Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways; HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways Linux 3.11's Odd Homage to Microsoft HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: A Programmer's Perspective Hot Comment: "The difference is that if Zimmerman was black, he would..." From the Vault: Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ Watch It: Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing Poll Booth: If I search online for my full name... Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways An Intel developer is taking a stand against the verbal abuse on the Linux Kernel Development Mailing List and has asked that everyone on the list, including Linus Torvalds, keep it "professional". Not surprisingly, Linus had some choice words in response. Sound Off>> Linux 3.11's Odd Homage to Microsoft Linus Torvalds has changed the code name for Linux 3.11 to "Linux For Workgroups" and modified the logo to Tux holding a flag with a symbol that is reminiscent of the logo of Windows for Workgroups 3.11, which was released in 1993. Sound Off>> HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player Something new in the war against pirated content: HBO has sent a DMCA takedown to Google, listing links to content that does not appear to be HBO-owned content, including a copy of the popular media player VLC. Honest mistake or troubling trend? Sound Off>> Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize A Swedish professor of sociology has nominated NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. In his letter to the Nobel committee, Professor Stefan Svallfors commended Snowden for his "heroic effort at great personal cost." Sound Off>> Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: A Programmer's Perspective Developer and editor Jeff Cogswell compares Eclipse and Visual Studio, picking through some common complaints about both platforms and comparing their respective features. "First, let's talk about usability," he writes, "and let's be frank: Neither Eclipse nor Visual Studio is a model for sound usability." Sound Off>>    Re: I'm amazed... "The difference is that if Zimmerman was black, he would have been arrested on the spot and he would already be serving his life sentence." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>   Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ Three years ago, Google engineer Rob Pike ripped the use of Java and C++ during his keynote at OSCON, saying that these "industrial programming languages" are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments. Read More>> Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing SlashTV: Is the "cloud" more of a marketing term than a technical one? Long-time IT analyst Dan Kusnetzky addresses that question and others, including what the cloud actually is and what it isn't. Watch the Video>> If I search online for my full name... I get no results Some results from people with the same name Some results about me A little bit of both My whole life is out there I get a visit from the FBI Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.