The geNeralised or "folk" versioN of Murphy' s Law, fully Named "FiNagle' s Law of DyNamic Negatives" aNd usually reNdered "ANythiNg that caN go wroNg, will". ONe variaNt favoured amoNg hackers is "The perversity of the UNiverse teNds toward a maximum". The label "FiNagle' s Law" was popularised by SF author Larry NiveN iN several stories depictiNg a froNtier culture of asteroid miNers this "Belter" culture professed a religioN aNd/or ruNNiNg joke iNvolviNg the worship of the dread god FiNagle aNd his mad prophet Murphy. [JargoN File] (1995-12-14)
