Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2013-05-05

18:56 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I guess I will sit next to you Jeffrey.. best to be close to the ones you know
18:56 Larkylouz Hi Lorra. Haven't seen you around this week!
18:56 MikeVa Waco now I'm jealous...
18:56 MikeVa Waco rofl
18:56 Phrynne waves to Mike
18:57 MikeVa Waco tips hat to Phrynne
18:57 Josain Zsun is beginning to feel under dressed without wings.
18:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen heh
18:57 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
18:57 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well Josain if you would quit chopping them off of folks.. then you would have them
18:57 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) lol
18:58 Josain Zsun lears at the Sociopath Professor
18:58 Josain Zsun hungrily
18:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen The turnout is looking better than a dancer's.
18:58 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) sucks in her breath like Hannibal in that scene
18:59 Gronk Seriman looooves Dr. Lorra's wings!
18:59 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
18:59 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nice to see you all
19:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Good eve, Dean D.
19:00 Marion Questi Welcome Miss D.
19:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen (A four dean night)
19:00 Carl Metropolitan Hello Martini
19:00 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:00 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Ohh Miss Martini.. you look wonderful!
19:00 Martini Discovolante haro.
19:00 Carl Metropolitan Yeah. It's the only place I have to hang out now. I had to give up my place in Mayfair :(
19:00 Martini Discovolante let me try ot find a chair
19:00 Gronk Seriman It's a Four Dean Night!
19:01 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well we will get the answers to our wildest questions then this evening
19:01 Marion Questi Let us begin.
19:01 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:01 Marion Questi Welcome everyone!
19:01 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) thank you
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 Marion Questi Who would like to ask the first question?
19:02 Martini Discovolante mutters--ach, me bloomers is showin!
19:02 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) lol
19:02 Carl Metropolitan You do seem somewhat elongated on my screen.
19:02 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) hmmm...
19:02 Martini Discovolante elongated?
19:02 Marion Questi I'm thinking pipe cleaners.
19:02 Larkylouz wonders how such a tiny creature could be too long?
19:03 Carl Metropolitan I sent you a photo of how I see you
19:03 Martini Discovolante merdze
19:03 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) She is stretched thin by all of her work
19:03 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) omg
19:03 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) you look fine to me dean
19:03 Larkylouz Yes, to me, as well.
19:04 Martini Discovolante any beter?
19:04 Friends of Caledon Oxbridge Donation Medallion Nod Moomintoog gave a generous donation to Friends of Caledon Oxbridge to help support classes, tutorials, & tier at Caledon's Oxbridge
19:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen ty Miss Moomintoog.
19:05 Gronk Seriman Methinks LL is tinkering again. Lots of strange things seen lately.
19:05 Martini Discovolante oh well.
19:05 Marion Questi No one has a question?
19:05 Josain Zsun resembles that observation
19:05 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) you look fine dean d
19:05 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) You are fine Miss Martini
19:05 Larkylouz Yes, Oxbridge sunk into the sea earlier.
19:05 Carl Metropolitan Perhaps something to do with the new server-side baking?
19:05 Larkylouz Has that come into being then?
19:06 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yes that should be the first question.. when does that go into effect or has it already?
19:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Although, supposedly SSB only affects avatars.
19:06 Carl Metropolitan You would have to ask Linden Lab
19:06 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) no its fine for me i got the 4 .4
19:06 Carl Metropolitan I know that the Firestorm people have already released a new viewer that supports it.
19:06 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) and all is well
19:08 Gronk Seriman Gah! Firestorm had a bone thrown to tit. Does it have any meat? Time will tell.
19:08 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i would like to ask please
19:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen Miss Lorra?
19:08 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) thank you
19:08 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) what dose
19:09 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) insafishent memery tex . discarted mean
19:09 Martini Discovolante relog
19:09 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) di i have on to meny prims
19:09 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) do
19:09 Marion Questi Sounds like a buffer overflow.
19:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Sounds like a texture problem with memory.
19:09 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i see
19:10 Carl Metropolitan Nothing to do with prims.
19:10 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) thank you
19:10 Carl Metropolitan You might try making your cache larger if it is a common problem
19:10 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) 800
19:10 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i can have on 8000 something
19:10 Johann Reisende (reisende04) rise hand
19:10 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) ty
19:10 Martini Discovolante tho in many cases the more jive you have attached to yourself and the more scripted doodads, the more trouble you will have.
19:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Johann?
19:11 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
19:11 Martini Discovolante that is why Vanilla is the favorite of the flavors
19:11 Larkylouz Bite your tongue, woman!
19:11 Johann Reisende (reisende04) if i increase the cache size how it will affect performance
19:11 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Do you get that on yourVanilla Miss Martini? Surely you jest!
19:11 Larkylouz is a chocoholic
19:11 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:12 Martini Discovolante looks under her chair
19:12 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) ooops that is not what I meant
19:12 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) hahahahaha
19:12 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) blushes under her gas mask
19:12 Carl Metropolitan I find it usually helps, unless you are short on memory or disc space on your computer.
19:13 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) whispers i got mine all the way up
19:13 Johann Reisende (reisende04) the more the better?
19:13 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) solid state drive to
19:13 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Really?
19:13 FoxieRonRon sits there quietly.
19:14 Marion Questi Miss Foxie, do you have a question?
19:14 Gronk Seriman Cache size is a double edged sword. More is better. But if things get corrupted, more is worse.
19:14 FoxieRonRon Oh. No.
19:15 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:15 Johann Reisende (reisende04) thanks
19:16 Marion Questi Does anyone have a question?
19:16 Larkylouz How does that work Gronk?
19:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen Much like a garbage truck.
19:17 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) ohhh
19:17 Gronk Seriman If viewer changes change things, you may have a cache thet your new viewer doesn't like.
19:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen A larger truck can hold more, but if it should overturn, you have a bigger mess.
19:17 Nod Moomintoog wakes with a start
19:18 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
19:18 Nod Moomintoog It's Professor Moomintoog if we r being formal
19:18 Nod Moomintoog smirks
19:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen And with SSB updates, there's always the possibility of introducing a bug.
19:18 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:18 Nod Moomintoog nods harder
19:18 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well I don't know.. they seem to be more competent then where I work
19:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen wb, Miss Phrynne.
19:19 Phrynne ty
19:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Another question?
19:20 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I would recruit but sadly ... I believe we are more interested in Bangladesh
19:20 Josain Zsun Maine?
19:20 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
19:20 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) shrugs
19:20 Carl Metropolitan If not, we can all go home or something :)
19:21 Carl Metropolitan Does anyone have questions?
19:21 Martini Discovolante i vote for something.
19:21 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yes indeed..
19:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen If not, we could perhaps recite Vogon poetry.
19:21 Gronk Seriman Oh no! We will think of something!
19:21 Martini Discovolante and the sooner the better, if no one has any questions
19:21 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) chuckles
19:21 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) no i dont thank you
19:21 Martini Discovolante :)
19:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, I do have a small announcement.
19:22 FoxieRonRon laughs. She smiles.
19:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen Last week, there was some discussion of saving these discussions.
19:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'm afraid that will be entirely possible. http://oxbridge.herobo.com/
19:22 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:22 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Oh no.. can you start next time?
19:22 Carl Metropolitan Oh my goodness. Our words preserved for posterity.
19:22 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
19:22 Carl Metropolitan greets posterity.
19:23 Marion Questi Kudos to Dean Jarvinen.
19:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen I've also tucked a copy of the current schedule texture there.
19:23 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) thank you
19:24 Gronk Seriman Holy Handgrenade, Dean J!
19:24 Larkylouz Wow, Dean J. Awexome photo of oxbridge, as well
19:24 Larkylouz Dav2, if you happen to be awake, this is for you!
19:25 Carl Metropolitan Would there be any interest in moving it to a caledonoxbridge.org domain?
19:25 Josain Zsun nods
19:25 Marion Questi You'd have to ask the Guv about that.
19:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen As I recall, I took that photo using the windlight setting "incongruent truths".
19:26 Carl Metropolitan No. I have the domain. With Desmond's permission. I've just never done anything with it.
19:26 Marion Questi I recallExcalibur had to change the Caledon Forums.
19:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen As long as a host has PHP, the coding is general.
19:27 Carl Metropolitan He did?
19:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen The free host does accept domain names if one has them already.
19:27 Gronk Seriman It's easier to ask for forgivness than permission.
19:27 Martini Discovolante not always
19:27 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:27 Carl Metropolitan I will double check with Desmond, but I'm pretty sure he gave his blessing. I would not have gone ahead and grabbed it otherwise.
19:27 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) yes sir dean
19:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen Des can be sensitive to such use because of legal ramifications.
19:28 Martini Discovolante indeed. we pay ofr it, but he is still owner of record
19:28 Gronk Seriman Ah,
19:28 Martini Discovolante and frankly-- i do not see the need.
19:28 Carl Metropolitan I will check with him again.
19:28 Carl Metropolitan Okay.
19:28 Martini Discovolante we are a place of transience.
19:28 Larkylouz Perhaps the domain could point to the current site?
19:29 Martini Discovolante iof we are successful...people do not care what we are doing here within a few weeks of thewir entry into SL.
19:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen Even if it took recreating the account, it could be done.
19:29 Gronk Seriman Da Guv does have some surprising and clear views about things.
19:30 Larkylouz Ah, I do have people coming through regularly who tell me how great they think Oxbridge is, and how they send newbs here.Happens at least a couple of times a week.
19:30 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i do
19:30 Carl Metropolitan Well, I will keep it around in case we need it.
19:30 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) its my go to place
19:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen The home page has a slurl to the gateway area, btw.
19:31 Josain Zsun Maybe Caledon needs to attract more attention, with more events.
19:31 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:31 Josain Zsun I have a different topic. Have any of you ever attended a concert on Music Island? Kate Miranda has been supporting musicians in SL for ~6 yrs hosting concerts for them. Her benefactor landlord is having to close Cedar and Music Islands next month. I am hoping it would be possible to host a great cultural addition in some unused or underused space in Greater Caledon.
19:32 Martini Discovolante you need ot speak to the owners of larger parcels, Mr Szun.. and hte largest of those will be a homestead like us... with a limit of 20 avatars
19:32 Marion Questi I am unfamiliar with the place.
19:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen That could be difficult. Apart from the designed common land, if there is substantial unused space, the Guv shuts down the sim.
19:32 Nod Moomintoog YAY CONGRATUATIONS!
19:32 Nod Moomintoog YAY CONGRATUATIONS!
19:33 Martini Discovolante beg pardon, Miss Moomtag?
19:33 Carl Metropolitan You really would have to talk to Desmond Shang. None of us are in any way representatives of the Caledon Estate.
19:33 Nod Moomintoog excuse me
19:33 Josain Zsun I've surveyed all the Caledon sims and there are many unused or underused sites with concert potential. Several residents have expressed interest in supporting another cultural event.
19:33 Wordsmith Jarvinen The hitch is the roughly $300 (USD) per month to Linden Lab to maintain a sim.
19:33 Nod Moomintoog i have to be at another meeting
19:33 Nod Moomintoog but i wanted to express my thanks
19:34 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yes indeed Dean word.. it is very expensive
19:34 Nod Moomintoog and appreciation of your
19:34 Nod Moomintoog er
19:34 Josain Zsun knows too well the tier burden of of a lost sim.
19:34 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) s jaw falls open
19:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen You're welcome, Miss Nod.
19:34 Marion Questi You might find a duchy willing to host something...but I think all of them are homesteads.
19:34 Nod Moomintoog performance
19:34 Carl Metropolitan That's cool. But what I'm trying to tell you is that we--the deans of Oxbridge-- have Zero control over what Desmond does in Caledon, or what other people in Caledon do in concert.
19:34 Martini Discovolante as i mentioned before, people pay tier here to hold their events, like tge fellow who rents most of the Village for his music venue
19:34 Nod Moomintoog I've now said 3 times that I am not Miss
19:35 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Really? You mean I could rent out my island to musicians? .. oooh..
19:35 Nod Moomintoog Nod is fine
19:35 Martini Discovolante i rather doubt it would be productive ot give space free to a competitor
19:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen Some events can coordinate with the library system.
19:35 Nod Moomintoog Otherwise Prof or Dr M please.
19:35 Josain Zsun I understand and have IMed him asking for suggestions and support, not free.
19:35 Nod Moomintoog namaste
19:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen You might also contact JJ Drinkwater.
19:35 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) smiles
19:35 Josain Zsun thank you Dean. I will.
19:36 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) whispers you can call me mis
19:36 Martini Discovolante you can address me as Your Royal Kittitude.
19:36 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) yes sir
19:36 Larkylouz giggles
19:36 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) or mam
19:36 Carl Metropolitan I don't object to your idea, but we are the wrong people to ask. You might as well as four random people wandering around any Caledon sim :)
19:37 Gronk Seriman "Just don't call me Late for Supper!"
19:37 Josain Zsun But you ar the right people to make suggestions.
19:37 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) yes lol
19:37 Martini Discovolante i can only give you my best advice , based on experience
19:37 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:37 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Ohhh.. what if they ARE just 4 random people? *looks worried now
19:37 Josain Zsun I know COU cannot support other events.
19:37 Martini Discovolante we are as random as they get
19:38 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well nice suits anyways
19:38 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:38 Josain Zsun Since this is an open forum, I thought I might generate some interest.
19:38 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i like
19:39 Josain Zsun Thank you for your patience.
19:39 Marion Questi Never hurts to ask Mr Zsun.
19:39 Carl Metropolitan That's fine, but I just always try to stress that Oxbridge is not Caledon and Caledon is not Oxbridge.
19:39 Carl Metropolitan Except when we are.
19:39 Carl Metropolitan Everyone confused now?
19:39 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) lol
19:39 Gronk Seriman Ha!
19:40 Marion Questi i am you and you are me and we are all together.
19:40 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) is happy to be here
19:40 Josain Zsun and the walrus was Paul
19:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Since Caledon is nominally Victorian, and since Oxbridge is nominally Victorian, and since Victorians are nominally proper, we are a proper subset of Caledon.
19:40 Gronk Seriman Coo coo kitchoo.
19:40 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) omg
19:41 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) bless you
19:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen (nominally)
19:41 Marion Questi And Ordinally.
19:42 Marion Questi But we digress....Are there any question?
19:42 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i have non sis and mam
19:42 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) sirs
19:43 Carl Metropolitan I guess this is going to be a short session :)
19:43 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) nods
19:44 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well I have a comment please
19:44 Wordsmith Jarvinen A short session with a long kitty-Dean.
19:44 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Before we adjourn
19:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, Miss cymbal?
19:45 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Thank you Deans for making this a safe place for newcomers.. and working so hard at mostly a thankless job. And that is sincere, not smart mouthed as I usually am.
19:45 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) yes thank you
19:45 Marion Questi Thank Miss Sociopath. I am touched.
19:45 Larkylouz I'll certainly second that!
19:45 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) deans
19:45 Carl Metropolitan You are welcome.
19:45 MikeVa Waco Ditto.. well, except for the smart-mouth part...
19:46 MikeVa Waco LOL
19:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen You're quite welcome. It's how we try to distinguish ourselves from certain not so helpful islands.
19:46 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) may i say deans?
19:46 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) This is truely a special place.. and it is the people that make the place
19:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen deans works.
19:46 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) no i would like to say
19:47 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) please
19:47 Marion Questi It is the people...but remember that there are many volunteers who server here...not just the Deans.
19:47 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) something
19:47 Marion Questi We are quite dependent on the dedication of our Tutors and Professors
19:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen Miss Lorra?
19:47 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) this place saves some new ones that would leave sl
19:47 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Nods yes.. but you have set the tone for attracting the right people. Thank you for that.
19:48 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) if not for here
19:48 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i bring the new ones here to save then fron the not so nice
19:48 Josain Zsun The above comments are why I have returned here.
19:48 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) from
19:49 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) One of the last hold outs from the great nothing:)
19:49 Larkylouz I feel lucky to have found COU early on. It has become a second home. :^)
19:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen And Oxbridge itself follows much the tone set for Caledon ...... Tolerance, Civility, Innovation, Cake.
19:50 Martini Discovolante we do our very very best to keep the atmosphere conducive to learning and assistance
19:50 Larkylouz is a bit of a vagabond in SL.
19:50 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) i like cake
19:50 Cyrellys This is the one place I always return to because of the quality of place and people
19:51 Gronk Seriman bla, bla, bla CAKE!
19:51 Larkylouz heee
19:51 Wordsmith Jarvinen (smiles)
19:51 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) whispers i love the frosting
19:51 Marion Questi Ten minute warming. Are there no further questions?
19:51 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) no deans
19:51 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Not I
19:51 Larkylouz Thank you, Deans.
19:52 Marion Questi Then we are adjourned.
19:52 Carl Metropolitan Thank you all, too.
19:52 Dr. Lorra (notshure2) yes thank you
19:52 Marion Questi Thank you all for coming!
19:52 Wordsmith Jarvinen And, once again, in case anyone missed it. http://oxbridge.herobo.com/
19:52 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thanks you all. It would be downright boring without you.
19:52 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Excellent!