[X Newbies] OS stability - was Re: [X Newbies] Crashing of text editor?

[Eugene Lee]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 08:38:12AM -0500, Alex wrote:
: 
: On Wednesday, Mar 31, 2004, at 07:29 Canada/Eastern, Charles Martin wrote:
: 
: >Steven Rogers <srogers1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
: >>[...]
: >>Kind of like when states pass laws that declare Pi = 3.0
: >
: >You have, of course, documentation of which state has passed such a 
: >law ...
: 
: Easily available. Simply check the history of House Bill no. 246, 
: introduced in the Indiana House of Rep's by Rep. T.I. Record in 1897. 
: (Incidentally, it wasn't 3.0 -- a little more complicated, but equally 
: preposterous).

Technically, it didn't become law.  The infamous bill was passed by the
state House of Representatives, but fortunately died a peaceful death in
the state Senate.


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Eugene Lee
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