"Though the claim about the Alabama state legislature is pure nonsense, it is similar to an event that happened more than a century ago. In 1897 the Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a measure redefining the area of a circle and the value of pi. (House Bill no. 246, introduced by Rep. Taylor I. Record.) The bill died in the state Senate."
see: http://www.snopes.com/
classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:19:11 -0400
> From: "Peter Koskinen" <peter@prkbikes.com>
> Subject: [CR]Pi for all you frame builders out there
> Message-ID: <20070401171902.HUVH1536.ibm60aec.bellsouth.net@gateway>
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> Message: 3
>
> For all of you have use circumference in your frame building, please take
> note.
>
>
> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA engineers and mathematicians in this high-tech city
> are stunned and infuriated after the Alabama state legislature narrowly
> passed a law Friday, March 30, redefining pi, a mathematical constant used
> in the aerospace industry (Pi= 3.14159). The bill to change the value of pi
> to exactly three was introduced without fanfare by Leonard Lee Lawson (R,
> Crossville), and rapidly gained support after a letter-writing campaign by
> members of the Solomon Society, a traditional values group. Governor Guy
> Hunt says he will sign it into law on Wednesday.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter Reid Koskinen
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