"Second Life is open."
Could we have some information please?
Do Linden Labs have a telephone number one of the Yanks could ring and get some answers?
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Jinny Fonzarelli
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12-31-2004 13:01
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Nolan Nash
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12-31-2004 13:02
I got in after 3 tries.
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Sensual Casanova
Spoiled Brat
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12-31-2004 13:03
Linden Labs is closed today... and I dont think calling anyone a Yank will gear them into helping you?
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Magnum Serpentine
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12-31-2004 13:04
I got in after 3 tries. I am now on try number 76. I keep getting a different error message each time. _____________________
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
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12-31-2004 13:05
Oh boy, "Yank" isn't an insult. Some folks just look for reasons to be offended.
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
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12-31-2004 13:05
I'm not even getting error messages anymore.
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Beryl Greenacre
Big Scaredy-Baby
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12-31-2004 13:06
Linden Labs is closed today... and I dont think calling anyone a Yank will gear them into helping you?  Is it meant to be an insult? _____________________
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Champie Jack
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12-31-2004 13:08
god damned Brit calling me a Yank..wtf is that all about?
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
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12-31-2004 13:11
The New York Yankees should be ashamed of their team name damn it!!!! I bet it was a Brit conspiracy to name them as such!
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Jinny Fonzarelli
"skin up 4 jesus"
Join date: 30 Mar 2004
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12-31-2004 13:11
I don't think "Yank" is an insult. Depends on what kind of tone it's delivered in, I suppose.
I would imagine that if I had a problem with Americans then SL wouldn't be a place I'd be desperate to get back into, as I am. _____________________
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Sensual Casanova
Spoiled Brat
Join date: 28 Feb 2004
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12-31-2004 13:14
I don't think "Yank" is an insult. Depends on what kind of tone it's delivered in, I suppose. I would imagine that if I had a problem with Americans then SL wouldn't be a place I'd be desperate to get back into, as I am. It is no different than when people use the word N****, it can be used to mean offence or not... I for one, do not like to be catergorized... the whites, the blacks, the brits... we are all people and such words like "yank" just urk me... I apologize for over reacting. _____________________
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HUGSaLOT Valkyrie
Registered Fartiologist
Join date: 13 Jan 2004
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12-31-2004 13:14
The service IS online, I'm online right now with a few hundred others I see scattered on the map. It's the LOGINS that are hosed right now. Just because you can't login doesn't mean the entire service is offline.
I was able to login this morning with two different avatars. But right now I can't login my 2nd avatar at all. Same story as last night. MY main avatar remains online since I've kept it on all morning. _____________________
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Magnum Serpentine
Registered User
Join date: 20 Nov 2003
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12-31-2004 13:17
Got in after try # 79.
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Charlotte Gillespie
2 - 0 Lindens
Join date: 19 Nov 2004
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12-31-2004 13:19
HUGSaLOT (bloody awful name, by the way!), there's a difference between "grid is up but no logins" and "Second Life is open". It's like saying a shop is selling things but the door is locked - it's not open.
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
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12-31-2004 23:34
It is no different than when people use the word N****, it can be used to mean offence or not... I for one, do not like to be catergorized... the whites, the blacks, the brits... we are all people and such words like "yank" just urk me... I apologize for over reacting. That is the stupidest thing you have ever said on the forums, Sensual. Yank is NOT an insult. It's just like us saying 'the Brits'. Plain and simple. _____________________
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Siggy Romulus
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12-31-2004 23:39
I prefer to be called 'Austro-American'
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Lecter Hannibal
Registered User
Join date: 20 Apr 2004
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01-01-2005 00:26
I am often confused what the proper thing to call people is.
I have undersood that a black person is referd to as afro-american. Living in Europe I just would find it strange to call a person with dark skin living in for example Hungary , afro-american. If afro-american is the proper term for people with roots in Africa now living on the american continent. Is the proper for term for people with roots in Europe euro-american; someone from Asia, asia-american etc. Furthemore, would this be mostly for people living in Nort America? Or is a black person in Argentina also an afro-american? I wonder this since it seems that people from southern part of America is not usually refered to as americans but latinos. Is the ending "-american" only used to refer to people living in Nort America or even just USA? My brothers wife is from USA, now located in Europe though. Should I refer to her as american-european to be politically correct? Or should I just keep on refering to her as frigging feminist as up to now. _____________________
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
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01-01-2005 01:10
I believe that is African-American, not Afro, which is a hair style. Personally, I think American is the only word needed here.
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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01-01-2005 01:13
From my alternate reality, a term that exists is "Afrerican". But the geography is different.
I like... "human"  ^ this is in NO way meant to slight my furry or friends of other species. I'm part-cat, part-robot myself! _____________________
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
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01-01-2005 01:19
From my alternate reality, a term that exists is "Afrerican". But the geography is different. I like... "human" ^ this is in NO way meant to slight my furry or friends of other species. I'm part-cat, part-robot myself! You freekin Catbot! I like "human" too. _____________________
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
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01-01-2005 01:22
It is no different than when people use the word N****, it can be used to mean offence or not... I for one, do not like to be catergorized... the whites, the blacks, the brits... we are all people and such words like "yank" just urk me... I apologize for over reacting. Shut up. JUST shut up. You are ignorant. _____________________
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Selador Cellardoor
Registered User
Join date: 16 Nov 2003
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01-01-2005 04:45
Lecter (as opposed to Lecktor),
<<I am often confused what the proper thing to call people is. I have undersood that a black person is referd to as afro-american. Living in Europe I just would find it strange to call a person with dark skin living in for example Hungary , afro-american. If afro-american is the proper term for people with roots in Africa now living on the american continent. Is the proper for term for people with roots in Europe euro-american; someone from Asia, asia-american etc. Furthemore, would this be mostly for people living in Nort America? Or is a black person in Argentina also an afro-american? I wonder this since it seems that people from southern part of America is not usually refered to as americans but latinos. Is the ending "-american" only used to refer to people living in Nort America or even just USA? My brothers wife is from USA, now located in Europe though. Should I refer to her as american-european to be politically correct? Or should I just keep on refering to her as frigging feminist as up to now.>> Welcome to the nightmare jungle of political correctness. The way I call someone depends entirely on the context. If, for example, I am talking about someone who lives in America and has dark skin, if I wish to speak of them in the context of their colour, I will call them a black person or a black American. If it is their racial origin that is the subject of what I am saying, then I will call them an African-American. If I am talking about them in the context of their nationality, I will call them an American. If I am talking about them as a human being I will call them a person. Likewise, a black Hungarian would normally be a Hungarian, unless I wanted to emphasise their racial origin, in which case they would be a black Hungarian. Our language is actually quite simple - it's only extreme politics that tries to mangle it. _____________________
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Ursa Falcone
Rocket Scientist
Join date: 26 Mar 2004
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01-01-2005 04:59
I - for those who care - am an ASTROAMERICAN
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
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01-01-2005 13:24
What does that make us cherubs? Heavenites? Pearly Gaters? Cloudists?
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
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01-01-2005 13:34
The way I see it:
I am black. African-American is a stupid little term that reinforces the belief that Africa is a monolithic country and culture of jungle dwellers, not a continent made up of many separate countries, cultures and various races. I don't mind being called a Yank. Just don't call me a jerk. _____________________
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