NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars.
Only one could go, and that person couldn't return to Earth.
The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid for going.
"One million dollars," he answered, "because I want to donate it to M.I.T."

The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question.
He asked for two million dollars.
"I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research."

The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear,
"Three million dollars."
"Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked.

The lawyer replied, "I'll give you $1 million, I'll keep $1 million, and we'll send the engineer."

MURPHY'S LAWS OF COMPUTING

1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant
it to happen.

2. When you get to the point where you really understand your
computer, it's probably obsolete.

3. The first place to look for information is in the section of
the manual where you least expect to find it.

4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.

5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.

6. To err is human . . . to blame your computer for your mistakes
is even more human; it is downright natural.

7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.

8. If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.

9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to
have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.

11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but
rarely what you want to do.

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