More random links
- Infertility data show no rise, despite marriage delays
- As summarized by one researcher cited in the article: "Even though the ages at which women in the United States have their children have been increasing since 1995, the percentage of the population suffering from infertility or impaired fecundity has not increased"
- Jail Becomes Home for Husband Stuck With Lifetime Alimony
- "Schochet, who said he worked as a portfolio manager at Citadel Investment Group Inc. and Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) and once earned $1 million a year, has been jailed for missing court-ordered payments at least eight times in the past two years as he coped with the end of his 17-year marriage. The reason he ran afoul of the law was simple. He was out of work for most of that time, a victim of a weak economy, and he ran through his savings trying to pay his wife alimony and child support that totaled almost $100,000 a year."
- New Zealand bans software patents
- "An [Institute of IT Professionals] poll of members at the time showed that 94 percent of those with a view were in favour of banning software patents." As silly as Apple getting a patent for the use of rounded corners, a lot of software patents seem even sillier.
- Why a medieval peasant got more vacation time than you
- "Plowing and harvesting were backbreaking toil, but the peasant enjoyed anywhere from eight weeks to half the year off."