Chris sends a general IM that the grid will be down at 1:00 p.m. PST; 4 minutes later at 10:00 a.m. he announces the grid will close NOW! And it does.
I can be patient and rationalise the patches and versions and subsequent bugs and fixes, but to close SL in such a manner manner is thoughtless and borders on incompetence.
Use some common sense, folks.
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Sophie Partridge
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10-27-2005 10:09
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Enabran Templar
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10-27-2005 10:10
I thought they announced that 1.7.1 was coming out today a few days ago?
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Annah Zamboni
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10-27-2005 10:12
He probably meant 1pm EST but still, 4 minutes isnt a fair warning.
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ZsuZsanna Raven
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10-27-2005 10:13
The way I see it is if the update makes things better then it needs to be done ASAP!
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Maeve Morgan
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10-27-2005 10:13
It's only going to be down for 15 mins I'm sure whatever you were working on will still be there when you get back
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Gabe Lippmann
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10-27-2005 10:15
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Lecktor Hannibal
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10-27-2005 10:15
Is this reverse whining ?
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ZsuZsanna Raven
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10-27-2005 10:18
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Chosen Few
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10-27-2005 10:19
I thought they announced that 1.7.1 was coming out today a few days ago? They did, so I assume this downtime must be related to it. However, they usually announce when will be the downtime for updates, and for this they didn't, so it is confusing. As for the original post, I wouldn't get all bent out of shape over what amounts to a typo. "Incompetence" is pretty strong. You have no idea what is actually going on behind the scenes. If the grid went down because someone went all Memoirs of an Invisible Man and spilled his coffee on his keyboard, and a whole room full of servers began sparking and laser beams started firing out of control and the whole place blew up, then that would be incompetence. Erroneously announcing a time and then changing it is an unforseen emergency at best and a simple mistake at worst. Either way, it's a far cry from incompetence. LL is pretty good at what they do. _____________________
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Moopf Murray
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10-27-2005 10:21
It's only going to be down for 15 mins I'm sure whatever you were working on will still be there when you get back Where does it say it's only going to be down for 15 minutes? Trying to find that info, but don't seem to see it in the announcements forum. _____________________
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Cocoanut Koala
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10-27-2005 10:21
I hope . . . to see textures! . . . when it goes back up.
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Moopf Murray
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10-27-2005 10:22
As for the original post, I wouldn't get all bent out of shape over what amounts to a typo. "Incompetence" is pretty strong...... .....Erroneously announcing a time and then changing it is an unforseen emergency at best and a simple mistake at worst. Either way, it's a far cry from incompetence. LL is pretty good at what they do. You're right, the Concierge email yesterday with the visible distribution list was a much better example of incompetence  _____________________
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toni Nilsson
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10-27-2005 10:25
well at least we got some warning......and i was back in UNDER 15 mins......and it works so who cares?!?!
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Michi Lumin
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10-27-2005 10:26
I see that nobody has even entertained the idea that maybe the grid was brought down immediately for a reason.
Such as an exploit that was found, that we don't know about. If we did know about it, people would likely be complaining, "Why didn't they bring the grid down immediately? Why did they wait a few hours?! Why did they give so much warning so that those who knew about the exploit could take advantage of it?" Some folks need to learn to go with the flow here. 1.1 was "OMGOHNO!" and SL survived. 1.2 was was met with protest and demonstrations, and SL survived, no, thrived, even more. Repeat with 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and now 1.7. Just do your breathing exercises and remember: |
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Sophie Partridge
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10-27-2005 10:30
They did, so I assume this downtime must be related to it. However, they usually announce when will be the downtime for updates, and for this they didn't, so it is confusing. As for the original post, I wouldn't get all bent out of shape over what amounts to a typo. "Incompetence" is pretty strong. You have no idea what is actually going on behind the scenes. If the grid went down because someone went all Memoirs of an Invisible Man and spilled his coffee on his keyboard, and a whole room full of servers began sparking and laser beams started firing out of control and the whole place blew up, then that would be incompetence. Erroneously announcing a time and then changing it is an unforseen emergency at best and a simple mistake at worst. Either way, it's a far cry from incompetence. LL is pretty good at what they do. OK you're correct; I forgot to take my mellow meds today and spoke too harshly; I apologise for using such a strong word. And I did not consider there might be a typo. There, I feel better now - the Prozac kicked in. _____________________
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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10-27-2005 10:31
Michi rocks.
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Friskles Echegaray
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10-27-2005 10:34
I heard there was one version where everyone lost their accounts and had to start over from scratch. That's just something I heard though. I don't know if it's true. Anyway, it's not just the SL is down. It's also that I honestly can't find another game to play in the mean time. o.o; And I have no motivation to do anything creative right now.... why does that give me deja vu??? >.>;
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Friskles Echegaray
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10-27-2005 10:37
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Arito Cotton
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10-27-2005 10:37
Michi. Your images hurt me.
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Lecktor Hannibal
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10-27-2005 10:38
That doesn't belong here... >.>; There is a shopping forum you know... Be sure and not cast a glance at my sigline then either  _____________________
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Michi Lumin
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10-27-2005 10:40
I heard there was one version where everyone lost their accounts and had to start over from scratch. Everything was restored from backup when they could finally get Bub to stop swinging from the racks like a monkey. |
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Kurshie Muromachi
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10-27-2005 10:51
We need more monkeys!
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Sansarya Caligari
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10-27-2005 11:03
Second Life 1.7.1 Released * Resolved issue where arm would flail wildly in one animation state if attaching object being edited my boyfriend actually took pictures of my arm flailing wildly,  .Didn't know that was a bug. We thought of it as a Kodak Moment  _____________________
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Doc Nielsen
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10-27-2005 11:10
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All very well for people to have a sig that exhorts you to 'be the change' - I wonder if it's ever occurred to them that they might be something that needs changing...?
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Blaze Columbia
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Join date: 21 Oct 2005
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10-27-2005 11:10
Well, I'm in with 1.7.1 now and things seem better--so far so good.
I'm in Ice Dragon's Playpen, with 42 in the sim, streaming music and playing tringo and it seems to be going pretty well--everything rezzed. |
