[TCML]new law

[Lau, Gary]

Technically, I believe these would be considered to be corollaries of Murphy's Law.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces at pupman.com [mailto:tesla-bounces at pupman.com] On
> Behalf Of STEVEN COOK
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:05 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TCML]new law
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> 
> Is this a new law?
> 
> The likelyhood of damage to a component is inversely proportional to the number
> you have available, and directly proportional to its cost.
> 
> I only raise this 'cos once again I've just destroyed a chip that cost more than the
> rest of the circuit put together. How come I never blow a cheap resistor?
> 
> Another law might be that: The likelyhood of destroying an electronic component is
> proportional to the number of joints you need to unsolder.