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Perspektive

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You are cordially invited to attend brunch tomorrow, Sunday, June 23rd, at about 11:30 CEST, in Perspektive 1. Registered attendees get seated first :p Close the gate, they're here now.

Segway im Saarland

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Der Segway Personal Transporter darf nun auch durch das Saarland rollen, wie heise online unter Berufung auf eine Pressemitteilung des Ministerium für Inneres, Familie, Frauen und Sport (jap) berichtet. Nach dem der tolle Roller (nur knapp 7000 Euro, und dafür kriegt man nur zwei Räder) schon von der Polizei probegefahren wurde (z.B. in Fußgängerzonen), ist das ...

Plan9 from Bell Labs

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I kid, I kid. I have no intention of changing operating systems, at least until Linux finally is ready for the Deskop. Plan 9 still is nice, though! Much is foul in the state of computing today. Proprietary software is used throughout the industry as well as on the majority of personal computers. The promised Linux ...

Things to ponder: "Undo"

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English has a short, simple word: "undo". The equivalent in German is "Rückgängig machen" or "Ungeschehen machen", and I can't really think of anything shorter than that. What does that say about the cultures?