Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2021-09-05
| 15:01 | Strandwind | Hello everyone. |
| 15:01 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi all. |
| 15:01 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Hi! |
| 15:01 | Larky (larkylouz) | I'm running a bit late. Give me a couple more minutes and we can start. |
| 15:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | hi Agatha |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | hi Larky |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | so i usually work on labor day. not so this year. would people want a party on labor day? |
| 15:03 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi Andrea. |
| 15:03 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | i have a beach all setup. but i would have to find a dj |
| 15:04 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | llSetParty |
| 15:04 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | 'Not that simple, unfortunately |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | people in rl tend to party during the day i think |
| 15:04 | Sandy Burgess | Sorry Andrea, Elf has not yet noticed that the scripting class is over |
| 15:05 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | I don't ever party.. I am a buzz kill |
| 15:05 | Larky (larkylouz) | :^) |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | i would think buzz generator |
| 15:05 | Larky (larkylouz) | Indeed! |
| 15:05 | Sandy Burgess | I know one who does Reggae |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | my project later today is to use 2 computers to try and make one usable one |
| 15:06 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | I think it would be great to have a party if you could find a DJ, but you deserve a day off too! |
| 15:06 | Larky (larkylouz) | Okay, once we're done with the discussion of Cymbal's assets as a party girl, we can start. ;^) |
| 15:09 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | ... I'm party girl, in the party world... |
| 15:09 | Larky (larkylouz) | Welcome everyone. This is a General Q&A, where we'll endeavor to answer all your questions about SL, Steampunk, Caledon and Oxbridge. If we can't answer something, I'll research it afterwards and get back to you. Wordsmith also sometimes adds his own comments to the transcript. |
| 15:09 | Larky (larkylouz) | Yep, that's you to a T, Elf. |
| 15:09 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | :-) |
| 15:09 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | :) |
| 15:09 | Larky (larkylouz) | Andrea, any further announcements? |
| 15:09 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Not really :-) |
| 15:10 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | Next weekends bi weekly fundraiser will be the sounds of summer. Will be on a beach I setup. Or at least that is the plan. I need to contact Sasha. Notice to go out next week. |
| 15:10 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | back to you Larky |
| 15:11 | Larky (larkylouz) | ty |
| 15:11 | Larky (larkylouz) | Other announcements? |
| 15:11 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Still hosting the Writers' Meeting on Thursdays. |
| 15:12 | Larky (larkylouz) | thank you Elfbiter |
| 15:12 | Larky (larkylouz) | I should mention that Ember may still be offline for a while, due to RL concerns. |
| 15:12 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Is Ember okay? |
| 15:12 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I saw her tonight. |
| 15:12 | lovejoy2199 | Storm |
| 15:13 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | But apparently the connection may be spotty |
| 15:13 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Okay |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) | I have been working on the notecards, of course, and am also still working on the new flag display in the entry hall. (there are issues with the script) and on the script (to track usage) in the unisex dressing room. |
| 15:13 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | I should mention I am on a old machine right now. So my time in SL is very basic |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) | Yes, so far as I know, Ember is safe. |
| 15:14 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Okay I feel better now |
| 15:14 | Larky (larkylouz) | Next week's Q&A and the one after it will both be Deans' Q&As, as I am taking a week's break the 13th - the following Sunday night. |
| 15:15 | Larky (larkylouz) | If there are no further announcements, we can open things up for questions. |
| 15:15 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | I have a question |
| 15:15 | Larky (larkylouz) | Oh, And much thanks to Sandy Burgess and Samm for scripting help. |
| 15:15 | Larky (larkylouz) | Go for it, Cymbal |
| 15:16 | Sandy Burgess | You are welcome |
| 15:16 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Is there an official SL doomsday date? Where SL is eliminated and replaced by something? |
| 15:16 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Remember we heard that one a couple of years ago. |
| 15:17 | Sandy Burgess gets out her cards to make a prophecy | |
| 15:17 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) looks around the room.. sorry.. | |
| 15:17 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | See I told you I was not good at parties! |
| 15:17 | Larky (larkylouz) | I haven't heard anything about that. SL seems quite alive and well. I will Google it, though. |
| 15:17 | Sandy Burgess considers if she asks Elf to make a contradictory prophecy | |
| 15:18 | Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) | Thank you for continuing to keep this place alive and well, and since I now feel rather dirty, I must excuse myself so I can go take a shower.. *eyes Elf |
| 15:18 | Larky (larkylouz) | LOL |
| 15:19 | Larky (larkylouz) | She's certainly never boring. :^) |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Well, there was a guy who predicted I would die at the age of 25 due to card reading. That was some decades ago. Did not work |
| 15:21 | Larky (larkylouz) | I just skimmed the wiki and see nothing about plans to close SL. I'll read it more thoroughly later. |
| 15:21 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I stopped looking at forums after seeing too many conspiracy theories. |
| 15:21 | lovejoy2199 | https://vimeo.com/channels/dworlds/107624666 |
| 15:22 | Larky (larkylouz) | That's rather long to read right now, LJ. Would you summarize, please? |
| 15:23 | lovejoy2199 | I have given this out before. This is an interview with Ebbe Linden 7 years ago. If you want to understand the 'new platform', you will find it here. |
| 15:23 | lovejoy2199 | And, that was before they had a name for it. |
| 15:24 | Larky (larkylouz) | Sansar? |
| 15:24 | lovejoy2199 | Ebbe was only 7 months on the job. |
| 15:24 | Larky (larkylouz) | Fortunately for SL, I don't think Sansar is any threat now. |
| 15:25 | Larky (larkylouz) | But it did feel like one early on. |
| 15:25 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I can understand why LL tried that. It just did not work. |
| 15:25 | lovejoy2199 | As i said, sometimes you swing for the fences, and only make a long fly ball. |
| 15:26 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Sansar needed much too powerful computers than most people have. |
| 15:26 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And no, I have no idea how Sansar is doing at the moment. |
| 15:26 | lovejoy2199 | I think you will find an answer for that also, Elf. |
| 15:28 | lovejoy2199 | From what I understand from the interview, Sansar was not a replacement for SL. It was a new platform. |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | YUp |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Target demographic was not individuals but companies. 15:30] lovejoy2199: Yes. And people with the high end gear. If you remember where computers were going 7 years ago. |
| 15:31 | Larky (larkylouz) | From what I've read, there is some suggestion that desktops are obsolete. Although I question that if one wants to use SL or play some games. |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Later it was also recommended for individuals who did not find it attractive |
| 15:32 | Larky (larkylouz) | I'm not planning on getting rid of my desktop any time soon. |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Sun Microsystems claimed that desktops are obsolete back in the 1980s |
| 15:32 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | You can probably guess how successful that prediction was. |
| 15:33 | lovejoy2199 | Larky: I am old enough to remember the 'thick client vs thin client' wars. |
| 15:33 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I am old enough to remember chatbots written with Basic :-) |
| 15:33 | Agatha Macbeth has known a few thick clients in her time | |
| 15:33 | Larky (larkylouz) | :^) |
| 15:34 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I had a thick boss once; I had to explain to him once a month again how to use email. |
| 15:34 | Larky (larkylouz) | I consider myself an expert on Windows 95, but my first computer job involved an old Boeing mainframe. |
| 15:34 | Sandy Burgess | You could cite the IBM boss from ~50s: I see the world wide need of about 5 computers |
| 15:35 | Larky (larkylouz) | Or Bill Gates' infamous quote about RAM: "640K ought to be enough for anybody." |
| 15:35 | Agatha Macbeth nods | |
| 15:36 | Larky (larkylouz) | Bill Gates: the father of Bloatware! |
| 15:36 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | then he made win 95 |
| 15:36 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Bill Gates quote is usually seen as apocryphal. |
| 15:36 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | changed the computer business |
| 15:36 | Sandy Burgess | I bought a FiloFax last year ... I think smartphones are obsolete |
| 15:37 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | As for the IBM boss - there were already more than five computers in the late 1940s, many of them used for cryptography |
| 15:37 | Sandy Burgess | ... mark my words ... first prophecy of today |
| 15:38 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Of course they were the size of small houses |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | with the shortage of chips. we will move to organic chips that replicate themselves |
| 15:38 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | then we will interface with them |
| 15:38 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Maybe we just add fish to chips :-) |
| 15:39 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | at least those that can afford it |
| 15:39 | Larky (larkylouz) | you're fishing, Elf! |
| 15:39 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | Then we will change what is human. |
| 15:39 | Agatha Macbeth fondly remembers valves | |
| 15:39 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) ate potato chips yesterday | |
| 15:40 | Sandy Burgess | If you crunch them you get micro chips |
| 15:41 | Larky (larkylouz) thinks that Sandy and her puns will fit in just fine here! | |
| 15:41 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Ladyness HArbourness said she is not coming. |
| 15:43 | Sandy Burgess shrugs ... I cant help them - I always keep my hands on my mouth but when I let them slip it just bubbles away | |
| 15:43 | lovejoy2199 | Anyway, I hope you view the interview. You will learn the reason why things in SL have been the way they are for the past 7 years. |
| 15:43 | lovejoy2199 | they were |
| 15:44 | Larky (larkylouz) | I will, thanky you Lovejoy |
| 15:44 | Larky (larkylouz) | So, are we winding down? |
| 15:44 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | many thanks |
| 15:44 | Larky (larkylouz) | Further questions? |
| 15:45 | Larky (larkylouz) | Going once |
| 15:45 | Larky (larkylouz) | Going twice |
| 15:45 | Larky (larkylouz) | We are adjourned. thank you all for coming and contributing. |
| 15:45 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Okay. Bedtime for me. |
| 15:46 | Larky (larkylouz) | Good night, Mr. Elfbiter |
| 15:46 | Sandy Burgess | For me too. Good night all |
| 15:46 | lovejoy2199 | Fort holding time. |
| 15:46 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | night mr eb |
| 15:46 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hold the fort. |
| 15:46 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms3) | be well |
| 15:46 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |
| 15:46 | Larky (larkylouz) | good night, all and take caere |
| 15:46 | Larky (larkylouz) | *care |
| 15:46 | lovejoy2199 | Sleep well, Elf. |
| 15:46 | Strandwind | Thank you. |
| 15:51 | lovejoy2199 shouts | TALLY HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |