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| #3988 | | Finagle's First Law:
To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start.
Finagle's Second Law:
Always keep a record of data -- it indicates you've been working.
Finagle's Fourth Law:
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes
it worse.
Finagle's Fifth Law:
Always draw your curves, then plot your readings.
Finagle's Sixth Law:
Don't believe in miracles -- rely on them.
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| #3989 | | Finagle's Second Law:
No matter what the anticipated result, there will always be
someone eager to (a) misinterpret it, (b) fake it, or (c) believe it
happened according to his own pet theory.
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| #3990 | | Finagle's Seventh Law:
The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum.
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| #3991 | | Finagle's Third Law:
In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct,
beyond all need of checking, is the mistake
Corollaries:
(1) Nobody whom you ask for help will see it.
(2) The first person who stops by, whose advice you really
don't want to hear, will see it immediately.
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| #3992 | | Fine's Corollary:
Functionality breeds Contempt.
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| #3993 | | Finster's Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
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| #3994 | | First Law of Bicycling:
No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.
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| #3995 | | First law of debate:
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
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| #3996 | | First Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility
for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who
imposed the deadline).
Fifth Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that
there is nothing important to do.
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| #3997 | | First Law of Socio-Genetics:
Celibacy is not hereditary.
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