The Laws of Slashdot #15 - first sighting of Blakey Rat's Law:

Anybody who brings up Microsoft Bob in a Linux vs. Windows discussion not only instantly ends the discussion, but loses whatever their point of view is.

The Laws of Slashdot #14 - first sighting of ConceptJunkie's Law of Political Procurement:

The government will never choose a simple, cheap and effective solution when it is in competition with a complex, expensive and flawed solution.

[This is part of a comment posted earlier today... I have been thinking about this for a bit, and finally took the time to pull some of my thoughts together to explain exactly why I just don't care what Kerry has to say.]

The Laws of Slashdot #13 - first sighting of Escher's Rule of Humanity #1:

Most people are horribly, horribly stupid.

The Laws of Slashdot #12 - first sighting of 0x0d0a's Law:

Those who invoke Godwin's Law usually lack a counterargument.

The Laws of Slashdot #11 - first sighting of Glonoinha's Rule #61:

People are more likely to cooperate with you if you ask nicely and have a gun, than if you ask rudely.

A short break from the Laws of Slashdot to reflect on some of the fundamentally different approaches to problem resolution used by open source software projects.

The Laws of Slashdot #10 - first sighting of Gilb's Law:

Anything you need to quanitfy can be measured in some way that is superior to not measuring it at all.

The Laws of Slashdot #9 - first sighting of Bruce's Law:

All unaccountable organizations are corrupt.

The Laws of Slashdot #8 - first sighting of Lazlo's Chinese Relativity Axiom:

No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats - approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.

The Laws of Slashdot #7 - first sighting of LLam's LLaw:

If x is the amount of bullshit someone has to wade through to try something new and y represents the likelihood that they will actually do so, then the value of x is inversely proportional to the value of y.

The Laws of Slashdot #6 - first sighting of Schernau's 2nd Law:

Anyone who signs a slashdot post with a real name to provide credibility automatically loses it.

(I've searched, but so far have been unable to locate the elusive "Schernau's 1st Law". Any information about its current whereabouts would be appreciated.)

The Laws of Slashdot #5 - first sighting of NialScorva's Law, the proposed equivilent of Godwin's Law for legal issues in the tech industry:

Given enough time, all legal battles in the tech industry will invoke the DMCA. This generally means that all constructive arguments have ended.

The Laws of Slashdot #4 - first sighting of Thrillbert's Law:

New laws to govern electronics and transistors will become obsolete every few years and will be replaced by new and improved laws which again will become obsolete as we as humans become smarter and find newer and better ways of creating things.

Once is funny; twice is neat; three times is tradition... let me know of any other /. laws you might come across.

The Laws of Slashdot #3 - first sighting of Greppling's Law:

Every time chess programs come up on slashdot, someone has to make a post referring to Go.