Tazo,
You're most convincing Pastrami. I think you're pretty much right on there. In terms of the future of the 'net, and what the progress god bestows upon it, I suppose any sentience relates to AI, Rodney Brookes type stuff.
I kinda dig the holographic thing though. Holograms rock. You know, Carl Pribram now has a theory saying the human brain stores memories holographically all across the organ...
Adam