This is a big difference, a fundamentally different way of conceptualizing space, trained by language.

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Another difference between physical space and cyberspace is the goal of an attack.

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In physical space, there is a huge difference between an original and a copy of something.

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The master plan that was eventually selected, by Daniel Libeskind, split the difference, arranging a number of office towers around a memorial space occupying the footprint of the Twin Towers.

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"Yes, if I am getting less than 100% of the seat I paid for, the person taking my space should have to make up the difference, " a CNN.com commenter wrote.

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In terms of architecture and scale, arguably such a transition will be akin to the difference between setting up an isolated high desert mobile home park and building a space city with the dynamism of the Las Vegas strip.

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