Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Hyung Jin Lee
If the file did download, the probability that it is useless or invalid is directly proportional to the file size.
- Hyung Jin Lee
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This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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