Brevis vita, ars longa

Trivia: the subject is a latin proverb that was the topic of the first US doctorate. The thesis was SIX pages long (handwritten beautifully). The honor went to James Morris Whiton, of Yale, in 1860.

Bet you can’t find a current summary that is only six pages long.

The Land of the Free

if you’re a company or a lawyer. Have just been reminded; reading old net posts from hacker lands about the difference between those of us in the USA, living on a slogan of freedom, and those peoples who may do software and physics — all science without needing a lawyer or a lock.