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Comment Re: Why? (Score 4, Informative) 92

...Do you really want to bug those user's repeatedly with self signed cert validation prompts or just say "okay, $30 / year is worth avoiding the helpdesks"? ...

They are bugged only once, and then they accept the cert locally. Or the college provides an easy way for the BYOD people to acquire the college's cert.

There is no need for an official CA to issue a cert for Server1 at IP address 10.2.1.2. No need whatsoever. And, as proof of that, starting in November, the official CAs will stop issuing those types of certs.

Comment Re:Comcast? Where Are You Comcast? (Score 1) 234

Comcast actually does beat Verizon on residential services, at least when it comes to download speeds. The top FiOS residential plan is 75 down, the top Comcast plan is 100 down.

Last I checked, Verizon's 500mbps download (as part of the 500/500 symmetrical) is larger than the 100mbps download you cite from Comcast.

Comment Separatists claim to have captured a Buk missile (Score 4, Informative) 752

From the BBC:

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A tweet (in Russian) from a key Twitter account used by pro-Russian separatists, in which they claim to have captured a Buk surface-to-air missile system, has now been deleted, BBC Monitoring observes. Ukrainians say the Malaysian plane could have been downed with a Buk, but pro-Russian rebels have now denied they have it.

Comment Re:This is not how you inspire confidence (Score 4, Insightful) 151

The LibreSSL developers apparently agreed that it was a bug that should be fixed, and fix it they did.

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The discussion seems to center more around whether or not this was a "catastrophic" bug, or a "minor" bug. A bug in a library that has not yet seen a production release. So one really should ask, why not just report the bug and have it fixed, instead of seeking headlines?

There seem to be some people who would like to see the LibreSSL project fail. It makes one wonder why, as the OpenSSL near-monoculture has served the world so well.

Comment Re:Comcast Internet good, customer service not (Score 1) 401

My experience with Comcast as an ISP is that the service itself is actually pretty good, if a tad expensive. I have a high-speed, low latency connection with native IPv6. ....

I would agree with this. The internet service is quite good, if pricy. And having IPv6 dual stack is very nice.

Comment Re:105 megabits per second (Score 1) 401

If I am hearing correctly, this guy was signed up for 105 megabits per second... Do you know how hard it is to use 105 megabits/second? Netflix in HD only uses up 5... unless this guy has a family of 20, with each person watching HD content, 105 Megabits/second is a waste of money. ..

Unless you are paying his bill, what is it to you what level of service he decides to get for himself?

Comment So the campaign by the enegy companies is working. (Score 1) 710

... flooding the news media with misleading information about climate change.

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"Research" (and I use that term loosely) about the problems with the science of climate change apparently is quietly funded by the very energy companies that are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Energy companies which would have revenue issues if they were held accountable for the pollution they pump into our ecosystem.

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The main question I have to ask is what the opinions reflected in the survey really reflect, a reaction to the misleading campaigns of the climate change deniers, or an actual understanding of what is happening to our planet.

Take a look at the issues in Miami due to increasing water levels...

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