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The probability of a disk crash is directly proportional to the age of your last backup. -- Yoshi
The probability of an event's occurring varies directly with the perversity of the inanimate object involved and inversely with product of its desirability and the effort expended to produce it.
-- W...
The probability of anything happening is in inverse ratio to its desirability.
-- John W. Hazard, "Changing Times" 1957...
The probability of anything happening is inversely proportional to its desirability.
-- Gumperson's Law...
The probability of a young man meeting a desirable and receptive young female increases by pyramidal progression when he is already in the company of
(1) a date (2) his wife (3) a better looking...
The probability of failure is directly proportional to the anxiety of the programmer.
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
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 of your getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times you are told, "you can't miss it.
-- Law of Directio...
The probability of your word processor crashing is directly proportional to the amount of unsaved text.
-- Yoshi...

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