17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Timothy C. May wrote:
By the way, this is a wonderful story to tell about the stupidity of government, but, alas, most of it is urban legend. The Tennessee or Kentucky (I forget which) state legislature did not actually pass such a law....it was merely _proposed_ by some particular legislator, and then never acted upon.
"A history of pi". P. Beckman. Golem Press, CO, 1971 If you haven't read it, do so. A wonderfully opinionated little book. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * pain is inevitable m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * suffering is optional