Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2013-02-17

19:01 Marion Questi Welcome everyone!
19:01 Marion Questi http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/76/141/29
19:01 Marion Questi It is 7 o'clock..let us begin.
19:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Actually VG, Victoria Garden. Sim just to the north.
19:01 Marion Questi This is an "open mic" Q&A which we hold at this time every week. We, the Deans of Oxbridge, assemble to answer questions from the attendees about Oxbridge, it's mission and operation, or about SL in general.
19:01 dav2 (dav2c) with a phone call, so I will have to take my answer, as they say in radio, on the air.
19:02 dav2 (dav2c) 1) How do I get back to here? Out of curiosity?
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/99/170/33
2) Also how can I go here, reliably, http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/47/153/36 I always get dropped off, facing backwards - out of the lecture hall - when I telpor in.
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19:02 dav2 (dav2c) How can I come in facing the stage....
19:02 Martini Discovolante you can't, and you can't
19:02 Charlie Navarathna :)
19:02 Marion Questi You don
19:02 dav2 (dav2c) /me sighs
19:03 Marion Questi t usually have a choice about orientation after a tp.
19:03 Marion Questi The default seems to be facing east.
19:03 Martini Discovolante you can click the sign in the landing point, and get a general LM for the region
19:03 Marion Questi Which...if you think about it...is the Positive X direction.
19:04 Thomas Klaber positive x?
19:04 Marion Questi As opposed to negative x.
19:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen SL has a coordinate system (global) and each sim has a local coordinate system.
19:05 Thomas Klaber Right...which direction might positive x face?
19:05 Thomas Klaber (Q-Translator pt->en) Right ... Which positive x direction might face?
19:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen X is positive east.
19:05 Thomas Klaber ahh, ok
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19:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Y north, z up.
19:06 Marion Questi So...next question?
19:07 Thomas Klaber When I teleport someone, they seem to always land facing away from me.
19:07 Thomas Klaber (Q-Translator pt->en) When I teleport someone, They always seem to land facing away from me.
19:07 Thomas Klaber Would I be correct to assume it will always do that?
19:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Mr Dieler. Right click on a bench and select sit.
19:08 Marion Questi Hmmm...actually my experience is that when you offer TP to someone they always come in facing me.
19:08 Thomas Klaber hmmm, maybe I should change my breathmint
19:08 Thomas Klaber (Q-Translator pt->en) hmmm, maybe I Should change my breath mint "," correction_type ": [1]}," server_time ": 35}
19:09 Larkylouz ?
19:09 dav2 (dav2c) I've had recent trouble with telporing and end up facing myself. Think it it one of the settings.
19:09 Marion Questi /me smiles. "No, but you could turn off your Q-Translator...:)
19:10 Gronk Seriman I have that happen. Somebody offers a TP. I pop in, but don't see them. They;re behind me.
19:10 Second Life Avatar ejected.
19:10 Thomas Klaber Sorry about that...it is new and I don't know it yet
19:10 Marion Questi Perhaps that's a recent glitch in the viewer. I haven't TPed anyone in a while...
19:11 danny11dieler101 father
19:11 Gronk Seriman ...or it could be that default direction thingy you said earlier.
19:11 Martini Discovolante update today
19:12 danny11dieler101 mother
19:12 Marion Questi Mr Dieler...please take a seat.
19:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen Mr. Dieler, you were already ejected once. You are pushing for a ban?
19:12 Martini Discovolante right click on a bench and choose SIT HERE
19:12 danny11dieler101 i will leave father
19:13 Gronk Seriman /me thumbs down
19:13 Martini Discovolante next question?
19:13 Marion Questi Sorry...I've lost the thread...do we have an unanswered question, or shall we move on?
19:14 Martini Discovolante or reask one?
19:14 Second Life Avatar ejected.
19:14 dav2 (dav2c) About better control of telporing, Dean Questi
19:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen You are lucky to arrive where you wish with your hair not in compromising places. Such is SL.
19:15 Larkylouz heeee
19:15 Thomas Klaber lol, yes. Or your shoes in an uncomfortable crevice
19:15 Marion Questi I don't think there is any way to control orientation after a TP....long range TP that is. Short range TPs are really just SITs and they can control orientation.
19:16 Larkylouz I have NO idea what you're referring to. None!
19:16 Larkylouz LOL
19:16 dav2 (dav2c) Recently, like today, I find when I double-click
19:16 dav2 (dav2c) as I am
19:17 dav2 (dav2c) too clumsy to walk, I pop forward, then 'walk' backward.
19:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen That can depend on your preference settings for double-click (and single-click)
19:18 Marion Questi Are you talking about clicking on the ground so that your avatar moves there?
19:18 dav2 (dav2c) Yes, Dean Q.
19:18 Josain Zsun Uncheck Preferences? Move & View > Single & Double click on land
19:18 dav2 (dav2c) It is a setting, somewhere.
19:19 dav2 (dav2c) ^
19:19 Josain Zsun It is limited by your Draw Distance
19:19 Larkylouz Ctrl + P, Mr. Dav2.
19:19 Larkylouz That opens Preferences.
19:20 Thomas Klaber Might I ask...are Caledon and NCI the same group?
19:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen And Move & View tab
19:20 Marion Questi They are entirely unrelated, Mr Klaber.
19:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen No. Separate groups, although at one time there was a collaborative agreement at Oxbridge.
19:21 Thomas Klaber I see. Is there a Caldon group to join?
19:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oxbridge Scholars and the Caledon 'Independent State of Caledon'.
19:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen The latter is all of Caledon, not just Oxbridge.
19:22 Thomas Klaber Which would announce the classes before they start?
19:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen The Oxbridge Scholars group
19:22 Thomas Klaber Thank you
19:23 Marion Questi Next question?
19:23 Honami Shimizu (honamishimizu) /me raises her hand
19:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, Miss Shimizu?
19:25 Honami Shimizu (honamishimizu) What is the rest of Caledon used for?
19:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen This gets to the point the Second Life is a user created environment
19:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen Linden Lab provides the means (for a monthly charge)
19:27 Marion Questi That's sort of a tale wagging the dog question.
19:27 Martini Discovolante HOmes, shops, etc
19:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen Caledon is a victorian Steampunk environment.
19:27 Marion Questi Caledon is a micro nation of some 40 sims.....Oxbridge is just one of them
19:27 Marion Questi People rent land in Caledon for homes and shops.
19:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen People enjoy the look and feel and socialization with each other.
19:28 Martini Discovolante ther are also many groups with their home within Caledon
19:29 Josain Zsun Wasn't Caledon larger than 40?
19:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen It was, at one point, somewhat larger than it is right now.
19:30 Marion Questi At one time it was over 50...but has shrunk some along with the rest of the SL economy...:)
19:30 Martini Discovolante it was.. but the economy takes its toll, RL and SL both
19:30 Josain Zsun With all the beautiful architecture, were assets in the Caledon sims now gone archived or somehow saved?
19:30 Charlie Navarathna Education can be found and Events
19:30 Gronk Seriman Mention the Quest!
19:31 Marion Questi Builds can only be saved by their owner...
19:31 animestar hi
19:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen There isn't any single answer.
19:31 Charlie Navarathna :)
19:31 Marion Questi So the answer is perhaps...
19:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen Or ... to some extent
19:31 animestar hi
19:32 animestar here give classes for become a dj
19:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Some amazing builds have been created and lost from Second Life.
19:32 Martini Discovolante no, miss we do not have a DJ class.
19:32 Marion Questi Welcome to our Q&A Miss Animestar.
19:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen (laments the libraries of Al Andalus)
19:32 animestar hi
19:32 animestar can you give me any place that give that classes
19:32 Martini Discovolante you might try NCI orcheckingin your SEARCH under events
19:33 Martini Discovolante or in the SL events calendar on their website
19:33 Thomas Klaber Try looking in search
19:33 Marion Questi I'm afraid we don't offer such a class here.
19:34 animestar i search but there is any results
19:34 Suzana (suzana.batista) /me do you offer in any classes in how to use voice and private chat in sl?
19:34 Martini Discovolante you might also try searching the internet, for information, or asking your favorite inworld DJ about learning.
19:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are some websites that goi nto this. http://nexeusfatale.com/2008/12/how-to-dj-in-second-life/
19:34 animestar ok
19:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Art-Music-and-Photography/DJing-in-SecondLife-The-2012-Version/td-p/1560779
19:35 animestar thnx
19:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen yw
19:35 Marion Questi We have no classes on those topics Miss Suzana...but they are covered in the basic tutorial.
19:36 animestar and what classes are you giving here?
19:36 Suzana (suzana.batista) ty
19:36 Charlie Navarathna there is a few ways one is Winamp.
19:36 Charlie Navarathna http://blog.winamp.com/2008/09/06/stream-music-into-second-life/
19:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen There's a current schedule on the right wall. If you left click on that, it will give you a notecard
19:37 Charlie Navarathna and the use of SHOUTcast
19:37 Charlie Navarathna :)
19:37 Marion Questi Next question?
19:39 Larkylouz Do any of you know why there is a horse with its head buried in the sand in the village? Inquiring minds want to know.
19:39 Duchess Jayle (jayleden.miles) He thinks he's an ostrich.
19:40 Larkylouz :^)
19:40 Marion Questi That's news to me...:)
19:40 Gronk Seriman Just east of the chat circle.
19:40 Martini Discovolante if it is on commonwealth land i can take a look.
19:41 Larkylouz Miss Caxton documented it last night. Look in her pictures under 'Photo Salon'. http://www.renee-caxton.org/gallery/Index.php
19:42 Charlie Navarathna very nice
19:42 Larkylouz I have heard rumors that there are anguished whinneys from that direction, as well.
19:42 Gronk Seriman Oops! Just North of the chat circle.
19:42 Larkylouz /me is really worried about the poor horse. She doesn't see the humor of the situation at all.
19:42 Larkylouz Snort
19:42 Marion Questi Odd...
19:43 Marion Questi We will investigate. Next question?
19:43 Larkylouz TH
19:43 Larkylouz TY
19:46 Larkylouz What advice can you offer about kayaks?
19:47 Marion Questi Dress warmly.
19:47 Marion Questi Wear a life vest.
19:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Don't strain your back.
19:47 Larkylouz I would like to get one to explore the waterways, something I can 'wear' anywhere....LOL, Dean.... and rez and un rez as needed.
19:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Practice righting it when upside down.
19:48 Larkylouz Dean J, I never did learn that skill. I still have to make a step out of rope to climb back in!
19:48 Larkylouz Do I need a certain kind of boat to be able to cross sim lines and the like?
19:49 Wordsmith Jarvinen In RL, at least, there are fewer rocks and more air when your head is above the surface rather than below.
19:49 Larkylouz SL does provide me with foolproof breathing apparatus for those times I spend a minute or two on the bottom of the sea.
19:49 Larkylouz I dunno. As tired as I am, the rocks and air in my head seem quite substantial at the moment.
19:50 Marion Questi I'm not sure a Wearable boat would work very well. Vehicles in SL generally need you to Sit on them.
19:50 Marion Questi But I could be mistaken.
19:51 Charlie Navarathna There are some with well designed HUds
19:51 Charlie Navarathna for controls
19:51 Marion Questi Ok...I stand corrected.
19:51 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes.... As to crossing sims .....
19:52 Larkylouz How do the horses work that folks own? I don't mean avatars. I still have to go somewhere that rents horses and then TP with the horse attached to where I want to ride it. As a newbie, I ended up in the middle of NCI's dance floor, asking how to dismount!
19:52 Martini Discovolante the ones i have are WORN
19:53 Larkylouz Yes, they're attachments, as I understand that.
19:53 Carl Metropolitan Curse you Time Zones, my ancient foe!
19:53 Larkylouz heee
19:53 Marion Questi A horse is different than a boat. A worn horse still walks on the ground...but a Worn boat does not naturally float.
19:54 Martini Discovolante hello Carl! better late than never!
19:55 Larkylouz The kayak I use in Calas Galadhon is one I sit in, and can take across sim lines, but if I want to stop or get out, it is no longer available. And it doesn't STOP, even when I run it aground!
19:55 Carl Metropolitan I thought I was early.
19:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen Simple boats can move without being physical, but have no velocity as such. A physical boat responds to forces.
19:55 Charlie Navarathna some have sails that simulate a wind
19:55 Larkylouz I propell the kayak with arrow keys, the same as walking or riding the horse.
19:55 Larkylouz *propel
19:56 Charlie Navarathna I am better with the motor and rudder
19:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen There actually is wind in SL.
19:56 HUD 1 Initialized
19:56 Larkylouz Yes, LIndal offered to give me sailing lessons. :^)
19:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen Windspeed here at the moment is 2.9 m/s
19:56 Charlie Navarathna takes some skill
19:56 Larkylouz I think the kayak is more my speed.
19:57 Marion Questi Most rental vehicles have a built in clean up in the script....when you dismount they derezz. You need to buy one that you own yourself.
19:57 Larkylouz Yes, that's why I"m asking about it. But when I went shopping, they had lots of stuff about offshore extenders, etc. Which I now understand....
19:58 Gronk Seriman Most places have harsh aut0-return policies, too.
19:58 Larkylouz If it is in my inventory, I don't need to worry about that. I am good at picking up after myself.
19:58 Carl Metropolitan You can actually get huge ships and airships made with large prims and sculpties that are still under the 31 prim physical limit. There are some cool ones for free by Alley Arai
19:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Caledon has many waterways. And the bridges tend to raise when touched.
19:59 Carl Metropolitan https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/118061?id=118061
19:59 Larkylouz Really! I didn't know that about the bridges!
20:00 Larkylouz Thank you, Dean M.
20:00 Marion Questi One minute warning!
20:00 Marion Questi Any final question?
20:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen And you can Nessie watch in the sound.
20:00 dav2 (dav2c) Oh, yes
20:00 Larkylouz Thank you, Deans. For the drowning advice and the Q&A.
20:00 Larkylouz ;^)
20:00 dav2 (dav2c) An explanation of the differences between SL and Minecraft?
20:01 dav2 (dav2c) Besides the former being Adult.
20:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen One should never drown in Caledon unadvised.
20:01 Charlie Navarathna :)
20:01 dav2 (dav2c) /me and I see our time is up....
20:01 Gronk Seriman High-rez vx. Low-rez. Done.
20:01 Martini Discovolante thank you all too!
20:01 Gronk Seriman *vs.
20:01 Marion Questi That's not a question I can address. I don't do Minecraft.
20:02 Marion Questi We are adjourned!
20:02 Marion Questi Good night everyone.
20:02 Martini Discovolante see you all later-- i have to run!
20:02 Charlie Navarathna Thank you Deans!
20:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk tc
20:02 Marion Questi Thank you all for coming!
20:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you all.