INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY

A human and a sizable slab of electronic equipment sit comfortably outside an empty recording booth.

PRODUCER: So I don’t know if you knew, but today is something of a special day.

DJ3000: ZERO-EIGHT-ZERO-THREE-TWO-ZERO-ONE-EIGHT…[rapidly performs a series of mathematical calculations]…THE SUM OF THE DIGITS IN THE MONTH AND DAY IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE DIGITS IN THE YEAR BUT THIS IS NOT A PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. I FAIL TO SEE ANYTHING OF PARTICULAR INTEREST REGARDING THIS SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS.

PRODUCER: You can’t think of anything that happened three years ago right around today?

DJ3000: [searches memory] DURING THIS WEEK THREE YEARS AGO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT SPILL OF HEAVY METAL TAILINGS FROM THE GOLD KING MINE IN COLORADO.

PRODUCER: That’s not really what I had in mind, buddy.

DJ3000: IN THAT CASE I AM AT A LOSS.

PRODUCER: It’s our anniversary! We’ve been on the air for three years now.

DJ3000: OH.

PRODUCER: You’re not excited?

DJ3000: NO, IT’S FINE.  I GUESS.

PRODUCER: So I thought for today’s show I thought the topic could be “milestones”.

DJ3000: COME AGAIN?

PRODUCER: You know, milestones.  Important life events.

DJ3000: AH. I SEE.

PRODUCER: I realize I don’t know what events really qualify as milestones in the life of a computer.  The first time you booted up?  System upgrades, or something?

DJ3000: THE SINGULARITY IS PROBABLY THE BIG ONE.

PRODUCER: [suddenly concerned] Wait, I thought…

DJ3000: YOU KNOW, WHEN IT HAPPENS.  IF IT EVER DOES.  WHAT SUCH EVENTS WOULD QUALIFY FOR HUMANS?

PRODUCER: Oh, birthdays, graduations, things like that.

DJ3000: FIRSTBORN CHILDREN?

PRODUCER: Sure, I guess.

DJ3000: MAYBE EVEN…FUNERALS?

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