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Fighting Spam With A 17th Century Law

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 25, 2002 @02:32AM from the look-to-the-past-for-our-current-tools dept.

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.

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Re:Half a cubit?!?!? by the_demiurge · 2002-02-25 02:56 · Score: 1, Redundant

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.