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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. When all else fails... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    FIRST POST!

    1. Re:When all else fails... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ha!

  2. Wow fascinating by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't there a new build of linux we can talk about instead?

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  3. Re:I disagree with Murphy's Law by Wordsmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No no no, Murphy's law is the one that says when you bring the Nazis into the discussion, you lose - you stupid Nazi.

    Oh crap, I did it!

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

    Slashdot finally achieves total irrelevancy...

  5. Murphy? by silicon+not+in+the+v · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think SCO owns the rights to Murphy's law. Every time Darl has a chance to say something else stupid, he will.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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