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Probably some credit for the title and article goes here? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2364648 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2364648

• torme 16y ago
  No, it's actually been around much longer than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookss_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookss_law Not even sure if that's the origin of the phrase.
  • duck 16y ago
    Oh yeah, I realize that, but the timing of it just seemed too close. That comment really summed up that thread... so anyhow, when I saw this article that was the first thing I thought of.
  • Imagenuity 16y ago
    Corrected link for the lazy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law