Sheena-Rose
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This day really brings the Hell out of me. the server is always crashing and my Membership is almost done. If may i ask, what are the new updates?
Yes as a matter of fact he does. Or was that sarcasm?WillieWonka said:Yea, Teck deserves a huuugeee break ~_~
Shannen said:This day really brings the Hell out of me. the server is always crashing and my Membership is almost done. If may i ask, what are the new updates?
No it wasnt lol. Teck deserves a huge break IMO, i think someone else should help out with the updates and let Teck take a catnap.Puar said:Yes as a matter of fact he does. Or was that sarcasm?WillieWonka said:Yea, Teck deserves a huuugeee break ~_~
TheWyatt2012 said:My OCD wants to punch all of you in the face for implying that Tecknician is a guy.
The problem there, is English does not have any officially-recognised pronoun that is both gender-neutral and singular. The common options of "them" or "they" are actually plurals; and though they have been conventionally (and validly, in my opinion) used AS singular gender-neutral pronouns for many years, the validity of this usage is constantly disputed. But this is an argument for a different community.Algiers said:TheWyatt2012 said:My OCD wants to punch all of you in the face for implying that Tecknician is a guy.
Ironically enough, the only two people who implied that were the two staff members.
This, kids, is why you use gender-neutral pronouns to refer to people with ambiguous or unknown genders.
Pansy said:Shall we get back on topic now?...
Jinji said:The problem there, is English does not have any officially-recognised pronoun that is both gender-neutral and singular. The common options of "them" or "they" are actually plurals; and though they have been conventionally (and validly, in my opinion) used AS singular gender-neutral pronouns for many years, the validity of this usage is constantly disputed. But this is an argument for a different community.Algiers said:TheWyatt2012 said:My OCD wants to punch all of you in the face for implying that Tecknician is a guy.
Ironically enough, the only two people who implied that were the two staff members.
This, kids, is why you use gender-neutral pronouns to refer to people with ambiguous or unknown genders.
This reminds me of http://xkcd.com/322/ which echoes my own view on the Internet's lack of respect for women.Algiers said:I think there is something deeply misogynistic in Puar's "male until proven female" stance, such as the supposition that women have to go to great lengths to prove their genders while men don't.
Creobis said:Shannen said:This day really brings the Hell out of me. the server is always crashing and my Membership is almost done. If may i ask, what are the new updates?
To note, membership will be extended during extended periods of downtime. A script is used to to check the server status, and if the downtime period exceeds 90 minutes, the membership is extended by 45 minutes for every half hour of continuous downtime after that mark. However, I am afraid this does not apply to planned maintenance (namely that last night), as the server technically is online during such maintenance - just locked for staff access only.
Furthermore, ThuGie has looked into the sources of the crashes, much due to changes made last night, which I found out when testing with Tecknician. The newfound causes should hopefully be resolved by now.