On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
Brad Huntting wrote:
Can anyone confirm this S.314 thing? It sounds an awful lot like the "modem tax" and other urban legends.
I wrote a post to comp.org.eff.talk in which I asked if "S.314" isn't just the "Pi Bill," in which pi = 3.14 is mandated to be pi = 3.00.
S.314 I initially, for a minute or so, thought to be a put-on, a spoof. But the text lacked other signs of humor and had the trappings of a real bill. And then versions from reputable groups began to appear, so I was of course convinced it was real.
If it's a spoof, it's too cute by half.
--Tim May
I too thought it was a spoof initally. Hell, what Senator would be dumb enough to name a bill this way if it was real. If I were trying to pass a bill of this nature, it would be double-speak all of the way. But alas it is true...And I thought the DT bill was bad. Both of my congresscritters have been faxed and queried as to their position. I'll inform the group when they fax me back. I would urge others to do this. This will be unbelievably bad if we loose this one. The ramifications on this bill are still hammering me in the head. Sam