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Law of Computability Applied to Social Science If at first you don't succeed, transform your data set.
Law of Selective Gravity (The Buttered Side Down Law) An object will fall so as to do the most damage.
Law of the Perversity of Nature (Mrs. Murphy's Corollary) You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
Law of Superiority The first example of superior principle is always inferior to the developed example of inferior principle.
Laws of Computerdom According to Golub 1) Fuzzy project objectives are used to avoid the embarrassment of estimating the corresponding costs.
2) A carelessly planned projec...
Laws of Computer Programming 1) Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
2) Any given program costs more and takes longer....
Laws of Gardening 1) Other people's tools work only in other people's yards.
2) Fanzy gizmos don't work. 3) If nobody uses it, there's a reason....
Le Chatelier's Law If some stress is brought to bear on a system in equilibrium, the equilibrium is displaced in the direction which tends to undo the effect of the stress.
Les Miserables Metalaw All laws, whether good, bad, or indifferent, must be obeyed to the letter.
Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....

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