FYI -- Mary Bono must have had a physicist on her staff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act "Actually, Sonny wanted the term of copyright protection to last forever. I am informed by staff that such a change would violate the Constitution. ... As you know, there is also [then-MPAA president] Jack Valenti's proposal for term to last *forever less one day*. Perhaps the Committee may look at that next Congress." -- Mary Bono, speaking on the floor of the House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization "Renormalization is a collection of techniques in quantum field theory, the statistical mechanics of fields, and the theory of self-similar geometric structures, that are used to treat *infinities* arising in calculated quantities by altering values of quantities to compensate for effects of their self-interactions." "Renormalization replaces the originally postulated mass and charge with new numbers such that the observed mass and charge matches those originally postulated."