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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?

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