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

By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished.

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.