"(A)bort, (R)etry, (T)ake down entire network?","How user interaction should be" "(A)bort, (R)etry, (G)et a beer?","How user interaction should be" "... File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "2400 Baud makes you want to get out and push!!","Online Happenings" "A clean (and dry) set of BDU's is a magnet for mud and rain.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years make.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "A mainframe: The biggest PC peripheral available.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "A man can be happy with any woman as long as he doesn't love her.","Murphy's Laws on love" "A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you to slow down.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "A truly great BBS is either illegal, immoral, or long distance from you.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn't.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Access denied--nah nah na nah nah!","How user interaction should be" "After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Air defense motto: shoot 'em down; sort 'em out on the ground.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Airstrikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "All computers wait at the same speed.","Online Happenings" "All great discoveries are made by mistake.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "All or any of the above combined.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "All the good ones are taken.","Murphy's Laws on love" "All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "All's well that ends.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable and three parts which are still under development.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Any given program, when running, is obsolete.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "As soon as you are served hot chow in the field, it rains.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI!","How user interaction should be" "Availability is a function of time. The minute you get interested is the minute they find someone else.","Murphy's Laws on love" "B-52s are the ultimate close support weapon.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaay..","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Beer Math --> 2 beers times 37 men equals 49 cases.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Before you find your handsome prince, you've got to kiss a lot of frogs.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Best file compression around: "DEL *.*" = 100% compression","How user interaction should be" "Body count Math --> 3 guerrillas plus 1 probable plus 2 pigs equals 37 enemies killed in action.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Brains x Beauty x Availability = Constant.","Murphy's Laws on love" "BUFFERS=20 FILES=15 2nd down, 4th quarter, 5 yards to go!","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "C:\> Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Corollary: The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Do it only with the best.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last and don't ever volunteer to do anything.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire. For this reason, it is not at all uncommon for aircraft carriers to be known as bomb magnets.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "DOS=HIGH, and so are it's users.","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Enough research will tend to support your theory.","Murphy's Law of Research" "Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue...","How user interaction should be" "Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)","How user interaction should be" "Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Every command which can be misunderstood, will be.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Every kind action has a not-so-kind reaction.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Every solution breeds new problems.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Everything takes longer than you think.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Everything that goes up must come down.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Everything always works in your HQ, everything always fails in the Colonel's HQ.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Field experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Five second fuzes always burn three seconds.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. (in boot camp)","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Fortify your front; you'll get your rear shot up.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Friendly fire - isn't.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Give all orders verbally. Never write anything down that might go into a "Pearl Harbor File".","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Hidden DOS secret: add BUGS=OFF to your CONFIG.SYS","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Hit any user to continue.","How user interaction should be" "However the modem comes set from the factory, it will be the WRONG way to work on your machine.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "If a file takes more than 30 minutes to download, someone in your house will pick up the phone within the last 15 seconds.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "If it flies high, it dies; low and slow, it'll go.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.","Murphy's Laws on love" "If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If the effort that went in research on the female bosom had gone into our space program, we would now be running hot-dog stands on the moon.","Murphy's Laws on love" "If the enemy is within range, so are you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If the enemy is in range so are you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If the person isn't taken, there's a reason. (corr. to 1)","Murphy's Laws on love" "If the Platoon Sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If you are forward of your position, your artillery will fall short.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If you DO follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use a totally different password on every BBS you call, you will forget the password of the board where your date has left a message telling you where to meet them tonight.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "If you fail to follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use the same password on every BBS you call, someone will steal your password and make lewd comments about the sysop's mother on the boards you WERE on.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If your ambush is properly set, the enemy won't walk into it.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If your flank march is going well, the enemy expects you to outflank him.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "If your positions are firmly set and you are prepared to take the enemy assault on, he will bypass you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "In designing any type of construction, no overall dimension can be totalled correctly after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The correct total will become self-evident at 8:15 a.m. on Monday.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "In Win95 you can start a DOS-box; but how the hell do you start a Win95-box under DOS?","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Incoming fire has the right of way.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Interchangeable parts aren't.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.","Murphy's Laws on love" "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "It's not the one with your name on it; it's the one addressed "to whom it may concern" you've got to think about.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Law of the Perversity of Nature: You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Love is a hole in the heart.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Love is a matter of chemistry, sex is a matter of physics.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Love your neighbor, but don't get caught.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you won't be able to get out.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Military Intelligence is a contradiction.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Mines are equal opportunity weapons.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Money can't buy love, but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Mother nature is a bitch.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Murphy was a grunt.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Murphy's Constant: Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Napalm is an area support weapon.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Never argue with a women when she's tired -- or rested.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "New systems generate new problems.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Nice guys(girls) finish last.","Murphy's Laws on love" "No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "No matter what solution you devise to fix a problem with your modem, it will lead to the creation of at least four other problems.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "No matter how neutral the topic, your message will offend SOMEONE.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "No OPLAN ever survives initial contact.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Nobody you talk to online is ever as wealthy, smart, or beautiful as they claim to be.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Nothing is as easy as it looks.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Odd objects attract fire - never lurk behind one.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "One good turn gets most of the blankets.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to continue ...","How user interaction should be" "Press any key... no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!","How user interaction should be" "Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Quantization Revision of Murphy's Laws: Everything goes wrong all at once.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather (and especially during both).","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "RAM disk is *not* an installation procedure.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Real programmers don't document. "If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Recoilless rifles - aren't.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Sex discriminates against the shy and the ugly.","Murphy's Laws on love" "Shell to DOS...Come in DOS, do you copy? Shell to DOS...","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....","How user interaction should be" "Sniper's motto: reach out and touch someone.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the General is watching.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Suppressive fires - won't.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The amount of love someone feels for you is inversely proportional to how much you love them.","Murphy's Laws on love" "The attention span of a computer is only as long as it electrical cord.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The best things in the world are free --- and worth every penny of it.","Murphy's Laws on love" "The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The Cavalry doesn't always come to the rescue.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The combat worth of a unit is inversely proportional to the smartness of its outfit and appearance.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The crucial round is a dud.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The day after you buy the fastest new modem, they will change the standard so that your modem can only talk to modems of the same brand (only 100 of which were ever sold).","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "The Definition of an Upgrade: Take old bugs out, put new ones in.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The easy way is always mined.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The enemy diversion you're ignoring is their main attack.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions:","" "- when they're ready.","" "- when you're not.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The factory will ship the wrong manual with your modem and you will spend hours finding and setting dip switches that aren't even on your modem.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "The first myth of management is that it exists.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The first time you forget to scan your file downloads for viruses will be the first time in your life you'll actually get a virus.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "The important things are always simple; the simple are always hard.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.","Murphy's Law of Copiers" "The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The more cordial the buyer's secretary, the greater the odds that the competition already has the order.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The more stupid the leader is, the more important missions he is ordered to carry out.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The Murphy Philosophy: Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "The newest and least experienced soldier will usually win the Medal of Honor.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The nicer someone is, the farther away (s)he is from you.","Murphy's Laws on love" "The one item you need is always in short supply.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The only perfect science is hind-sight.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The perfect officer for the job will transfer in the day after that billet is filled by someone else.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "The qualities that most attract a woman to a man are usually the same ones she can't stand years later.","Murphy's Laws on love" "The self-importance of a superior is inversely proportional to his position in the hierarchy (as is his deviousness and mischievousness).","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The seriousness of a wound (in a fire-fight) is inversely proportional to the distance to any form of cover.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The side with the simplest uniforms wins.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what they want, but they know for certain what they don't want.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the M60.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "There is always a way, and it usually doesn't work.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.","Murphy's Laws on love" "There is no such thing as a perfect plan.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Things get worse under pressure.","Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics" "Things that must work together, can't be carried to the field that way.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Those who hesitate under fire usually do not end up KIA or WIA.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Tracers work both ways.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables the organism will do as it damn well pleases.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Walking point = sniper bait.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Weather ain't neutral.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.","Murphy's Laws on love" "When all else fails, read the instructions.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "When both sides are convinced they're about to lose, they're both right.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "When in doubt, empty your magazine.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "When the lights are out, all women are beautiful.","Murphy's Laws on love" "When there is a very long road upon which there is a one-way bridge placed at random, and there are only two cars on that road, it follows that:","" "the two cars are going in opposite directions they will always meet at the bridge.","Murphy's Law of the Open Road" "When you have secured the area, make sure the enemy knows it too.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "When you have sufficient supplies & ammo, the enemy takes 2 weeks to attack. When you are low on supplies & ammo the enemy decides to attack that night.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "Whenever a caller has problems using the BBS, the user will insist the problem is on the sysop's side and the sysop will insist the problem is on the caller's side.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.","Murphy's Laws on general topics" "Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your ammo and grenades always fall the farthest away, and your canteen always lands at your feet.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Who's General Failure & why's he reading my disk?","How user interaction should be" "Why doesn't DOS ever say "EXCELLENT command or filename!"","The Real Error Messages, Excuses and Definitions" "Will the information superhighway have any rest stops?","Online Happenings" "Windows: Just another pane in the glass.","The True Definitions of the Computing World" "Work smarder and not harder and be careful of yor speling.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "You are not Superman; Marines and fighter pilots take note.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.","Murphy's Laws on technology" "You will always forget to disable call waiting when connected to a pay-by-the-minute BBS.","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world" "Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.","Murphy's Laws on combat" "Your spouse, who rarely visits you at your computer, will stop by at the exact moment you've receive a flirtatious page from another user...You REALLY have never chatted with them before!","Murphy's Laws on the on-line world"