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• Hewett's Observation: The rudeness of a bureaucrat is inversely proportional to his or her position in the governmental hierarchy and to the number of peers similarly engaged.
• The probability of one's supervisor entering one's office unannounced is inversely proportional to the work-relatedness of the activity one is engaged in at the time.
  -- Opalko's Observatio...
• The probability that a given program will perform to expectations is inversely proportional to the programmer's confidence in his ability to do the job.
  -- Pennington's Observatio...
• The number of computer scientists in a room is inversely proportional to the number of bugs in their code.
• At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.
• NERD PACK: Plastic pouch worn in breast pocket to keep pens from soiling clothes.
  Nerd's position in engineering hierarchy can be measured by number of pens, grease pencils, and rulers bristling in his pack....
• erd pack, n: Plastic pouch worn in breast pocket to keep pens from soiling clothes.
  Nerd's position in engineering hierarchy can be measured by number of pens, grease pencils, and rulers bristling in his pack....