì tï thå weighô oæ itó 
output.
7®  Prograí complexitù growó untiì iô exceedó thå capabilitù  oæ 
thå programmeò whï musô maintaiî it.
8® Makå iô possiblå foò programmeró tï writå programó iî English¬ 
anä yoõ wilì finä thaô programmeró cannoô writå English.


FLAP'Ó LAW

Anù   inanimatå   object¬   regardlesó   oæ   itó   positioî   oò 
configuration¬  maù  bå  expecteä  tï perforí aô anù  timå  iî  á 
totallù  unexpecteä  manneò foò reasonó thaô arå eitheò  entirelù 
obscurå oò elså completelù mysterious.


MURPHY'Ó FIRSÔ LAW

Nothinç ió aó easù aó iô looks.


MURPHY'Ó SECONÄ LAW

Everythinç takeó longeò thaî yoõ think.


MURPHY'Ó THIRÄ LAW

Iî anù fielä oæ scientifiã endeavor¬  anythinç thaô caî gï  wronç 
wilì gï wrong.


MURPHY'Ó FORTÈ LAW

Iæ therå ió á possibilitù oæ severaì thingó goinç wrong¬  thå onå 
thaô wilì causå thå mosô damagå wilì bå thå onå tï gï wrong.


MURPHY'Ó FIFTÈ LAW

Iæ anythinç jusô cannoô gï wrong¬ iô wilì anyway.
Š

MURPHY'Ó SIXTÈ LAW

Iæ  yoõ  perceivå  thaô therå arå fouò possiblå wayó iî  whicè  á 
procedurå  caî gï wronç anä circumvenô these¬  theî á fiftè  way¬ 
unprepareä for¬ wilì promptlù develop.


MURPHY'Ó SEVENTÈ LAW

Lefô tï themselves¬ thingó tenä tï gï froí baä tï worse.


MURPHY'Ó EIGHÔ LAW

Iæ  everythinç  seemó  tï  bå  goinç  well¬  yoõ  havå  obviouslù 
overlookeä something.


MURPHY'Ó NINTÈ LAW

Naturå alwayó sideó witè thå hiddeî flaw.


MURPHY'Ó TENTÈ LAW

Motheò Naturå ió á bitch.



MURPHY'Ó ELEVENTÈ LAW

Iô ió impossiblå tï makå anythinç foolproof¬ becauså fooló arå sï 
ingenious.


MURPHY'Ó LA× OÆ THERMODYNAMICS

Thingó geô worså undeò pressure.


TURNAUCKAS§ OBSERVATION

Tï erò ió human» tï reallù fouì thingó uð takeó á computer.



FINAGLE'Ó RULES

Eveò sincå thå firsô scientifiã experiment¬  maî haó beeî plagueä 
bù thå increasinç antagonisí oæ nature®  Iô seemó onlù righô thaô 
naturå shoulä bå logicaì anä neat¬  buô experiencå haó showî thaô 
thió  ió  noô  thå  case®  Á furtheò serieó  oæ  ruleó  haó  beeî 
formulated¬ designeä tï helð thå maî accepô thå pigheadednesó oæ
nature:
Š1®  Tï studù á subjecô best¬  understanä iô thoroughlù beforå yoõ 
start.
2® Alwayó keeð á recorä oæ data® Iô indicateó you'vå beeî
working.
3® Alwayó dra÷ youò curves¬ theî ploô thå reading.
4® Iî caså oæ doubt¬ makå iô sounä convincing.
5®  Experimentó shoulä bå reproducible®  Theù shoulä alì faiì iî
thå samå way.
6® Dï noô believå iî miracles® Relù oî them.
7® Iæ aî experimenô works¬ somthinç haó gonå wrong.
8®  Nï  matteò whaô resulô ió anticipated¬  therå wilì alwayó bå
someonå  eageò  tï  (a© misinterpreô it¬  (b©  fakå  it¬  oò  (c©
believå iô happeneä tï hió owî peô theory.
9® Iî anù collectioî oæ data¬ thå figurå mosô obviouslù correct¬
beyonä alì neeä oæ checking¬ ió thå mistake.
Corollarù 1® Nï onå whoí yoõ asë foò helð wilì seå it.
Corollarù 2® Everyonå whï stopó bù witè outsoughô advicå wilì seå
iô immediately.
10®  Oncå á joâ ió fouleä up¬  anythinç donå tï improvå iô  onlù
makeó iô worse.
11® Sciencå ió trutè -- don'ô bå misleä bù facts.


CHARLEY'Ó OBSERVATION

Computeró werå inventeä bù Murphy.


LANDAU'Ó PROGRAMMINÇ PARADOXES

1® Thå world'ó besô programmeò haó tï bå someone.
2® Thå morå humanlikå á computeò becomes¬ thå lesó iô spendó timå
computinç anä thå morå iô spendó timå doinç morå humanlikå work.
3® Á softwarå committeå oæ onå ió limiteä bù itó owî horizoî anä
wilì specifù softwarå onlù thaô far.
4®  Wheî thå systeí programmeró declarå thå systeí works¬ iô haó
workeä anä wilì worë agaiî somå day.


TURNAUCKAS§ LAW

Thå  attentioî  spaî  oæ  á  computeò ió  onlù  aó  lonç  aó  itó
electricaì cord.


THÅ LA× OÆ COMPUTERDOÍ ACCORDINÇ TÏ GOLUB

1®  Fuzzù  projecô objectiveó arå useä tï avoiä thå embarrassmenô
oæ estimatinç thå correspondinç cost.
2® Á carelesslù planneä projecô wilì takå onlù twicå aó long.
3® Thå efforô requireä tï correcô courså increaseó geometricallù
witè time.
4®  Projecô teamó detesô weeklù progresó reportinç becauså iô sï
vividlù manifestó theiò lacë oæ progress.

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BLAUW'Ó LAW

Establisheä   technologù  tendó  tï  persisô  iî  spitå  oæ   ne÷
technology.


BROOK'Ó LAW

Addinç manpoweò tï á latå softwarå projecô makeó iô later.


HOARE'Ó LA× OÆ LARGÅ PROGRAMS

Insidå  everù largå prograí ió á smalì prograí strugglinç tï  geô
out.


THÅ NINETY-NINETÙ RULÅ OÆ PROJECÔ SCHEDULES

Thå  firsô 9° percenô oæ thå taskó takeó 1° percenô oæ  thå  timå
anä thå lasô 1° percenô takeó thå otheò 9° percent.


THÅ LA× OÆ COMPUTABILITÙ APPLIEÄ TÏ SOCIAÌ SCIENCES

Iæ aô firsô yoõ don'ô succeed¬ transforí youò data.


BERNETIC'Ó LAW
Á doggonå computeò ió man'ó besô friend


THÅ PROGRAMMERÓ NEMESIS

Expertó   theorizå  that¬   througè  evolutioî  anä   inbreeding¬ 
programmeró maù becomå á distincô subspecieó oæ thå humaî race.


THÅ SYSTEÍ DESIGNER'Ó TROUBLE

Alì systemó designeä tï bå wonderfullù efficienô arå helì foò thå
peoplå whï supplù thå inpuô anä uså thå output


WAIN'Ó CONCLUSION

1® Hå whï getó toï biç foò hió britches¬ getó exposeä iî thå end.
2®  Stayinç afloaô iî managemenô ió easieò iæ yoõ don'ô makå biç
waves.
3® Thå onlù peoplå makinç moneù theså dayó arå thå oneó whï selì
computeò paper.
4®  Iæ yoõ didn'ô havå problems¬ yoõ wouldn'ô neeä peoplå arounä
tï  helð  solvå  them®  Conversely¬  iæ yoõ  didn'ô  havå  peoplå
around¬ maybå yoõ wouldn'ô havå problems.
Š5®  Nothinç motivateó á maî morå thaî tï seå hió bosó puttinç iî
aî honesô day'ó work.
6®  Bosseó arå sï busù delegatinç jobs¬  thaù havå nï timå tï dï
anù work.
7® Wheî someonå blowó youò horn¬ iô soundó likå á Cadillac® Wheî
yoõ toot¬ iô soundó likå á Volkswagon.
8® Yoõ caî telì somå peoplå aren'ô afraiä oæ worë bù thå waù theù
fighô it.
9®  Peoplå whï minä theiò owî businesó succeeä becauså theù havå
sï littlå competition.


GIB'Ó LAWÓ OÆ COMPUTEÒ UNRELIABILITY

1® Computeró arå unreliable¬ buô humanó arå eveî morå unreliable.
2® Anù systeí whicè dependó oî humaî reliabilitù ió aî unreliablå
system.
3®  Thå  onlù  differencå betweeî thå fooì anä thå criminaì  whï
attacë  á  systeí ió thaô thå fooì attackó unpredictablù  anä  oî
á broadeò front.
4®  Self-checkinç  systemó  tenä  tï havå  aî  inherenô  lacë  oæ
reliabilitù oæ thå systeí iî whicè theù arå used.
5®  Thå error-detectioî anä correctioî capabilitieó oæ anù systeí
wilì  servå thå keù tï understandinç thå typå oæ erroò whicè thaù
caî noô handle.
6®  Undetectablå erroró arå infinitå iî variety¬  iî contrasô  tï
detectablå errors¬ whicè bù definitionarå limited.
7®  Investmenô  iî reliabilitù wilì increaså untiì iô exceedó thå
probablå cosô oæ thå erroró oò untiì somebodù insistó oî  gettinç
somå usefuì worë done.



GROSCH'Ó LAW

Computinç poweò increaseó aó thå squarå oæ thå cost®  Iæ yoõ wanô
tï dï iô twicå aó cheaply¬ yoõ havå tï dï iô fouò timeó aó fast.


ISAAÃ ASIMOV'Ó THREÅ LAWÓ OÆ ROBOTICS

1®  Á  roboô maù noô injurå á humaî beinç or¬  througè  inaction¬
allo÷ á humaî beinç tï comå tï harm.
2®  Á  roboô musô obeù orderó giveî tï iô bù á humaî beinç excepô
wherå sucè orderó woulä conflicô witè thå firsô law.
3®  Á  roboô  musô  protecô itó owî existancå  aó  lonç  aó  sucè
protectioî doeó noô conflicô witè thå firsô oò seconä law.


HOROWITZ'Ó SONÇ FOÒ IN-HOUSÅ COMPUTEÒ PROGRAMS

"I/O¬ I/O¬ it'ó ofæ tï worë wå gï ..."


HOROWITZ'Ó RULES
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1® Wisdoí consistó oæ knowinç wheî tï avoiä perfection.
2® Á computeò makeó aó manù mistakeó iî twï secondó aó twentù meî
workinç twentù yearó make.
3® Therå exisô unthinkablå thoughts.


GALEF'Ó DEDUCTIONS

1® Microminiaturazatioî jusô makeó thå probleí hardeò tï geô at.
2®  Flawó  founä iî thå prograí wilì usuallù turî ouô tï bå flawó
iî thå system¬ buô neveò vicå versa.
3® Falliblå meî desigî falliblå computers.


HUNT'Ó LA× OÆ SUSPENSE

Iæ  anù  worë  haó  á suspenså datå oî  it¬  thaô  worë  wilì  bå
completeä aó closå tï thå suspenså datå aó possiblå regardlesó oæ
ho÷ faò iî advancå thå worë waó programmed.


Á LA× FOÒ THÅ FUTURE

Iæ it'ó noô iî á computer¬ iô doesn'ô exist.


MÃ AULEY'Ó AXIOM

Iæ á systeí ió oæ sufficienô complexity¬  iô wilì bå builô beforå
iô  ió designed¬  implementeä beforå iô ió tested¬  anä  outdateä
beforå iô ió debugged.


MAIER'Ó LAWS

1®  Iæ  thå  factó dï noô conforí tï thå  theory¬  theù  musô  bå
disposeä of.
2® Thå biggeò thå theorù thå better.


ANOTHEÒ ONÅ OÆ MURPHY'Ó LAWS

Iæ  mathematicallù  yoõ enä uð witè  thå  incorrecô  answer¬  trù
multiplyinç bù thå pagå number.


SNAFÕ EQUATIONS

1®  Giveî  anù probleí containinç î equations¬  therå wilì bå n+±
unknowns.
2®  Aî  objecô  oò biô oæ informatioî mosô needeä wilì  bå  leasô
available.
3®  Anù  devicå  requirinç servicå oò adjustmenô  wilì  bå  leasô
accessible.
Š4® Interchangeablå deviceó won't.
5® Badnesó comeó iî waves.


BRADLEY'Ó BROMIDE

Iæ  computeró  geô  toï  powerful¬  wå  caî  organizå  theí  intï
committee® That'lì dï theí in!!!


THÅ ENGINEER'Ó LAW

Iæ iô can'ô bå donå witè jumpers¬ iô isn'ô wortè doing.


ARTHUÒ C® CLARK'Ó LAW

Iô haó yeô tï bå proveî thaô intelligencå haó anù survivaì value.


THÅ FAIL-SAFÅ THEOREM

Wheî  á fail-safå systeí fails¬  iô failó bù failinç tï bå  fail-
safe.


LAUNEGAYER'Ó MAXIM

Alì  thå world'ó aî analoç stage¬  anä digitaì circuitó plaù onlù
biô parts.


FEATHERSTONE'Ó ACCURATÅ STEPÓ TÏ SYSTEMÓ DEVELOPMENT

1® Wilä enthusiasm
2® Disillusionment
3® Totaì confusion
4® Searcè foò thå guilty
5® Punishmenô oæ thå innocent
6® Promotioî oæ nonparticipants


WEINBERG'Ó LAW

Iæ  builderó  builô  buildingó  thå  waù  thå  programmeró  wrotå
programs¬  thå  firsô  woodpeckeò thaô camå alonç  woulä  destroù 
civilization.

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