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• The most vicious rumor which will do the most harm reaches fastest that place which will be the last to receive the truth.
• In any calculation, any error which can creep in will do so. -- The RPCISPE's First Universal Law
• Any improbable event which would create maximum confusion if it did occur, will occur.
  -- H. S. Kindle...
• firewall code n. 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage.
  Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves....
• firewall code: n. 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage.
  Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves....
• A dropped tool will land where it will do the most damage. -- The Law of Selective Gravitatio
• An object will fall so as to do the most damage. Selective Gravity Law
• Every important document you write will contain at least one egregious typographical error.
  The more pubic the document, the more embarrassing the error....
• The Law of Selective Gravity (The Buttered Side Down Law)
  An object will fall so as to do the most damage....