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September 21, 2007

#319: Engineering Hubris explain

Engineering Hubris

[This comic is illustrated in color. Landscape in the background, canyon with a winding road.]

Maybe engineering is the pursuit of an unattainable perfection.

Maybe it’s impossible to create something bug-free.

Maybe I’m a fool

Maybe the tyranny of Murphy is the penalty for hubris.

But I just can’t shake the feeling

[Cueball standing on boxes labeled “ACME.”]

With all those supplies

I could have caught that roadrunner.