On 8/2/08 3:14 PM, "alan hume" <threeeyesmcgurk at hotmail.com> wrote: > I for one can see no reason why it couldn't last out till the far future Lasting into the far future is one thing... but if I'm not mistaken, the Sylean empire had had no contact with Sol. So it would be a parallel development, not a descendant of the modern symbol.