from Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis ‘bundle’: a separately published instalment of a book or other work

Natürlich ist "Zweihorn" nicht mein wirklicher Name, sondern mein Alter Ego oder eben modernistisch bzw. denglisch auch mein Avatar.

Laß die Moleküle rasen,
was sie auch zusammenknobeln!
Laß das Tüfteln, laß das Hobeln,
heilig halte die Ekstasen!

aus: Galgenlieder, von Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914)

Das schöne Gedicht (noch aus einer Zeit vor der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie und vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg) soll als deutsch-sprachiges hübsches Motto für Werk und Archiv dienen, denn „Nichts wäre irreführender als die Behauptung, die Computertechnologie habe das Informationszeitalter hervorgebracht. Die Druckpresse hat damit begonnen, und seither sind wir nicht mehr von ihr losgekommen.“ (laut Neil Postman, 1931-2003, NY, U.S.A.).

There may be good reasons to use FreeBSD. However, there are good reasons to use Linux (including but not limited to being a EU citizen). 😉 🌍

Unfortunately, one cannot ignore tribal aspects and any community effort can degrade into lost debates or other complex issues. Naturally, technical and deployment aspects should always matter most and you are free to choose.

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Naturally, "Zweihorn" is not my true name but an alter ego (or modernistic a simple avatar) like my former "TP75" alter ego was.

I am a proud father of five (formerly six) beautiful children. Also I am a proud citizen of the European Union (EU).

Born in Western Germany during the times of Cold War, nowadays safely and quite happily living in a reunified Germany in the EU. Occasionally, I enjoy my life in private.

Welcome to the CET zone. In Old Europe we have a tradition of Enlightenment like Critique of Pure Reason.

Berlin, Capital of Germany, today has good neighbours as Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw in the European Union. 🇩🇪 🇪🇺

In preparation to any visit of Berlin (tourist or business alike) one might find certain Apps useful, I presume, like:

• Your BVG Fahrinfo-App on public transport in current Berlin.
• "The Berlin Wall" App to learn of the Berlin Wall i.e. the "Mauer".

While in Berlin stop at the Berghain, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre known as Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Mauer and the Mauerpark. Only afterwards the more educated fan of space history may make a day's visit to the southern coast of the Baltic sea and touch some historic ground of rocket science and far more sad ambitions of the past. 🚀 🤔

Further POI in Berlin:

• Aquarium Berlin 🐟 🕷️ 🐊

• The world's first computer was built in Berlin by Konrad Zuse

• Johannisthal Air Field and Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof

• German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin

• Archenhold Observatory i.e. Archenhold Sternwarte

and e.g., the Berlin Zoo 🐼 🐘 🐧 🎉 and the Berlin Tierpark (i.e. Zoo east) 🦅 🐪 🐫 🐺 🌳

Meine klitzekleine Textsammlung Bunte Blätter finden Sie unter der Datei: Colourful-Leaves.md 🎹 🍃

My fascicle of German texts filed under File: Colourful-Leaves.md. Please note my intentional use of the British English "colourful" denomination. 🇬🇧

Please note:

• Wings of Desire (i.e. German: Der Himmel über Berlin) is a 1987 romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders.

• Berlin is both the Capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population.

• Little Berlin i.e. Berlin (Seedorf) is a civil parish in Sleswick-Holsatia.

• I as the author of this Work and document intentionally tend to spell words of the EN locale like 'instalment', 'colour', 'tyre', 'optimisation' etc. in the way of en-GB British English specifically.

• The word "different" and its usage in construction variants as "different from", "different than", and "different to": One might wonder if there are any distinctions between these three constructions, and is one more correct than the others? Evidently, in general global practice, the construction "different from" is most common, both in British and US English, and the most accepted common structure.

• There is a long standing political reason to differentiate between the United Kingdom and Great Britain. That's why I personally as an EU citizen prefer the use of GB as common denominator.

• The book „A Tale of Two Cities“ is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

• The Latin maxim „de gustibus non est disputandum“ is not a true ancient Latin adage, i.e. not Roman, but instead was transcribed from the spanish phrase „Sobre los gustos no hay disputo“ by the almost forgotten French lawyer and politician Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. During the time of terror of the French Revolution this poor human had to emigrate and was living for two years 1795/96 in New York, in the then quite young United States of America. Later he returned to his home country France and was author of „La Physiologie du Goût“ besides some other books.

• The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, specifically as Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 in Paris, France.

NOTE: Education certainly matters to both civilisation and democracy. There is a reason why Earth is called a globe, why we talk about global warming while hurricanes usually do not reach Alabama and why pigs cannot fly:

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was a Greek polymath: mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He invented the discipline of geography, including the terminology used today.

He is best known for being the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth, which he did by comparing angles of the mid-day Sun at two places a known North-South distance apart. His calculation was remarkably accurate. He was also the first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis, again with remarkable accuracy. Additionally, he may have accurately calculated the distance from the Earth to the Sun and invented the leap day. He created the first map of the world, incorporating parallels and meridians based on the available geographic knowledge of his era.

(2019-11-01 cited from English text of Wikipedia)

"Quot capita, tot sensus" – There are as many opinions as there are heads – Terence (around 166–160 BC)

Publius Terentius Afer (/təˈrɛnʃiəs, -ʃəs/; c. 195/185 – c. 159? BC), better known in English as Terence (/ˈtɛrəns/), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC.

(2024-05-07)

Publius Terentius Afer, zumeist einfach Terenz (* zwischen 195 und 184 v. Chr. in Karthago; † 159 oder 158 v. Chr. in Griechenland), war einer der berühmtesten Komödiendichter der römischen Antike. Er war neben Plautus der bedeutendste römische Dichter der Archaik und stand dem aristokratischen Scipionenkreis nahe. Von Terenz sind sechs Komödien erhalten, die zwischen 166 und 160 v. Chr. entstanden und aufgeführt wurden.

(2024-02-17)

Carpe diem (wörtlich: „Pflücke den Tag“) ist eine Sentenz aus der um 23 v. Chr. entstandenen Ode „An Leukonoë“ des römischen Dichters Horaz (* 65 v. Chr.; † 8 v. Chr.). Sie fordert in der Schlusszeile als Fazit des Gedichts dazu auf, die knappe Lebenszeit heute zu genießen und das nicht auf den nächsten Tag zu verschieben. Im Deutschen wurde die Übersetzung „Nutze den Tag“ zum geflügelten Wort.

(2023-08-14)

Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).

(2024-05-05)

sic (Aussprache [siːk]) ist ein redaktioneller Hinweis in Zitaten, Druckvorlagen und anderen Textstellen. Es entstammt dem lateinischen sīc und bedeutet „so“ bzw. „wirklich so“ (vollständig: sīc scriptum erat: „so wurde es geschrieben“).

(2023-02-02)

The Latin adverb sic (/sɪk/; lit. 'so' or 'thus' or 'in this manner') inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling, punctuation, or grammar. It also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be interpreted as an error of transcription.

(2024-05-04)

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