Murphy Computer Laws

[mstlyevil]

I just run across this and thought it was a funny but true read so I decided to post the link for your enjoyment.

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-computer.html

[23meg]

Good resource; I'd forgotten about Murphy's laws for a while.. And it seems the debate over the origin is going on.

[matthew]

That was amusing, thanks!

[mstlyevil]

No problem. My favorite was the only program that has no bugs is a virus.

[briancurtin]

from that site: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."

that is actually Fred Brooks' law from when he worked at IBM, from his book The Mythical Man Month

[mstlyevil]

I found another link on a Furbeowulf Cluster Computing.

http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html

Is this the future of supercomputing?