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Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?

Vernor Vinge

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
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Waukesha
Wisconsin
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