13 Sep
2014
13 Sep
'14
11:47 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
My point is that this does not go far enough,. If you
protect a transsito
with an expensive FF fuse, then not only will the transistor fail first,
it will do so i na wat to blow the fuse. It will not protect the fuse.
That owuld be contrary to Muprhy's Law...
Not necessarily. There's a meta-law "If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it
will."
That has also been stated as the Ultimate Law: "If something could
have gone wrong, but didn't, it would have ultimately been better if
it had."
14 Sep
14 Sep
1:50 p.m.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Along with O'Toole's law : 'Murphey was an optimist'
And XXX's law (I forget the usual name given) : 'O'Toole was an optimist'
And of course the law of Murphey the Elder : 'Things that can't go wrong
will'
-tony
My point is that this does not go far enough,. If
you protect a transsito
with an expensive FF fuse, then not only will the transistor fail first,
it will do so i na wat to blow the fuse. It will not protect the fuse.
That owuld be contrary to Muprhy's Law...
Not necessarily. There's a meta-law "If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it
will."
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