Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2021-04-18
| 15:00 | Carl Metropolitan | It is 3 PM, SL Time, and it is time to start. |
| 15:00 | Carl Metropolitan | Not that all of you have not heard this intro many times before, but... |
| 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. |
| 15:01 | Carl Metropolitan | So before we start with questions, Andrea, can you do announcements? And tell us what event everyone is likely at now :) |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We will have a COU fundraiser next Sunday. We will be at the Hungry Dog Tavern for a medieval setting. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Music will be fantasy probably. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Have not heard back from Sasha yet. |
| 15:03 | Carl Metropolitan | Not a small evil, not a large evil, just a medium evil? |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Back to you Carl |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Nods. |
| 15:03 | Carl Metropolitan | Okay. Time for questions! |
| 15:03 | Carl Metropolitan | You ask them; I answer them. |
| 15:04 | Carl Metropolitan | Or sometimes someone else here does. |
| 15:04 | Carl Metropolitan | Go! Ask! |
| 15:05 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Well, representative of NCI came to ask about Red memorials. |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Still working on it |
| 15:05 | Gronk Seriman | What is the forward velocity of an unladen swallow? |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The build is getting there. |
| 15:05 | Carl Metropolitan | African or European, Gronk? |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I was hoping for more pics or remembrances. |
| 15:05 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) grabs the bench in order not to fall into crevasse. | |
| 15:06 | Gronk Seriman | I don't know. AAAaaaa! |
| 15:06 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Also in Fallout! |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | With Fantasy Fair being the last weekend of the month. We won't do it until the first week of May. So we have time to get the word out |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Mr EB |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I hate to wait that long. |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Back to you Carl. |
| 15:08 | Gronk Seriman | Gah, Carl. I had an eject animation all ready to hit. |
| 15:08 | Carl Metropolitan | Okay. Next question? |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi Lia. |
| 15:09 | Lia (tokyorii) | Hello! |
| 15:09 | Lia (tokyorii) | Thank you Elf |
| 15:09 | Carl Metropolitan | So are there any questions? |
| 15:09 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | There were some conflicting questions about the new regions LL has created after switching to the cloud but I could not answer any of the questions. |
| 15:10 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Only thing I know that they apparently have a new way of creating them. But that's really outside my expertise. |
| 15:10 | Carl Metropolitan | That is likely something I would need to research, but I would appreciate knowing the questions. |
| 15:11 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | They were mostly about availability. |
| 15:12 | Carl Metropolitan | I will look that up on the SL website. See if I find anything. |
| 15:12 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I suspect LL has not made all the decisions concerning that. |
| 15:12 | Carl Metropolitan | So anything else? I appreciate everyone coming today, but it does seem like we have many questions? |
| 15:12 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | As in "Are they reserved for national group X?" I have no idea but I suspect they are not. |
| 15:13 | Gronk Seriman | They are probably reserved for national group $. |
| 15:13 | Carl Metropolitan | Unlikely. LL just wants money. |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Speaking of which... |
| 15:14 | Carl Metropolitan | Oxbridge wants money? |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We are good right now. But fantasy fair just started or will next week. [[15:14] Andrea Jones (andreajonesms): Is the recent hike in fees from LL to buy lindens normal? |
| 15:15 | lovejoy2199 | Does LL except 'Bit Coins'? |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | It looked to me that it would have little impact on small purchases (who were already paying a good percentage in fees) but the % charge would make buying large amounts of L$ more expensive. |
| 15:16 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hm. Good question. I have not heard of LL accepting any cryptocurrency. |
| 15:16 | Carl Metropolitan | No. I don't think they do. |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Figures, tax us land owners or those that spend a lot in SL. |
| 15:17 | lovejoy2199 | So, they will sell, but not accept? |
| 15:18 | Carl Metropolitan | If you want real taxes, this year when I was doing my US Income Taxes they had a question about cryptocurrency or virtual currency. It was confusing. I don't think it mean L$, but it was hard to tell. |
| 15:18 | lovejoy2199 | Yes, I know. Was thinking the same. |
| 15:18 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Feds suspect people trying to launder money via virtual currency again? |
| 15:18 | Carl Metropolitan | It looked like they were in the information gathering mode. |
| 15:18 | Carl Metropolitan | Probably. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi Ian |
| 15:19 | Carl Metropolitan | I just hope I never get a huge tax bill for the two accounting alts I no longer own. |
| 15:19 | Ian Suruat (iansuruat) | (slips in quietly) |
| 15:20 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Just got per-calculated tax suggestion as before. | |
| 15:20 | Carl Metropolitan | I used the online TurboTax system. The free one. |
| 15:20 | Gronk Seriman | Hopefully, since I only buy Lindens, I am buying entertainment. If I actually MADE Lindens, that would be another story. |
| 15:21 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Professor Schonberg (paracelsus.schonberg) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:21 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you Professor |
| 15:21 | DENVER (denverskye) | I tried making Lindens once, but the copy machine got jammed. |
| 15:22 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Yes. thank you for your donation Professor. |
| 15:23 | Carl Metropolitan | Any last questions? |
| 15:24 | Gronk Seriman | Heck no. |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | Thank you all for coming this afternoon then. |
| 15:25 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Good to see you all. |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | I think I will go do the transcript now. |
| 15:25 | Carl Metropolitan | Goodnight. |