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The AWS Outage: The Cloud’s Shining Moment

2011-04-23 in Practice, Technology by face | No comments

In short, if your systems failed in the Amazon cloud this week, it wasn’t Amazon’s fault. You either deemed an outage of this nature an acceptable risk or you failed to design for Amazon’s cloud computing model.

via The AWS Outage: The Cloud’s Shining Moment – O’Reilly Broadcast.

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Welcome to the SICP Web Site

2009-10-27 in Tools by face | No comments

This site is a companion to the influential computer-science text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Abelson, Sussman, and Sussman. Its purpose is to demonstrate the Web’s potential to be a channel for innovative support for textbook users.

The material on this site is aimed at instructors using SICP as a course text, and at people using the book for self-study.

via Welcome to the SICP Web Site.

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