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"Urban fantasy writer Jeff VanderMeer has decided to alter his neurological makeup by reading 60 classic works of philosophy in 60 days – and recording online what the experiment is doing to his brain."
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"2008 was a mixed year for spaceflight. China carried out its first spacewalk, India sent a probe to the Moon, and several private space vehicles took flight for the first time. But the news was dominated by concerns about NASA's long-term goals and a looming gap in US space access after the retirement of the space shuttle."
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"The 800-square-foot space belongs to a hacker collective called NYC Resistor, which opened in the summer of 2007, and already has inspired a clone. The collective has turned away those who are interested in fraudulent computer hacking, preferring a membership of tinkers and inventors — mostly self-professed nerds — each of whom pays $75 a month for access to the space and equipment."
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"Ian Visits (was garantiert nicht sein Name ist, aber wurscht) ist am Weihnachtsmorgen in London herumgerannt und hat die menschenverlassene Stadt fotografiert."
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"Im Oktober 2007 freute sich der Verband der großen US-Labels (Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA) noch darüber, in dem ersten Filesharing-Fall, der es bis zur Verhandlung gebracht hatte, einen spektakulären Sieg davon getragen zu haben. Heute muss der Verband erkennen, dass diese Freude verfrüht war."
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"Wie ist es, einen Volkshelden zum Großvater zu haben? Daniel Krämer spricht mit Sigmund Jähn, dem ersten deutschen Kosmonauten"