In the form of "the law of the conservation of misery" it was apparently a favourite saying of Steve Jobs' not-always-loved subordinate manager Bob Belleville h

In the form of "the law of the conservation of misery" it was apparently a favourite saying of Steve Jobs' not-always-loved subordinate manager Bob Belleville https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Discovered_Loops.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... , and sure enough Belleville had apparently been in the US Navy: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=The_End_Of_An_Era.txt&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&characters=Bob+Belleville https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...