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The Origin of Murphy's Law

Posted by Hemos on from the where-it-all-stems-from dept.

LauraW writes "HotAIR, the web site of the Annals of Improbable Research , is publishing a fascinating series on the Origin of Murphy's Law. It turns out there really was a Murphy, and the story of his law involves rocket sleds, Chuck Yeager, and Edwards Air Force Base. The article covers all these topics and more, and includes interviews with Yeager, the son of Murphy (really), and several surviving members of the project that inspired the law."

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  1. And in other news.... by jbottero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot finally achieves total irrelevancy...

  2. Slow news day? by bs_02_06_02 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nothing else going on in the world?

    Time to create a new poll?

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  3. Re:I disagree with Murphy's Law by Glock27 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    > I don't believe processor speeds double every 18 months.
    This is Moore's law.

    Actually, he said transistor density will double every 18 months. Not quite the same thing.

    BTW, computer power could continue doubling every X amount of time for quite a while - once parallelism is exploited more fully.

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