The Law broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way." It is most often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Anything that can go wrong, will").
what kind of law can be better than this to explain the unexplained.. the first time I got to know of this was during my computing A levels practical exam. and YES, they used this murphy's law to explain the student's inability to hand in any file/code/program by the end of the exam because computers are the MOST DAMNED THING that can screw up at any time with any chance they get.
so experience was gained from then onwards and tada! murphy was there again at ES presentation.. jus hope that team members were not particularly affected by it, can't stop murphy from coming ya... =)
and this brings us to the next law which i jus found out:
"Sod’s Law" is similar to, but broader than, Murphy's law ("Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong"). For example, concepts such as "bad fortune will be tailored to the individual" and "good fortune will occur in spite of the individual’s actions" are sometimes given as examples of "Sod's Law" in action. This would broaden "Sod's law" to a general sense of being "mocked by fate". In these aspects it is similar to some definitions of irony, particularly the irony of fate.
Some examples of "bad fortune will be tailored to the individual" include:
- Ludwig van Beethoven's loss of hearing - loss of hearing is bad fortune for anyone, but it is Sod’s Law that it would happen to a famous composer.
- Adolph Coors III, who was allergic to beer, was the heir to the Coors beer empire – being allergic to beer is bad fortune for many, but it is Sod’s Law that someone allergic to beer would inherit a beer empire (and, due to a botched kidnapping attempt, die because of the empire's wealth, thus being killed by beer, but only indirectly).
Some examples of "good fortune will occur in spite of the individual’s actions" include:
- If you take your raincoat and umbrella with you, it will be sunny – any attempt you make to control your destiny (in this case how wet you get) will be thwarted by fate.
- You move to another city, only to meet and fall in love with someone from your hometown.
but i still think murphy's a better person than sod. since they're always around us, dun forget to say hi and dun panic when u see them!!!
