In Adriatic region is an object "Sailing Race Line s/2 1.0" at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Adriatic/166/176/0
that serves as a start/finish line for a sailing race course that circuits the whole water sim region in that area. It has not responded to commands since late 2006 at least, and was reported a couple of times prior to the introduction of the Public Jira. The object was originally coded by Myrrh Massiel, and is currently owned by Stephen Linden (in order to allow it to exist in Linden-owned water). It is identical in function, form, creation, and ownership to another line that exists under identical circumstances in Hepurn region at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hepurn/128/128/0
.
The normal method of use for the line is to click on the line itself (the green translucent prims at water level) which signals the line to listen for voice commands, and then to issue said commands to reset the clock, set number of laps, start or stop the clock, and view race results. In order to operate this particular line (and the one at Hepurn as well, for that matter), one is supposed to be a member of the group "Second Life Sailing Federation."
Since late 2006 the Adriatic line has not activated on click, as evidenced by both failing to see the chat text function operations when clicked, as well as a lack of particle swirls on the object indicating its script is doing something.
Reproduction is simple: one needs to be a member of Second Life Sailing Federation group, and can compare the operation of the Hepurn line with the failed Adriatic line:
1) activate the Second Life Sailing Federation group
2) while near the line, click on the line. if it is responding to commands, there should be a particle swirl and the following text:
"Sailing Race Line: Say '+help' to display help text."
3) The line should respond to commands said within chat range on channel 0 (normal speech) such as +help giving a list of available commands, and +results listing the status of the last race.
The line in Hepurn works correctly. The line in Adriatic does not.