Wisdom by Klipstein
18 pieces of wisdom
“All warranty and guarantee clauses are voided by payment of the invoice.”
“Any product cut to length will be too short.”
“In specifications, Murphy's Law supersedes Ohm's.”
“A patent application will be preceded by one week by a similar application made by an independent worker.”
“Firmness of delivery dates is inversely proportional to the tightness of the schedule.”
“Dimensions will always be expressed in the least usable term. Velocity, for example, will be expressed in furlongs per fortnight.”
“Any wire cut to length will be too short.”
“Tolerances will accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty to assemble.”
“If a project requires n components, there will be n-1 units in stock.”
“A motor will rotate in the wrong direction.”
“A failsafe circuit will destroy others.”
“A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first.”
“A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.”
“A purchased component or instrument will meet its specs long enough, and only long enough, to pass incoming inspection.”
“After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.”
“After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.”
“After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.”
“The most delicate component will be the one to drop.”