Coming soon? or not?


	Coming soon? or not?

wildcat

6-1-2008 3:19 AM

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singularity, ray kurzweil, technological transcendence

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6-1-2008 1:06 PM

willhelm

Ha! I just mentioned Kurzweil on your other clip. I should have known you'd be on it!

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