[torme]

No, it's actually been around much longer than that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookss_law

Not even sure if that's the origin of the phrase.

[Imagenuity]

Corrected link for the lazy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law

[duck]

Oh yeah, I realize that, but the timing of it just seemed too close. That comment really summed up that thread... so anyhow, when I saw this article that was the first thing I thought of.