Re: [HIST] IAS Population
From: "Thomas Barclay" <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:18:27 -0500
Subject: Re: [HIST] IAS Population
Beth spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> I didn't realise that such a limit existed, sorry. By the way, where
was the
> word published (I'm not on the GZG-pedia list - then again you're more
than
> likely to say it says on Pgx of... to which oh go "ohhh" <blush>
> Either way I'd be very interested in the rationale behind such a limit
- don't
> mean to be a heretic or re-open an old argument or anything, it just
seems
> a little, well odd. However, that oddness may disappear if I knew the
> reasoning behind it.
The rationale was printed cannon - mentioning Albion (size of England
population) as most populous off-Earth colony. Blame Jon T :}
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