On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Francesco Peeters<br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> > Why does shit like that always happen at the most inconvenient times...<br>
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</div>You would have to ask Edsel Murphy that question, for it was he who first<br>
noticed this and enshrined it in his famous law.</blockquote><div><br>I think you mean Edward Murphy (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law#Association_with_Murphy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law#Association_with_Murphy</a>), one of the technicians working on the human g-force tests at Edwards Air Force Base in the late 40's. The idea predates that though.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve</div></div><br>