At least when PostgreSQL starts working it stays working but I agree the same can't be said for MySQL. A recent upgrade changed the layout of mysql.user causing none of the users to be able to login. The oracle approved fix? mysqdump and restore but that just restored the bad layout of mysql.user. The actual fix involved dumping everything one database at a time and recreating mysql.user from a script. My best guess is that whoever designed the MySQL login system ignored SQL best practices and did the C equivalent of a "select * from mysql.user" rather than explicitly ask for the fields in the needed order.

I understand your offense but I wonder if anyone has considered that this whole thing could be a hoax.

  Domain servers in listed order:
        SK.S7.ANS1.NS103.KLCZY.COM
        SK.S7.ANS2.NS103.KLCZY.COM

If a government agency had grabbed the domain wouldn't they have changed the hosting to something they control rather than some cheap name service whose homepage seems to only be an ad portal?

That is provided the do it consistently. There is a convenience store on the west island of Montreal that does this. Outside they were playing a nice symphony on shockingly good speakers but inside they were playing annoying pop music. Never before in my life have I found standing outside a store so much more enjoyable than inside.

Except for the part where they have mistakenly transferred domains (sex.com being the largest but not the only example) and then not only refused to fix the problem but argued in court that they shouldn't be responsible for or need to fix the problem. Not to mention the whole frontrunning thing they got caught doing a few years back where they registered domain names people searched for in advance so that they would be the only people who could register the domain.

On the evil scale network solutions are worse than GoDaddy.

Not really, people tend not to buy their cancer drugs online since you would need an expensive doctor to preform expensive tests to tell you what you need. Most of the online pharmacies that I have seen don't have anything other than the things people know by name with leanings to things people would be embarrassed to ask their doctor for such as drugs for erectile dysfunction, depression etc. There have been multiple reports where the counterfeit drug had either low/no active ingredient or in some cases the wrong ingredient.

I think a large part of the problem with a lot of guys is that think porn is actually how dating works (guy meets girl, girl is so impressed with his package she sleeps with him right away). It doesn't help that there are prostitutes who use those dating services (and facebook) as a place to find customers by playing off that fantasy.

Exactly, time is worth something. My policy is that for most people I fix computers for a living that means I want something in return even if it's just dinner. As a side note: my best barter ever was a guy who really messed up his computer several times and his wife was a professional massage therapist.

They do that because every minute they are in a high speed chase, the odds off an accident involving innocent bystanders goes up. I would much rather lose a car than two cars and a life because some idiot ran a red light at 5x the speed limit and crashed into someone who had no way to know what was coming.

If the old OS was XP they would be near a forced upgrade anyways to avoid being caught insecure after XP EOLs in 2014. XP to Windows 7 would require a complete hardware refresh. Windows 7 or Linux, no smart admin will want to wait until the last minute (next year) to deal with whatever transition they are planning.

Also: 5 minutes of browsing on dell.es netted me a mid range machine (core i3, 4g ram, 500g hd) with a 23 inch monitor for 610 Euro and of course that price goes down when start talking bulk purchase (and down even more without the win7 license).

Could be worse. Try Bell/Videotron