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Unwanted Laws of Computing

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 19 Oct 2014 11:00


1.When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.


2.When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.


3.The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.


4.When the going gets tough, upgrade.


5.For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.


6.To err is human . . . to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it is downright natural.


7.He who laughs last probably made a back-up.


8.If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.


9.A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.


10.The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.


11.A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 19 Oct 2014 11:06

:-D :-D :-D

12. Before phoning the help desk because your desktop computer does not boot up - check that it is plugged in!

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 19 Oct 2014 12:38

13. A computer never makes a mistake, the user/programmer does

14. K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple, Stupid

15. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

:-D ;-) :-D

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 19 Oct 2014 16:06

many problems are one dee ten tee errors

( I D 10 T) ;-) ;-)

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960