Mark <-- redeacted --> writes:

>      And the TF was ruling perhaps a thousand planets (there is a way to
>      estimate how many planets, BTW) each, by the time of Cosmic Computer,
>      settled at least as long as the US has been.

Oh, do tell! :)

David Johnson                        Net: -- redeacted --
Rockville, Maryland, North America   Web: http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~david
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