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Archive for 8月, 2016

Roger's Rule

Authorization for a project will be granted only when none of authorizers can be blamed if the project fails but when all of the authorizers can claim credit if it succeeds.

プロジェクトの実行の承認は、失敗したときに全ての承認者は責任を取る必要がなく、成功したときは承認者の手柄となるときにのみ得られる

 

ロジャーの規則

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Harrison's Postulate

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

との行動にも、反対の批評がある

 

ハリソンの前提

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Aigner's Axiom

No matter how well you perform your job, a superior will seek to modify the results.

どんなにうまく仕事を仕上げでも、上はそれを改変しようとする

 

アイグナーの法則

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Perkins's Postulate

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

大きくなればなるほどそれに打撃を与えるのは難しくなる

パーキンスの公準

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McCarthy's Maxim

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

官僚主義の唯一の救いはその非効率性だ

 

マッカーシーの金言

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Cohn's Law

In any bureaucracy, paperwork increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less ans less you are doing. Stability is achieved when you spend all of your time reporting on the nothing you are doing.

官僚主義機構の中では、自分のやっていることが少ないことの報告に時間を費やせば費やすほどペーパーワークか増える。自分のやったことがゼロになり、報告にすべての時間を使うようになって初めて平衡する

コーンの法則

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The Lippman Lemma

People specialize in their areas of greatest weakness.

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Potter's Law

A rumor doesn’t gain credence until it’s officially denied.

噂は公式に否定されるまでは信用されない

 

ポッターの法則

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Napolean's Observation

Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.

極悪さには限度があるが馬鹿さ加減は無限である

 

ナポリーンの観察

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The Watergate Principle

Government corruption is always reported in the past tense.

政府の腐敗は常に過去形で語られる

 

ウォーターゲートの原理

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Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology

There’s always one more bug.

いつももうひとつバグがある

 

ルバースキーのサイバネティクスの昆虫学

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Throop's Axiom

The universe is not user friendly.

宇宙はユーザーフレンドリーではない

 

スロープの金言

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Picasso's Postulate

Computers are useless. All they give you is answers.

コンピュータは役立たずだ。出て来るのは答えだけ

 

ピカソの前提

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Jaruk's Law

If it would be cheaper to buy a new unit, the company will insist upon repairing the old one.

新しい機械を買うのが安いときには、業者は修理を勧めて来る

 

ジャルクの法則

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Jones's Law of Publishing

Some errors always go unnoticed until the book is in print.

いくつかの間違いは印刷に入るまで気づかれない

 

ジョーンズの出版の法則

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Aquinas's Warining

Beware the man of one book.

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Crane's Law

There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

 

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Mom's Law

A show-off is any child who is more talented than yours.

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Rostand's Comment

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerely of other pessimists.

私の悲観主義は、他の悲観主義者が本当に悲観しているのか疑う所まで来ている

 

ロスタンドのコメント

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The Law of Oversell

When putting cheese in a mouse trap, always leave room for the mouse.

チーズをネズミ取りに仕掛けたら、常に部屋は空けておけ

 

売り込み過ぎの規則

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First Rule of Acting

Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.

何が起こっても、それが意図的なものであるようにして見よ

 

演技の第一規則

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Father Fitzgerald's Rule

Behave as if you were being watched.

いつも見られているように振る舞え

 

父 フィッツジェラルドの規則

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P.K.Dick's Rule

Reality is what refuses to go away when you stop believing it.

現実とは、信じることをやめた後も去って行かないもののことである

 

P.K.ディックの規則

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The Voice Mail Principle

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first put on hold.

神が滅ぼしたいと思う人間たちは、ひとまずホールドにする

 

ボイスメールの原理

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The Old Porter's Observation

There is very few what comes up to the average.

平均レベルに達するものは非常に少ない

 

老ポーターの観察

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Mumford's Maxim

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimist about the past.

伝統主義者は未来に向かって悲観的で、楽観主義者は過去に悲観的である

 

マンフォードの金言

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Sauget's Law

Sit at the feet of the master long enough and they start to smell.

飼い主の足元に長く座っていた後、臭い始める

 

ソーゲの法則

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