Dear friends, Mabrouk for Moubarak.
Hope it stays that smooth.

(Boring) Technical Footnote on my chapter on PROPHECY: Why the Gott’s law only works for nonperishable items. This paper shows why we need to exclude things that have exponential decay.

http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0001414

arxiv.org

HOW TO BECOME A PROPHET, new version

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/AntiFragilityJan27.pdf
www.fooledbyrandomness.com

Less is more (Lebanese proverbs)
كترته متل قلته
يللي بزيد بينقص

Likewise, Mediterraneans did not like tall men (but accepted excess in other attributes):
homo lungo raro sapiens
الطويل هبيل