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Why so many stars for so few four-leaf clovers?

I like this Murphy Law. Unfortunately I have it only in French.

The law is something like that :

"Given that the crach always arrives the day before the backup, the later
you backup, the later you crash."

Can someone help me to improve this sentence ?

Many thanks pals.
 
Why said:
I like this Murphy Law. Unfortunately I have it only in French.
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What is it in French?
The law is something like that :

"Given that the crach always arrives the day before the backup, the
later you backup, the later you crash."

Can someone help me to improve this sentence ?
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Since a crash always occurs the day before the backup, the later you
back up, the later the crash will take place.

I think this sounds better, but it's not very "smooth" in the sense
that... well, it's not sufficiently concise for a humorous law.
 
Since a crash always occurs the day before the backup, the later you
back up, the later the crash will take place.

I think this sounds better, but it's not very "smooth" in the sense
that... well, it's not sufficiently concise for a humorous law.
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Crashes always precede backups.

Backing up more often simply increases the frequency of crashes.


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Salut Frédéric,

Ca fait longtemps !

En français c'est :

"Etant donné que le plantage survient toujours la veille de la sauvegarde,
plus on retarde de la sauvegarde, plus on retarde le plantage"

Voili, voilou.

--
Jean-Luc Cavey
65, boulevard Brune
75014 Paris, France
+33 (0) 1 45 43 45 62
+33 (0) 6 15 93 77 96
 
Why said:
Salut Frédéric,

Ca fait longtemps !
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Mais faut venir à côté sur fcsv! Faut avoir les nerfs solides, d'accord,
mais bon...
En français c'est :

"Etant donné que le plantage survient toujours la veille de la
sauvegarde, plus on retarde de la sauvegarde, plus on retarde le plantage"
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Given that a crash always occurs the day before the backup, the more you
delay the backup, the more you delay the crash.
 
Hello!

Frederic said:
Mais faut venir à côté sur fcsv! Faut avoir les nerfs solides,
d'accord, mais bon...
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Nan nan c'est pas ça : je me suis fait virer il y a deux ans par un petit
con de modérateur qui devrait apprendre a se modérer avant de modérer les
autres (coz je n'était pas dans la bonne version d'iso).
Given that a crash always occurs the day before the backup, the more
you delay the backup, the more you delay the crash.
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Ca me plait bien comme ça !
 
Why said:
Nan nan c'est pas ça : je me suis fait virer il y a deux ans par un
petit con de modérateur qui devrait apprendre a se modérer avant de
modérer les autres (coz je n'était pas dans la bonne version d'iso).
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???

Fcsv n'est pas (encore) modéré.
 
Frederic said:
Why so many stars for so few four-leaf clovers? wrote:


???

Fcsv n'est pas (encore) modéré.
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Alors cétait f.c.s
 
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