Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2020-05-17
| 15:01 | Carl Metropolitan | Welcome to this Sunday's Oxbridge General Q&A. Andrea and I are here to answer any of your questions about Second Life, Caledon, Oxbridge, Steampunk, Linden Lab, Virtual Worlds, and anything vaguely related to any of the above. I'm also good at trivia questions. |
| 15:01 | Carl Metropolitan | If we don't know the answer, we can Google it. In other words, we know where to look, or at least can probably put you in touch with someone who does know the answer. |
| 15:02 | Carl Metropolitan | At this point Andrea makes announcements about anything social and/or fund-raising and/or Oxbridge-related! |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We have a small fundraiser today at 4 in the Oxbridge Village |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | This is one of the bi-weekly events. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We will be in a small park. Theme is the 80s, with DJ Sasha. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Caledon Oxbridge Village (104,50,22) |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Everyone is invited. |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | There is a coin there for donations to the university. |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Tuesday night we will have Keeb Tammas and the Tiny Maniacs in concert in the park. |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | There is a donation coin there too. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | It is part of Stereos Spring Fling. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The Caledonian Nights group will be participating. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | In the interest of full disclosure, I iz a Tiny Maniac, most likely will be on the keyboards. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Thats all for me. |
| 15:05 | Soup Jonson applauds mildly. | |
| 15:06 | Carl Metropolitan | Speaking of Tinies, Raglan Shire's annual Artwalk starts soon, doesn't it? |
| 15:06 | Phrynne | Today, actually. |
| 15:06 | Phrynne | Set-up was yesterday and Friday |
| 15:06 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:06 | Carl Metropolitan | Ah cool. I need to get out there. They have great artwork usually. |
| 15:06 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you Kara for your donation. |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | TY Kara |
| 15:07 | Carl Metropolitan | Also remember that you can always sign up to support Oxbridge with an ad that you pay for quarterly or as a Patron who donates 2500L$ a month! |
| 15:07 | Carl Metropolitan | Now for the questions! |
| 15:07 | Carl Metropolitan | The part everyone comes for. To ask us questions and get answers! |
| 15:10 | Carl Metropolitan | Ask away. |
| 15:10 | Carl Metropolitan plays cricket sounds. | |
| 15:11 | Kyrie Eleison (ianvil) | When I plug my mic into my USB port I loose all sound in the room |
| 15:11 | Kyrie Eleison (ianvil) | Can’t talk and listen at the same time? |
| 15:12 | Carl Metropolitan | Could your USB port be configured in your OS to run both your mic and speakers? |
| 15:12 | Kara2016 | ...gets out a wanted poster. |
| 15:12 | Kyrie Eleison (ianvil) | Good question. |
| 15:13 | Carl Metropolitan | I would check that. |
| 15:13 | Carl Metropolitan | Also I would check to make sure that your mic is being properly recognized and has the right drivers loaded for it. Same for your speakers. |
| 15:14 | Carl Metropolitan | At least on Windows 10 machines, sometimes if you use the generic drivers stuff fails for weird reasons. |
| 15:14 | Carl Metropolitan | I just posed the most recent Oxbridge Traffic by Week graph behind me. |
| 15:14 | Kyrie Eleison (ianvil) | Okay will look at that. |
| 15:15 | Carl Metropolitan | Traffic is off the huge peak of April, but is still higher than the average over the past year or so. |
| 15:15 | Carl Metropolitan | Okay. Next question? |
| 15:16 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Number of maximum amount of people inworld at the same has also increased. |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | I've heard. |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | Lag is up less than I would have expected though. |
| 15:17 | Carl Metropolitan | Historically Sunday afternoons are usually the highest level of people in world. |
| 15:19 | Carl Metropolitan | Jorge, do you have time to answer a question about CATs [Caledon Air Transports, i.e. airships]? |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Oh yes, is it just me or have the Tuesday restarts really getting longer? Village was offline for some hours. |
| 15:20 | Jorge Serapis | Sure. Go for it. |
| 15:20 | Catural (tahisha.fairplay) | I noticed that on my home sim |
| 15:20 | Carl Metropolitan | I don't know. Andrea? Anyone? |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Heard about it. |
| 15:20 | Carl Metropolitan | Jorge—The week before last, about a minute after you left, someone asked a question about CATs and the impact the loss of Morgaine and Wellsian had on it. |
| 15:20 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Have not witnessed it. Not surprising though. Depends on which server at the Labs we were on then, most likely. |
| 15:21 | Jorge Serapis | It's definitely condensed the routes. We've lost either 3 or 4 stops along the way. |
| 15:21 | Jorge Serapis | Shetty Arethus, our scripter, spent a weekend adjusting the new routes, and hopefully future proofing any further border upheavals, should they occur. |
| 15:22 | Carl Metropolitan | Are you back up and running though? And is there a new map to update the kiosks for CAT with? |
| 15:22 | Jorge Serapis | I've uploaded the new ones where I could, and Shetty has updated those that are his. |
| 15:23 | Jorge Serapis | We should be. At this point, I'm just the sugar daddy for the CAT. :_) |
| 15:23 | Carl Metropolitan | Can I get a copy to update the kiosk in the Train Station? |
| 15:23 | Jorge Serapis | Of course. One sec. |
| 15:24 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you. |
| 15:24 | Carl Metropolitan | Are there any other questions tonight? If not, I'm going to adjourn early. |
| 15:25 | Phrynne | The Care Kittens do not have mind powers, in case that's a concern. :) |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | Oh, before we go, a bit of LL related news. |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/4497-limited-availability-of-new-second-life-regions/ |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | "Due to the ongoing public health crisis, we’ve experienced an unprecedented surge in demand for new Second Life regions. While we are thrilled by the heightened interest, the increased demand has consumed our available inventory of full regions and homesteads (there are still many parcels available on existing regions, both on the mainland and from private estates)." "We are committed to maintaining (and improving) the stability and performance of Second Life. So while we are very gratified that we can be of help to people in these trying times, unfortunately, our current server systems cannot accommodate unlimited growth without adversely impacting that stability and performance. This means that region inventory in Second Life will be extremely limited and may not be readily available until early fall. " |
| 15:26 | Carl Metropolitan | Thought that was interesting but forgot to mention it earlier. |
| 15:26 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Interesting |
| 15:26 | Gronk Seriman | Very interesting! |
| 15:27 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I still found many Abandoned Lands when I was checking my old landmarks |
| 15:27 | Jorge Serapis | It seems they're moving all their existing regions to cloud servers, currently. |
| 15:27 | Carl Metropolitan | I think this announcement mostly applies to people wanting entire sims. |
| 15:27 | Carl Metropolitan | Yes. So they are not likely to invest in new non-cloud capacity right now. It makes no financial sense. |
| 15:27 | Larky (larkylouz) | I had someone ask me the other day if there is a published list of new regions anywhere. |
| 15:28 | Jorge Serapis | If you really want a whole region, I would guess there would be ones for sale in the classifieds. |
| 15:28 | Larky (larkylouz) | I referred them to Inara Pey, having not run into a specific list, other than the Destinations tool. |
| 15:29 | Phrynne | There is always land listed for sale in the Classifieds part of Search |
| 15:29 | Carl Metropolitan | I would do the same. She has the best news about SL anywhere really. |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Speaking of regions, is there any way to have up to date list of available plots in Caledon? Aside from asking in ISC..... |
| 15:29 | Carl Metropolitan | https://modemworld.me/ |
| 15:29 | Carl Metropolitan | Ask in ISC :) |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | People keep asking me of all the people... |
| 15:29 | Carl Metropolitan | There is one in Port Caledon next to my museum, but it has an old build on it. |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | South End has a lot of empties. |
| 15:30 | Sandie Harbour | ISC? |
| 15:30 | Carl Metropolitan | Independent State of Caledon group chat = ISC |
| 15:30 | Larky (larkylouz) | Does Mari or Kamilah keep a list of Caledon open parcels? |
| 15:30 | Carl Metropolitan | Mari might. |
| 15:31 | Carl Metropolitan | But asking in ISC chat is really the best way. |
| 15:31 | Gronk Seriman | Steam Sky City was nearly empty last I visited. |
| 15:31 | Carl Metropolitan | If someone wants land and is not a member, please invite them. |
| 15:31 | Carl Metropolitan | Some of the empty spaces in SSC have builds on the water or underwater. |
| 15:31 | Gronk Seriman | Oh! |
| 15:32 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms):Not sure much is left there. Most went into consolidation | |
| 15:32 | Larky (larkylouz) | Consolidation? |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Desmond made a big island from the larger part. |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | |
| 15:33 | Larky (larkylouz) | Oh, I see. |
| 15:33 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) still remembers when SkyCity was bigger. | |
| 15:33 | Carl Metropolitan | It has gone through three builds since its inception. |
| 15:34 | Carl Metropolitan | It used to be a full sim. |
| 15:34 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | has to run. good to see everyone. |
| 15:34 | Carl Metropolitan | Any other questions or comments? |
| 15:34 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thanks, Andrea for all you do. |
| 15:35 | Carl Metropolitan | Then we will adjourn early today |
| 15:35 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you all for coming. |
| 15:35 | Carl Metropolitan | See you next week! |
| 15:35 | Sandie Harbour | Thank-you |
| 15:35 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:35 | Catural (tahisha.fairplay) | thanks, and have a good 1 :) |
| 15:35 | Carl Metropolitan | Goodnight |
| 15:36 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you, Carl. Take care, all |