From buddy Mon Nov  7 19:06:50 1994
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 10:05:58
Subject: more laws

Hind's Law #6:
Make it possible to write programs in English and you will quickly discover
that programmers do not know how to write in English.

Steinbach's Rule:
Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.

The Law of Measuring Sticks:
If all economists were placed one after another along the equator,
it wouldn't be such a bad idea...

The Law of Loss: A lost dollar isn't worth more than a lost cent.

The Law of Retirees:
Avoiding women, wine and song doesn't make you live longer
- it just seems as if time is passing slower.

The Law of Nutrition:
The poor want food for their stomachs
- the rich want stomachs for their food.


SECRETS' LAW
Two people are too many to keep a secret unrevealed

OBSERVATION TO SECRETS' LAW
But at least two people are necessary for a secret's being

CONSEQUENCE OF THE OBSERVATION TO SECRET'S LAW
Everyone will know anything much sooner than you could ever imagine

ONE-MORE LAW
There is nothing more functional than saying "Don't say it to anyone" to
make a secret public

LAW OF THE NOT SERIOUS
Spread the secret before everyone else spreads it before you

RULE FOR TRANQUILLITY
Keep your really important things for you alone


Lieberman's Law
        Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter, cuz nobody listens.

Denniston's Law
        Virtue is its own punishment.  

Stewart's law of Retroaction
        It's easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission.
        
Hanlon's razor
        Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
                stupidity.
                
Finster's Law   
        A closed mouth gathers no feet.