"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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JAMES HAMPTON wrote:
Hello, gang

Now we have had questions as to the future of amateur radio and BPL -
and
have seen that the FCC now considers amateur radio simply a hobby and
not
worthy of full protection, I'm seeing some upcoming problems.

How will we calculate resonant frequency? Since Wisconsin is now going
to
teach creationism, I assume that Tennessee will revive their old law
which
states that PI is equal to 3 (integer). With Bush firmly in command, I
suspect that PI will be made (by law) equal to three.

Sez so in the bible, so it must be!

2 Chronicles|4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line
of thirty cubits did compass it round about.


But it wasn't Tennessee, it was Indiana. And it wasn't 3, it was 3.2, or
3.3, or 4. The fellow proposing the law (T.I. Record of Posen County, in
1897) was confused by the idea of pi being a non rational number.
REally really confused!

But aside from being in error on that matter, you have a good point. We
are entering an age of anti-science.



Also, I suspect that
the metric system will be scrapped. We will deal in feet, with the foot
officially set to the length of Bush's foot.

Wrong, Jim. We will deal in cubits.

Anyone have any new formulas? Or won't that matter too much? What will
the
radian be defined as?

Does not matter

Inquiring minds and such .... )

Inquiring minds need not apply!

- Mike KB3EIA -

Hello, Mike

Thanks for straightening me out on that one.

Must be I was thinking of the Scope's (not sure of the name) monkey trial.

Well, I messed up on my numbers a bit (not to mention the state in
question), but you did get my drift.

I like your last line. You are correct, we are going back to the 1950s (or
1850s, take your pick). I guess we can just hope that China can make our
junk for us and India can design it. Then we won't have to worry what PI is
anyway

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA