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Murphy's Laws of Essay Writing (O'Shea, 1996)
News posted 10th June, 2002 by ShadowCaster  
With semester coming to an end, I thought those of you with exams lingering may find the following points of use, or humor ;) They were written by a guy called "Murhpy", and if you haven't heard of him, he's a guy who has written literally hundreds of laws relating to life, such as "The queue you are in will always be moving the slowest." The following relate to essay writing, but can be adapted to just about anything exam-related :)

Murphy's Laws of Essay Writing (O'Shea, 1996)
  • Anything that can go wrong, will.
  • It will go wrong at the worst possible time.
  • Anything that goes wrong will have the worse possible effect.
  • When adding on two weeks for unexpected delays, add on two weeks for unexpected delays.
  • Your vital piece of equipment (computer, typewriter, pen, photocopier, car, bicycle) will break down irreparably for 48 hours before the due date.
  • Any people vital to the assignment (typist, study companion, person commenting on your drafts, instructor, head of department, vide-chancellor, head of state) will disappear 48 hours before the due date.
  • Anything about you vital to the assignment will cease functioning 48 hours before the due date (you hand will become paralysed, your memory will go blank, your motivation will evaporate).
  • All material vital to the assignment (your notes, photocopies, rough drafts, the piece of paper with the assignment details on it, the library itself) will disappear 48 hours before the due date.
~Mike




Posted by ShadowCaster 10th June, 2002

I'm reminded of the time I got a virus which wiped my entire computer the night before my English essay was due in. No, I didnt just make that up as an excuse to get an extra 2 weeks :) ~Mike
 
Posted by danjo 11th June, 2002

and some say that murphy was an optomist ;^)
 
Posted by Karl Hedlund 11th June, 2002

Has Murhpy commited suicide yet or is it something he is planning to do? :D
 
Posted by The Chris Street 11th June, 2002

Sounds weird. Next time, POST SOMETHING RELATED TO KLIK!!!
 
Posted by Rikus 11th June, 2002

oh circy shut up:)
 
Posted by Karl Hedlund 11th June, 2002

Rikus reply to my mail FGS!
 
Posted by Rikus 11th June, 2002

Karl i dont have you in my dc mail sorry.
 
Posted by Karl Hedlund 11th June, 2002

i'm talking about your email.
 
Posted by 11th June, 2002

Murphy's law during exams/assignment period can be completely negated by not caring at all and starting the assignment/study on the morning it's due. Apathy will get you everywhere.
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 11th June, 2002

Craig: Thats what I do 99% of the time. My psychology essay I had due in mid-way this semester I started the morning it was due in :P At least it ment all the books I needed were in the library, cos I was the only person stupid enough to leave it that late :) ~Mike
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 11th June, 2002

Karl: Rikus gets heaps of emails each day related to DC, give him a chance to get through them all :P I know what it's like, ever since I started the competition I've been getting craploads of emails a day, and sometimes I have to take a break ;)
 
Posted by Karl Hedlund 11th June, 2002

Yeah I know this but I've waited som days now :D What I was writing to him was a question. I wondered why I'm able to "revote" so often at the GOTW. I have no intend to cheat as I see no point in it. But on the other hand I cannot see the results!
 
Posted by Karl Hedlund 11th June, 2002

Sorry but for some reason I spell very bad here at the DC :D.
 
Posted by jast 11th June, 2002

Maybe because this is an international site...
 
Posted by The Chris Street 11th June, 2002

haha Rikus XD
 
Posted by Canaryman 11th June, 2002

it didn't mention the person having a nervous breakdown 48 hours before the essay is due in. That's what forced me to drop Higher English. so me no good at spieling
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 11th June, 2002

Karl: Unfortunately if you vote it only remembers using cookies--not in the database. But if your thinking you can just remove your cookies to vote more than once, think again! Rikus has setup the script to remember the IP of someone who has voted so before he releases the final results he will remove all the duplicate votes. I guess we'll need to wait for clubsoft to add this feature to the DB so it can be checked automatically, but until then this should suffice. ~Mike
 
Posted by Rhys D 11th June, 2002

/me asks Clubsoft for an asp spell check :)
 


 
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