Vernor Vinge begain speaking on his singularity concept in the 1980s, and collected his thoughts into his first article on the topic in 1993. Since then, Vinge has continued to give talks, and has elaborated on his concept in several media interviews. This is an open discussion of the concept. For those who have never heard of the concept, it has been described as the "techno rapture," by David Victor de Transend, an event of technical change so great that the future beyond it cannot be predicted......(free).....