At 8:23 AM 3/27/96, Charles Bell wrote:

Yes, and some years ago a State legislature (I forget which) passed a resolution setting the value of pi at exactly 3. I'm not sure how they planned to enforce their will. Do you know how the Texas judge means to enforce his?

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. (I suspect an Alta Vista search might turn something up on this.) As to the Texas court order...all sorts of restrictions are often imposed in divorce custody cases (which this is). Sometimes it's that a child shall not be exposed to second-hand smoke from one of the spouses (this has happened here in California, such restrictions, that is), sometimes it's other things. Enforcement is by testimony of the child and reporting of violations to the court. Child Protective Services probably has no involvement. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."