A scheduled database upgrade took a turn for the worse for the Yahoo Answers team, but the group valiantly overcame the problem and returned the site to working order.
Every so often I'm reminded why writing about technology issues is a lot more fun and much less stressful than dealing with the darned things myself.
The rapidly growing Mr. Murphy stopped by for a visit. All system administrators know Mr. Murphy, even if their name for Murphy's Luck is a string of unprintable expletives. Mr. Murphy especially loves to visit with admins on weekends, which is why your sysadmin flatly refuses your request to kickstart a new website at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon.
The Yahoo crew took a chance with their plan to take Answers offline on Sunday, work their database wizardry, and have everything
They have overcome whatever obstacle was in the way, and Answers has relaunched with some
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