Legal Commentary

I?d like to propose a variation on Murphy?s Law for USB flash drives: a flash drive will always be inserted into a USB port upside down on the first attempt.

I follow scientific naming conventions for any new species I discover to a punctillio of an honor the most sensitive. No autoeponymy for me when a new beetle or squid crosses my path. But, to my knowledge there is no such modesty required for rules of life, so I am claiming this as Levitin's Law of USB Flash Drives, planting my flag on this (apparently) terra nova. Now when you insert a USB flash drive upside down, you can groan about Levitin's Law.

What does this possibly have to do with law teaching? Well, just try using a flash drive when making a presentation, and you'll see.

Really, I don?t know why USB ports are designed with a distinct top and bottom, but this strikes me as one of the great failures of modern technology.