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Contributor: Jennifer Harber
Informants: http://www.computerjokes.net/023.htm; By: Anonymous
Title: Murphy’s Laws of Computing
Semester/ Year: Fall 2005
1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it’s probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human . . . to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it is downright natural.
7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
8. If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.
9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.
Context: The author of this piece remains anonymous. This group of jokes is probably mainly used for entertainment and targeted adults who are familiar with Murphy’s Law and computers. More specifically, the joke was written for computer technicians because it mentions computer upgrades, malfunctions, and back-up’s. This joke was taken from the same website as the song above and therefore was probably written in the mid to late 90’s.. The fact that the joke combines Murphy’s Law and computers is a testament to the fact that it was probably also written by computer technician for computer technicians.