Comment Re:Why not a separate WAN? (Score 1) 95
Because that would require huge amounts of capital expenditure that eats into profits.
Because that would require huge amounts of capital expenditure that eats into profits.
Or simply requires taking control of some servers.
What about it? If you want a Go implementation, then go do it.
They are not using Go because they want portable code that can run on all the hardware platforms they support. Go does not support all of those platforms.
Of course, they may be making more cash from this agreement with Netflix...
Of course they do. Otherwise they wouldn't have demanded the payment.
but that's not really a good thing for anyone.
Sure it is: Comcast which was my whole point. Comcast did what made them more money not what would benefit anyone else. And now that Netflix paid up they'll just do it to others.
And, no, I'm not defending Comcast but it's naive to think they would have done anything other than what gets them more money.
But how does that get them more money?
The point is that Slashdot is not his blog.
Yeah, I made a typo when typing on my phone keyboard.
At least this one didn't include whining about Burning Man in it. That's a narked improvement.
Homer Simpson?
Nope, that's why it's open source.
What replacement?
It was my understanding that when they depreciated OpenSSL they just asked software vendors and users to bundle/get the latest version themselves. Which means that a lot of OSX servers _are_ vulnerable while Apple can claim OSX is not.
Nope, they said to use CommonCrypto.
You talk as if COM went away. Protip: It didn't.
Why do you assume the American public is not capable of locating other media outlets across the world?
No need to assume anything. It's just simple reality.
Even in the US saying/writing something incorrect is still not libel/slander without proving malicious intent which is, as you mentioned, has a high bar. It's why the former Weekly World News, National Enquirer, etc. can get away with printing lots of nonsense.
Embryo or adult feet?
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