Finagle' s Law
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) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS:
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