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Re: [TCML]new law



Better than Murphy's law is Fingles Law (Larry Niven). Fingles law states that the perversity of the universe tends towards the maximum.

Jonathan
www.madlabs.info
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML]new law


Technically, I believe these would be considered to be corollaries of Murphy's Law.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of STEVEN COOK
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:05 AM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: Re: [TCML]new law



Is this a new law?

The likelyhood of damage to a component is inversely proportional to the number
you have available, and directly proportional to its cost.

I only raise this 'cos once again I've just destroyed a chip that cost more than the
rest of the circuit put together. How come I never blow a cheap resistor?

Another law might be that: The likelyhood of destroying an electronic component is
proportional to the number of joints you need to unsolder.

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