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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Norman R. Augustine
Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.

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Law Number XXXVI: The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar contract is about one millimeter per million dollars. If all the proposals conforming to this standard were piled on top of each other at the bottom of the Grand Canyon it would probably be a good idea.

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Law Number XLI: The more one produces, the less one gets.

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Law Number XLV: One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

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Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.

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Law Number XXXV: The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.

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One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.

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Law Number L: The average regulation has a life span one-fifth as long as a chimpanzee's and one-tenth as long as a human's, but four times as long as the official's who created it.

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Law Number XXIII: Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

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Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.

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A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord's Prayer comprises but 67.

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