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Named principles, physical laws, constants etc. that should exist...

#1 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:14 am

We all know them, Bernoulli's law, Snell's law, Coulomb's Law, Ohm's Law, Godwin's law (often noted here on ops-normal) Archimedes' Principle, Avogadro’s number, Chandrasekhar's limit, Planck's constant etc. etc. but what about those far more important laws, constants and principles that govern the real aspects of our lives, like matching our socks, when one always seems to go missing, or the uncanny ability of women to see though our prevarications and immediately find that which proves our guilt and so on... I challenge the ops-normalisers here to surface these laws and name them...

As a starter I propose Abel's law of computer cables that states the time taken for computer cables, to arrange themselves into a Gordian knot, is inversely proportional to the number of cables times ****'s constant, which is in itself related to the math's of Dire's consequence and the laws of entropy generally...
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#2 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:54 am

Murphy's Law - if anything can go wrong it will do so, and at the most inconvenient and unexpected times. ( sometimes referred to as Sod's Law )

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#3 Post by PHXPhlyer » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:02 am

Don't talk to me about Murphy's Law. [-X
My mother was a Murphy. o:-)
I know the law all too well. ~X(

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#4 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:26 am

One more before I hit the road... this one already exists:

Cunningham's Law - A law that concerns interactions on the internet, Cunningham’s Law states that the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to post a question – but to post the wrong answer. Often proved here on ops-normal.
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#5 Post by EA01 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:13 am

Ok then.....'Opposed to a mutually beneficial outcome'...is the wrong answer to what question and so then what is the correct answer?

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#6 Post by Alisoncc » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:14 am

Law of unintended consequences. This guarantees that whenever you formulate a process or procedure to be followed at all times, something that never even entered your consciousness will totally f*ck it up.
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#7 Post by EA01 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:16 am

Ah Alison, yes....'Pink Bats' & 'Vaccine rollout' both spring to mind quickly!

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#8 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:25 am

The OP omitted Newton and Buy Ballot.

Two immutable military laws:
Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted.
Any plan is only be valid indulge contact with the enemy (or reality)

And a theory, yet to be proven:
Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

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#9 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:27 am

The Infinite Tardis Handbag Principle

Me - "Honey, where's the front door key?"

Her - "In my handbag!"

Me - (cold sweat coming out and cortisol levels rising) Opens the first pocket in the labyrinthine maze of zips, pockets, stuffed with things, mostly female, and I get lost within a nanosecond, and lose my way... "Can't find it, please help me I am late...!"

Her - (leaving the bed with a scowl, finds the keys immediately) "Idiot!"

And that is how it went this morning and mostly goes with the The Infinite Tardis Handbag Principle!
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#10 Post by EA01 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:35 am

Mrs Fliegs refers to 'Moving'

Hopefully not out of here, but moving from Handbag to Handbag. All Manner of 'stuff' from one bag to another...it is a significant process!

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#11 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:44 am

One for the Scots who have had their gruntles dissed, one way or the other...

Sturgeon’s Law - almost everything is crud, tat, sub-par, poor, garbage, and you only tend to remember the tiny percentage that was good, or the even smaller percentage that was so bad that it almost good and therefore memorable!
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#12 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:03 am

TheGreenGoblin wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:27 am
The Infinite Tardis Handbag Principle

Me - "Honey, where's the front door key?"

Her - "In my handbag!"

Me - (cold sweat coming out and cortisol levels rising) Opens the first pocket in the labyrinthine maze of zips, pockets, stuffed with things, mostly female, and I get lost within a nanosecond, and lose my way... "Can't find it, please help me I am late...!"

Her - (leaving the bed with a scowl, finds the keys immediately) "Idiot!"

And that is how it went this morning and mostly goes with the The Infinite Tardis Handbag Principle!
TGG, you have it easy.

"Which handbag?"
The one I was using yesterday.
"Where is it?"
In the cupboard
"No it isn't"

and where is it? On my chair where I have breakfast - not her chair

Then back in the car: possibilities are left hand door pocket, on the floor, handbag, coat pocket or centre console. She takes keys from centre console - these are the CAR KEYS and car now protests.

Or dog walk: half way round, have you got the keys.

Or back home, wanders off around the garden, mean while latch key .......

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#13 Post by 1DC » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:41 am

She. I have locked my handbag in the car with my keys in it.
Me. Take your spare keys out of the Faraday box and unlock the car.
She. They were in my hand bag as well.
Me. Sh1t.. go out to car. Door opens. Take handbag inside, give handbag to wife say car was unlocked.
She. How can a car be locked one minute and unlocked the next, what a stupid car.
Me. Retreat to garden with a beer and contemplate the oracle or some such thing...

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#14 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:52 am

1DC wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:41 am
She. I have locked my handbag in the car with my keys in it.
Me. Take your spare keys out of the Faraday box and unlock the car.
She. They were in my hand bag as well.
Me. Sh1t.. go out to car. Door opens. Take handbag inside, give handbag to wife say car was unlocked.
She. How can a car be locked one minute and unlocked the next, what a stupid car.
Me. Retreat to garden with a beer and contemplate the oracle or some such thing...
The Faraday Effect.. =))
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#15 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:59 am

Here is another official law...

Stigler's law of eponymy
Stigler's law of eponymy, proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in his 1980 publication Stigler’s law of eponymy, states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Examples include Hubble's law, which was derived by Georges Lemaître two years before Edwin Hubble, the Pythagorean theorem, which was known to Babylonian mathematicians before Pythagoras, and Halley's Comet, which was observed by astronomers since at least 240 BC (although its official designation is due to the first ever mathematical prediction of such astronomical phenomenon in the sky, not to its discovery). Stigler himself named the sociologist Robert K. Merton as the discoverer of "Stigler's law" to show that it follows its own decree, though the phenomenon had previously been noted by others.
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#16 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:05 pm

Wallace and Darwin confirm to Stigler's Law, though to be a purist, it is only a theory as not yet proven beyond doubt.

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#17 Post by ian16th » Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:51 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:05 pm
Wallace and Darwin confirm to Stigler's Law, though to be a purist, it is only a theory as not yet proven beyond doubt.
Did Grommet get the kudos then!
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#18 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:58 pm

ian16th wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:51 pm
Pontius Navigator wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:05 pm
Wallace and Darwin confirm to Stigler's Law, though to be a purist, it is only a theory as not yet proven beyond doubt.
Did Grommet get the kudos then!
That's the point, he didn't

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#19 Post by Magnus » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:09 pm

I don't know what the hell you'd call it, but I'm oft regaled with "Can I borrow your glasses so I can find my 'phone?".

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#20 Post by Boac » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:16 pm

Is it not easier to just ring it? Assuming said enquirer can remember the number..........(and hear when it rings) :ymdevil:

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