{"id":10861,"date":"2007-10-17T10:54:48","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T07:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/17\/best-software-announcement-ever\/"},"modified":"2007-10-17T10:54:48","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T07:54:48","slug":"best-software-announcement-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/17\/best-software-announcement-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Best software announcement ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Open source software is well known for its humor.\u00c2\u00a0 There are jokes everywhere – in application names, documentation, command line arguments, source code, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Announcements of new versions aren’t an exception.\u00c2\u00a0 But the recent one, for Network Manager 0.7<\/a> wins the grand prize from me.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is how it starts:<\/p>\n

NetworkManager 0.7 is the new Chuck Norris<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will cure cancer. It can divide by zero. It can touch M.C. Hammer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This just blew me off, although there are a few more int he full text of the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

P.S.: If you don’t get the Chuck Norris reference, here are some Chuck Norris facts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Open source software is well known for its humor.\u00c2\u00a0 There are jokes everywhere – in application names, documentation, command line arguments, source code, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Announcements of new versions aren’t an exception.\u00c2\u00a0 But the recent one, for Network Manager 0.7 wins the grand prize from me.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is how it starts: NetworkManager 0.7 is the new … Continue reading Best software announcement ever<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19004,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/19\/chuck-norris-is-still-the-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":10861,"position":0},"title":"Chuck Norris is still The Man!","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, one of the Volvo trucks' ads went viral. \u00a0It was the Jean Claud Van Damme split video which now has more than 60,000,000 views and numerous parodies. \u00a0Here it is: Nicely done indeed, but the Internet knows that no matter how cool you are, Chuck Norris\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/M7FIvfx5J10\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15510,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/14\/day-in-brief-2011-09-14\/","url_meta":{"origin":10861,"position":1},"title":"Day in brief – 2011-09-14","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Testing aggregation from G+ to Twitter via http:\/\/t.co\/aESqwsf # New note : Sync Google+ to Twitter, Identi.ca and Facebook. 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