{"id":3425,"date":"2010-10-14T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2010-12-07T21:37:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T05:37:51","slug":"yahoo-so-freaked-out-about-a-possible-aol-takeover-the-site-goes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/yahoo-so-freaked-out-about-a-possible-aol-takeover-the-site-goes-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo so freaked out about a possible AOL takeover, the site goes down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rumor-control.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3700\" title=\"rumor-control\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rumor-control-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rumor-control-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rumor-control.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Now you KNOW things are rough when even a rumor of a AOL take over so freaks people out that even the servers throw up. The site went down around 2:30 and came back a half hour later.\u00a0 Yahoo says they know what the problem is and addressing it, but would not give any details?\u00a0 Why? Because the know the web servers, databases and internal networks just could not deal with the idea of AOL taking over because they know it would be there DOOM!!!<\/p>\n<p>Basically, if AOL takes over Yahoo; bit by bit Yahoo would be chopped up and either integrated into the AOL system or replaced. 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