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RaTY · 16th February 2002, 05:25 PM

hmmm...
This bench is warm enough now I think...

Firstly I'll introduce myself. My name is RaTY, Im Australian, and I started visiting stargate-command on a regular basis in the weeks leading up to its closure and subsequent relocation last year. However, during the wait for it to come back online, I got sidetracked and forgot all about the site.
A few days ago, I let one of the tech guys at work use my comp as a practice tool. He ended up handing over a list of all the websites I had visited over the past 18months (yeh it was a big list). I scrolled down and saw stargate-command.com
Been back at it since yesterday :rolly2:

Now, I can easily see where sumoner is coming from in his post.
The site is called AUSGATE, and was designed by an Australian (Im presuming).
I don't see anything wrong with questioning American "Time-Rule" over a site that has a different country in its name. In fact, I would expect it from any Australian.
Why was it automaticly assumed that xenophobia was the motivation behind such a question?
Personal insecurities? Who knows.

In any case. The site has a derivivitive of Australia in its name, is hosted in the United States, and has an Australian creator. The time it runs on is a trivial matter at best, and is up to the powers-that-be to decide on.

My personal opinion?
I think it should be on GMT.

16th February 2002, 05:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
RaTY Tok'Tau'ri High Commander Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 155	hmmm... This bench is warm enough now I think... Firstly I'll introduce myself. My name is RaTY, Im Australian, and I started visiting stargate-command on a regular basis in the weeks leading up to its closure and subsequent relocation last year. However, during the wait for it to come back online, I got sidetracked and forgot all about the site. A few days ago, I let one of the tech guys at work use my comp as a practice tool. He ended up handing over a list of all the websites I had visited over the past 18months (yeh it was a big list). I scrolled down and saw stargate-command.com Been back at it since yesterday :rolly2: Now, I can easily see where sumoner is coming from in his post. The site is called AUSGATE, and was designed by an Australian (Im presuming). I don't see anything wrong with questioning American "Time-Rule" over a site that has a different country in its name. In fact, I would expect it from any Australian. Why was it automaticly assumed that xenophobia was the motivation behind such a question? Personal insecurities? Who knows. In any case. The site has a derivivitive of Australia in its name, is hosted in the United States, and has an Australian creator. The time it runs on is a trivial matter at best, and is up to the powers-that-be to decide on. My personal opinion? I think it should be on GMT.