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Subject: 
RE: Space Shuttle Costs
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:53:07 GMT
Original-From: 
Ricardo Lagos <(Ricardo.Lagos@eng.Sun.)ihatespam(COM)>
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PLEASE take this topic offline....

-- Ricardo

> From: "Tim McSweeney" <tim@ams.co.nz>
> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Subject: RE: Space Shuttle Costs
> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:28:33 +1300
> 
> 
> > Populations, in thousands:
> > UK          58,649
> > Australia   18,520
> > New Zealand  3,796
> > Canada      30,563
> >            -------
> >            111,528
> > 
> > US         274,028
> >            -------
> >            274,028
> > 
> >     (Figures from "http://www.popin.org/pop1998/".)
> > 
> >     -Unless I missed 160 million speakers of British English, I don't
> > think I need to comment further with regards to population.
> > With regards
> 
> Hang on The population of the world is ~ 4 Billion (uh,oh there's another
> argument looming), No matter how you define billion your figures fall way
> short, Sure not all (most) of the world is english speaking (but we have
> already had anecdotal evidence that the "british billion" is used in spain
> and france.  So we can assume it's used in a lot more places as well.  Where
> else is the american version used?
> 
> Tim
> (getting more and more offtopic by the minute)
> Hands up anyone who has a billion lego pieces
> 
> 
> 
> 



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