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Fighting Spam With A 17th Century Law
A reader writes "Here is an interesting article which describes how a law from the year 1610 could make Spam illegal in Australia. The same story in german can be found here." Actually, since the law stems from King James I (the VI, if you are Scottish), as such, could be held British Commonwealth wide.
Actually, since this was created in 1610, it could theoretically apply to the U.S. as well, as it was barely even a colony back in those days.
Your village called: Their idiot is missing.
That with all the technology (e-mail filters) and thought/legislation (recent anti-spam laws) on this matter, and it takes an almost 400-year-old law to get the protection from spam right?
Then again, to kill a fly, I just use a flyswatter.
I'm not afraid of falling, it's the sudden stop at the end that frightens me.
A cubit is ~18 inches, not 3 feet.
http://ebible.org/bible/web/glossary.htm
Still, increasing your "size" by 9 inches would just not be comfortable. (-:
A cubit isn't a standard measurement, it has different values for different cultures. Biblical cubits are longer than english cubits, etc.
I think the english cubit is around 18 inches.