September 21, 2007
#319: Engineering Hubris explain

[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.