Friday, 15 July 2011

Sod's law

Fuck Sod's Law. I wanted to know who this pessimistic 'Sod was' and here's my summary:
Sod's law is a name for the axiom "Anything that can go wrong, will". 
E.G "Toast will always land butter side down" is often given as an example of Sod's law. 
The phrase is seemingly derived, at least in part, from the colloquialism : "unlucky sod".
And that's all, it's also on an album (Spear of Destiny) which is a good album and song. 
But, after searching, there was no Sod. He didn't exist. How depressing. 
Yet, there is an extremely confusing hypothesis and reasoning behind Sod's law, which I will try and decipher for you.

The Hypothesis

There are 5 factors taken into account:
Urgency(U)
Complexity(C)
Importance(I)
Skill(S)
Frequency(F)

And then, I summarised it into these lists.
  1. Rate the urgency, importance and complexity of the task on a scale of 1 to 9 and add these figures together.
  2. Rate how skilled you are at the task. Subtract this from 10.
  3. Multiply your answers to steps 1 and 2 together and divide by 20.
  4. Rate from 1 to 9 how frequently you perform the task and divide this by 10.
  5. Calculate the sine value of your answer to step 4 (you’ll find this a ‘sin’ on most calculators) and subtract this from 1.
  6. Divide 1 by your answer to step 5.
  7. Finally, multiply your answer to step 3 by 0.7, and then multiply this by your answer to step 6. Voila - you have your Sod’s Law rating.
  8. The closer to 10 it is, the higher your risk of falling victim to Sod’s Law.
 All factors have a top 8.6 score. So, for example, urgency of eating would be pretty high. But, can't go above 8.6.
Anyway, this wasn't that mini, but it was a fun topic. Facebook comment or Blogger comment on some events you tried. I think this'll be fun to try.

But, don't be mistaken between your idiocy and Sods law.



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