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"Heckman's Laws"

This post was written by Jim Heckman: "New Year is traditionally a time for predictions (most of which are either obvious or fairly useless). So I thought instead I would reiterate what I have come to term "Heckman's Laws," as well as a few other added by various people:

1. Any time you start a sentence about a computer program with "you would think that....," or "why don't they....", you know you are in deep trouble...
2. Never underestimate the ability of the end user to wreak havoc on even the best designed routine or program.
3. Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster...

Then there is a reader's "law of dysfunctional software configuration"...

And finally, the ultimate Murphy's law..."

I LOVE the ultimate Murphy's law! Visit the source site listed below for the full text of this post.

Source: Does it Compute?, 4 January 2010

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).