很早很早以前，我买过一本（当时刚出的）Arthur Bloch 写的《Murphys' Law and Other Reasons Things Go Wrong》（墨菲定律及事情搞砸的其他原因）。当然，“Wrong”这个词还是倒着印的。当时我觉得这就是一本好玩的段子和妙语合集。随着年龄增长，我猛然发觉这或许……
Many, many, many years ago I'd picked up a (then new) copy of Arthur Bloch's Murphys' Law and Other Reasons Things Go Wrong. With the "Wrong" printed upside-down, of course. At the time, I found it an amusing set of anecdotes and quips. As I've grown older, it's struck me that this might…
…The fundamental truth of the astute, or more often, pained, observations of engineers continues to impress me. The 26th anniversary edition was released (or escaped) in 2003. http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-26th-Anniversary-Edition/d...
Napoleon never said that. It comes, in fact, from this lowly place: http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Book-Two-Reasons/dp/B00123... ... and its author is a guy who won a contest to come up with successors to Murphy's Law. Backstory here: http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/11/26/ http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/12/04/…
很早很早以前，我买过一本（当时刚出的）Arthur Bloch 写的《Murphys' Law and Other Reasons Things Go Wrong》（墨菲定律及事情搞砸的其他原因）。当然，“Wrong”这个词还是倒着印的。当时我觉得这就是一本好玩的段子和妙语合集。随着年龄增长，我猛然发觉这或许……
Many, many, many years ago I'd picked up a (then new) copy of Arthur Bloch's Murphys' Law and Other Reasons Things Go Wrong. With the "Wrong" printed upside-down, of course. At the time, I found it an amusing set of anecdotes and quips. As I've grown older, it's struck me that this might…
……工程师们敏锐、或者更多时候是痛苦的观察中所蕴含的根本真理，始终让我深感震撼。26周年纪念版于2003年出版（或者说溜了出来）：http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-26th-Anniversary-Edition/d...
…The fundamental truth of the astute, or more often, pained, observations of engineers continues to impress me. The 26th anniversary edition was released (or escaped) in 2003. http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-26th-Anniversary-Edition/d...
拿破仑根本没说过那句话。其实它出自这个不起眼的地方：http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Book-Two-Reasons/dp/B00123... ……它的作者是一位在“征集墨菲定律续篇”比赛中获胜的家伙。背景故事在这里：http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/11/26/ http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/12/04/……
Napoleon never said that. It comes, in fact, from this lowly place: http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Book-Two-Reasons/dp/B00123... ... and its author is a guy who won a contest to come up with successors to Murphy's Law. Backstory here: http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/11/26/ http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/12/04/…