I thought I saw the thing about idiots on a list titled "Murphy's Laws" but
upon second glance it was actually titled "Murphy's Laws and Other
Observations," but in yet another ironic twist, it's not on that list
either.
> > I'm not sure about this. Remember Murphy's law: make something so easy
> > that
> > an idiot can use it, and only idiots will use it.
>
>Murphy's law is actually (roughly) "if something can go wrong, it will".
>But, in context, I suppose the misattribution does have a kind of ironic
>charm ;)
>
>Some tangential laws...
>
>"It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so
>ingenious." --RobertHeinlein
>"Those who try to build idiot-proof systems always underestimate the
>persistence and ingenuity of idiots." --anon
>"If you make your system more idiot-proof the idiots will build a bigger
>idiot" --anon
>
>Sorry to be off-topic. My next post will be a programming teaser :)
>
>Cheers
>A
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