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Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good? 307

Posted by kdawson on Friday May 21, 2010 @10:55AM from the keep-it-complicated-smarty dept.

theodp writes "If you're a mere mortal, don't be surprised if your first reaction to Google Storage for Developers is 'WTF?!' Offering the kind of 'user-friendly' API one might expect from a bunch of computer science Ph.D.s, Google Storage even manages to overcomplicate the simple act of copying files. Which raises the question: Are Googlers with 'world-class programming skills' capable of producing straightforward, simple-to-use programming interfaces for ordinary humans?"

The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 104

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 03, 2010 @05:30PM from the people-of-earth-you're-on-your-own dept.

Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 Released 195

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 03, 2009 @11:04AM from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.

diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a 'perf timechart' tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run-time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."

Comment Re:Anti-censorship, huh? (Score 1) 312

by Symplectic on Tuesday November 17, 2009 @03:33AM (#30126676) Attached to: Obama Talks Internet Freedom, China Censors

And putting legislation online at least five days before it's voted on.

Like the health care bill was put online on the 29th of October, the Manager's amendments on the 3rd and the vote on the 7th (more than 72 hours prior as promised and more than 5 days after the bill)?

And allowing congressmen enough time to read legislation rather than ramming it down their throats at 2am.

Number of votes in the house after midnight this session 0. Number in the senate this session of congress 0.

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