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Jazzman, thanks also to you for your feedback and I believe you're right on the forum troll issue ;)

Here's to your hard drive never melting!

Thanks Apollo, Seeker and Gary for your considered comments - I'll take them all into consideration - Gary, good point on the recent comments in sidebar, will get that happening.

Hi Stone,

Thanks for the extra info - it's certainly an interesting story ;)

Lowell

A very valid point Malignant - surely they'll put them on iTunes Music Store at least...

Thanks for the heads-up - now fixed ;)

Thanks Orion and Juko for your comments!

Juko - latest stories section is on its way - it's something I also liked from last site so will ensure it's added to this one ;)

And the byline idea is an excellent one, will see what I can do.

Hi Dogma - you're right that QuickTIme is the culprit. My heads-up was purely to warn SL users that using their viewer contained risk at this stage until they turn off video streaming ;)

Thanks for your comment Luke. The story wasn't alleging you were liable just that you may be facing legal issues i.e. someone making a claim against you.

I was just able to log-in fine and could even TP to other locations, but it seems others are still having major problems. It's been a hell of a week to say the least...

Gee - if SL keeps going down like this, the SLOz server may go down too with all these comments ;)

Hi Debbie,

Thanks for your considered response. When I first read the article I was surprised at the comment and initial reaction was 'surely that's out of context' but I thought the question was well worth asking anyway. ;)

I look forward to seeing the final build. As far as Anon, I have no idea who he/she is but being an open forum, I welcome the discussion. The RL/SL issue is an ongoing one that creates a lot of debate. Also, having not being there I didn't see the comment as being over the top at all, just a concern expressed.

Lowell

Thanks for your thoughtful post Gary - I couldn't agree more that definition of behaviours is the real challenge here...

Thanks for the review Marsoups - was anyone else there that can comment? It's a shame if things didn't go well...

Hi Prokofy and Troy,

Thanks for your considered thoughts. My argument that FIRE is 'first' was put with disclaimers around the well established history of lobby groups and the Democratic sims - from my perspective this party is the first broad-based one, though them proving to be a viable, effective entity is a challenge they've yet to face.

As far as their policy stance, well that's the point of a political party isn't it - to cause debate ;)

Thanks DaveMark - all fixed ;)

Thanks Simondo ;)

Of course ;) I've now removed that link ;)

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your response. Look forward to seeing the Australian division active if it all works out.

Thanks

Lowell

Hi Mike,

Can see your point. My point was that when I contacted the person listed on the press release, they knew nothing about SL or any involvement the Australian operation had in it. Why put out information you can't answer queries about?

Oops! All fixed now, thanks Earnest ;)

Thanks for the clarification Luke.

Hi Sean,

I think you're right. I'm just doubtful you'll see camping chairs once the slot machines are removed.

Gary - you've made these points numerous times and I understand your position. As stated repeatedly by myself - the figures are INDICATIVE and purely a guide to popular areas that aussies are congregating or doing business. It's a work in progress etc etc and I've never claimed otherwise.

Just to repeat again - I'm not using the figures to attaract business to SL, I'm using them as a 'what's hot' guide. I also agree with the great analogy Nick from Metaversed.com made in his lateset podcast - something along the lines of 'using traffic stats to measure use is like using turds to measure digestion' - hence my constant flagging that it's indicative. It gives Aussies a rough idea of what's popular, nothing more.

Next month's will contain more data points and we've got other stuff under way for the medium term.

oops - great point Estie - have changed the story title and body to reflect that. Thanks ;)

Hi Tateru,

It's funny you say that as I had assumed it wasn't the first story but when i searched the Onion site there's nothing except this one...

:)