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• Flap's Law Any inanimate object, regardless of its position or configuratio
  may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious....
• Minton's Law of Painting: Any paint, regardless of quality or composition, will adhere permanently to any surface, prepared or otherwise, if applied accidentally.
• brittle adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself.
  Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli...
• brittle: adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself.
  Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli...
• The WordPerfect virus Totally scrambles any document files. -- New viruses on the block.
• In a world that was totally objective and fair, size should make no difference in the worth of any individual or creature.
  But, then again, wizards should not have to work for a living, either....
• hand-roll v. [from obs. mainstream slang `hand-rolled' in opposition to `ready-made'
  eferring to cigarettes] To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand...
• hand-roll: [from obs. mainstream slang `hand-rolled' in opposition to `ready-made', referring to cigarettes] v.
  To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process {by hand}...
• flap vt. 1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap.
  ..). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC microtapes were 1, 2,....