Re: OT: Murphy''s Law Formula

You have to go to the webpage for that part; go to <a href="http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=95941&region=3">http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=95941&region=3</a> though, not the one I originally provided.

This other page includes additional words.

Paul

<a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=B-fndECy5Zpm0cQub2T8WdsLwAiw5-HRGhVDSWb3M23iZI1imZEkGNtIYfSAkPsX5Pjdo7vBhYEJ6c1AH6wLvnC7hD3EC7_l">adolphus.o.omodu@exxonmobil.com</a> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Define your parameters!

> See <a href="http://www.news.com.au/common/printpage/0,6093,11009375,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/common/printpage/0,6093,11009375,00.html</a>
>
> THERE'S grim news for people who worry that if something can go wrong,
> it will go wrong. A new mathematical formula has proved Murphy's Law
> really does strike at the worst possible time.
>
> Ordinary people have long known that computers crash on deadline and
> cars break down in emergencies, while previous studies have shown the
> law, also called Sod's Law, is not a myth and toast really does fall
> buttered side down.
>
> But now a panel of experts has provided the statistical rule for
> predicting the law of "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" - or
> ((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10)).
Received on Mon Oct 11 07:20:00 2004