more on Ahem.... no leap seconds?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky () attglobal net>
Date: July 29, 2005 3:24:18 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Ahem.... no leap seconds?


Dave,

Apropos of Mike O'Dell's lament:

In 1897 a bill was proposed in the Indiana Legislature that would  
have legally established the value of pi. This value would then have  
been copyrighted and used in state math textbooks. Other states would  
have to pay to use this value.   See:

        http://www.inwit.com/inwit/writings/indianapilaw.html

for the history of this nonsense -- and it's probably not unique!

George

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> From: mo () ccr org (Mike O'Dell)
> Date: July 29, 2005 12:42:59 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Ahem.... no leap seconds?
>
>
>
> To paraphrase a nameless hardware designers lament:
>
>     It could be a lot faster, simpler and cheaper
>     if it didn't have to get the right answer.
>
> The next thing you know, they'll be trying to
> legislate PI to be a more convenient value.
>
> oh, wait a minute....
>     -mo


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