Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2013-06-16

15:01 Marion Questi We are missing a Dean...but it is time to begin.
15:01 Marion Questi Welcome everyone!
15:01 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.
15:02 Marion Questi If you would like to know more about the Deans, on the Oxbridge website you can find a list of all the Deans with summaries of their respective areas of responsibility, : http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php
15:02 Marion Questi Who would like to ask the first question?
15:02 Tali Rosca I'd better check who I am.
15:02 vanessavamp56 i would
15:03 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) I have a question
15:03 Marion Questi Yes, Miss Vanessa?
15:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen The website, however, does not try to list our areas of irresponsibility.
15:03 vanessavamp56 when do the basic classes start?
15:03 Ligeia002 :P
15:04 Marion Questi There is a class schedule on the wall on your right.
15:04 vanessavamp56 ok
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen The classes are ongoing. Repeated each week, as listed on the schedule.
15:04 Tali Rosca Or, in fact, on the website too: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/class_schedule.php
15:04 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) *raises her little hand
15:04 Marion Questi There are a number of "basic" classes in a variety of subject.s
15:04 vanessavamp56 ok
15:05 Marion Questi Yes, Miss Sociopath?
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen The schedules is also at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/class_schedule.php
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen with a current class catalog at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/classes/catalog.php
15:05 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Well more of a suggestion.. With the new Dean.. You are a guru at scripting.. could we look forward to some scripting classes? Perhaps?? Hmm? I certainly could use them myself, and would donate to the cause.
15:06 Tali Rosca To my knowledge, there is in fact a scripting class being planned.
15:06 Tali Rosca Though I am not teaching it.
15:06 Shytori *raises hand and waits my turn*
15:06 Tali Rosca Wordsmith?
15:06 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Oh wonderful! Very much needed.. well you might consider it Tali.. I mean she is like the best..
15:06 kat (ekaterin) Second!
15:07 kat (ekaterin) Imean I second that!
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen There is. Now that I'm back from a couple of conference, I'll have more time to work it through with the instructor, who is H H Bookmite.
15:07 The One and Only Morpho (morpho65) Thirded
15:08 Ligeia002 yaaay
15:08 Ligeia002 spider
15:08 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) He is good too of course
15:08 Marion Questi Miss Shytori, you have a question?
15:08 Larkylouz It may be prudent to ban David Cooper and his wrenches from the Lecture Hall while HH is teaching.
15:08 The One and Only Morpho (morpho65) He is a mechanic?
15:09 Shytori Yes, its about Animations, I have looked all over the place but i cant find any template or Names for the 26 Bones in the avitar, i know they gotta be exsact
15:09 vanessavamp56 ( raises hand )
15:09 Tali Rosca Ok, I totally read that as "David Cooper and his wenches", which gave it a rather different meaning.
15:09 Larkylouz He has been known to steal mechanical spider legs.
15:09 Ligeia002 eeeps
15:09 The One and Only Morpho (morpho65) I think you got the intended meaning, not me, Tali
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, Miss Tali. That was also my first scan, but self-corrected.
15:09 Larkylouz A completely appropriate Freudian slip, Tali, considering the man in question.
15:10 The One and Only Morpho (morpho65) hehehehehe
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen Just a minute on those bones.
15:10 vanessavamp56 i have another question
15:10 Marion Questi Sorry Miss Shytori, I am not a rigger....
15:10 Tali Rosca As for the bones, I am pretty sure I've seen a list on the wiki. I am trying to find it.
15:10 Tali Rosca One thing I can recommend, though, is the free http://blog.machinimatrix.org/avatar-workbench/
15:10 Tali Rosca It's a pretty complete setup of the skeleton.
15:11 Tali Rosca (For Blender)
15:11 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yes Tali.. I agree.. that is what I use
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Here (on the bones) http://blog.machinimatrix.org/avastar/the-second-life-skeleton/
15:11 vanessavamp56 can i go up to the classes and see when the classes start?
15:11 Shytori Yeah i was on the wiki but couldent find it, I see lngs for blender but im Useing Maya
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen This is where the classes are held.
15:11 vanessavamp56 k
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen Howdy, Dean D.
15:12 Marion Questi Welcome Dean Discovolante.
15:12 vanessavamp56 so im in my first class
15:12 Ligeia002 fluffeh teddy
15:12 Martini Discovolante thank you aologies for my tardiness
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes, Vanessa. First class.
15:12 Martini Discovolante i just washed my fur and i can't do a thing with me.
15:12 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Oh there is the bear! I gots the bear too!
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen This is the lecture hall that we are in.
15:13 Tali Rosca Nice find, Wordsmith. That is a good overview of the bones, including the extra collision volumes, as used in the RedRig.
15:13 vanessavamp56 ok
15:13 vanessavamp56 im a new student here
15:13 Martini Discovolante oops wrong stool
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen All the classes are open and free. Just show up on the day and time listed.
15:13 Shytori Ok that helps alot thank you
15:13 vanessavamp56 ok
15:13 Marion Questi Next question?
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Gaia Clary has put a lot of work into tutorials and information, like that skeleton information.
15:14 vanessavamp56 ok
15:14 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Bless her for sharing her knowledge! I depend on Gaia alot although I call her the SCARY woman
15:15 Shytori Aye thats very helpful i was getting no where with the sl wiki
15:15 Larkylouz eyes Cymbal.
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen Wonders is that is redundant (ducks)
15:15 Tali Rosca You may also look at Domino's original work. There's a good chance you can export/import it to other formats.
15:15 Larkylouz I gotta meet this woman!
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Back when the Lindens bothered to post transcripts form the Mesh / Creator meetings, I read through all of them. That was given out in one of them.
15:17 Tali Rosca Gaia and to my knowledge also Domino are officially involved with the Blender development, on behalf of SL.
15:17 Shytori do you want me to buy you a chair martini?
15:17 Martini Discovolante no, but nothing fits ths bear bum
15:17 Ligeia002 yay
15:17 Shytori ^_^ thats cool
15:18 Ligeia002 and teddys belong wif da tinnies
15:18 Tali Rosca SL is official stakeholder in the Collada exporter, so compatibility with SL is a requirement.
15:18 kat (ekaterin) Now we know why she is called an Exhibitionist
15:18 Carl Metropolitan She's a bear -- she don't need no stinking chair.
15:18 Martini Discovolante "anywhere she wants to"
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which is fortunate, because not all software exporters are as compatible as Blender's is.
15:19 Very old leather fireside chair w 3 fireside, 4 normal sits whispers
(?PgUp or ? PgDn ) change your pose. Touch for menu.
15:19 Tali Rosca Collada was just about to drop entirely out of Blender, unless somebody took the stakeholder role.
15:19 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Yay!
15:19 Tali Rosca So SL stepped up and did, and since, there has been a lot of work on the exporter, primarily thanks to Gaia.
15:20 Shytori Yeah ive gotten the Collada for maya
15:21 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) We hope you make wonderful things Shytori
15:21 Shytori ty
15:22 Shytori Martini check your gifts =P
15:22 Martini Discovolante why thankyou , Miss
15:23 Marion Questi Does anyone have a question for us?
15:23 Tali Rosca (Incidentally, there's also a list of bones here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh/Troubleshooting )
15:24 Shytori ty tali
15:24 Carl Metropolitan I'd like to recommend my very favorite SL Wiki page to everyone: Limits at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Limits
15:24 Carl Metropolitan It is the SL Wiki page on all the stuff you can never remember.
15:25 Tali Rosca Heh, yes, that is a good one.
15:25 vanessavamp56 i have a question
15:25 vanessavamp56 do you guys addition talents?
15:26 Tali Rosca For what purpose, do you mean?
15:26 Marion Questi Audition?
15:27 vanessavamp56 i dont know
15:27 vanessavamp56 talent
15:27 Carl Metropolitan considers fundraising idea Caledon Idol
15:27 Tali Rosca Usually, that would be to fill some specific role.
15:27 Larkylouz Do you have a talent you wish to share, Miss Vanessa?
15:27 vanessavamp56 yes singing
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen For those who have been around Oxbridge for a while, Miss Discovolante does manage a Tutor program for those wishing to help here.
15:28 Carl Metropolitan That's really not part of Oxbridge's mission, Miss Vanessa.
15:28 vanessavamp56 k :(
15:28 Tali Rosca That said, a lot of people perform in SL.
15:28 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Lots of live music in SL
15:28 kat (ekaterin) There IS a musicians cooperative in the Village
15:28 Carl Metropolitan However, there is a huge live music scene in SL, and I'm sure that you could find people who can help you set up to sing over a stream. Sadly, we are not those people.
15:28 Tali Rosca Doing live music and singing.
15:28 vanessavamp56 ok
15:29 Tali Rosca I *think* I still have some landmarks to musicians resources, but I'll have to check if they are still current.
15:29 Tali Rosca I'll do that after the QA.
15:29 Carl Metropolitan http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Streaming_Music
15:29 Shytori Use the Search tool and on the side theres a drop down menue you can chose Live Music from the menu and talk to club owners and managers at events and see if you can sing for them
15:29 Ligeia002 hiho Dean
15:30 Larkylouz raises her hand.
15:30 Carl Metropolitan http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Astrin_Few's_Guide_to_Second_Life_Music
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen Aye Miss Larky?
15:30 Shytori did she leave already?
15:31 Larkylouz I just noticed that there is a flying house above the campus that was here yesterday. Does it have a story behind it? Just curious?
15:31 Carl Metropolitan http://howto.slserver.com/?cat=10
15:31 Marion Questi You might
15:31 Marion Questi A flying house?
15:31 Marion Questi Whereabouts?
15:31 Very old leather fireside chair w 3 fireside, 4 normal sits whispers
(?PgUp or ? PgDn ) change your pose. Touch for menu.
15:31 Carl Metropolitan I'm pasting in info for someone who's already left, aren't I?
15:31 Larkylouz I can see it from the doorway of the LH
15:31 Shytori yes carl
15:31 Tali Rosca Consider pasting it in for those who read the transcript.
15:31 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I have copied some of that info to her Im
15:32 Ravelli Ormstein Hello everyone
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's okay, Dean Carl, since the transcripts will be available.
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Dean Ravelli!
15:32 Martini Discovolante yaaay! Dean Ravelli, form the road!!!!
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome.
15:32 Ligeia002 think that is the village
15:32 Carl Metropolitan I IMed her the sites.
15:32 Ravelli Ormstein nice to see you all
15:32 Marion Questi Welcome Dean Ormstein!
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Likewise.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan There are flying houses in Caledon. Mostly supported by Cavorite and Imagination.
15:33 Shytori /afk busy busy
15:33 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Greetings, Herr Ormstein
15:33 Gronk Seriman Ooo! A Five Dean Night!
15:33 Marion Questi Unprecidented.
15:34 Tali Rosca Inconceivable!
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen Above Oxbridge we have changing rooms, the sandbox anteroom and the atelier (sp?) platform.
15:34 Ligeia002 we are doomed
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen Six Dean night. ;)
15:35 Marion Questi Since we rarely have the Dean Ormstein with us, does anyone have a question for him?
15:35 Ligeia002 eeps
15:35 Ravelli Ormstein beep
15:35 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) bleep
15:35 Marion Questi :)
15:36 Ligeia002 when is we having a dispencer of lollipops
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Maybe you should start by telling everyone what he does here so they can target questions to him.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Or I could do it, I guess.
15:37 Tali Rosca Well, to quote the web site: "Dean Ravelli Ormstein is Dean of Information. He updates the Tutorial when the LL viewer interface changes. His duties also include keeping the faculty information packets up-to-date and he is the archivist for our operating procedures and policies."
15:37 Tali Rosca I.e. he draws all the signs.
15:37 Marion Questi Any tutor or professor is welcome to place a lollipop dispenser in the book store...:)
15:37 Tali Rosca Going insane with each viewer update.
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Well, there are still a few that I drew left :)
15:38 Carl Metropolitan But LL is doing their best to make those redundant too.
15:38 Ligeia002 pfff......sneaky answer t...touche
15:38 Ravelli Ormstein i recommended MD Lollipops
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'm surprised she didn't ask for a waffle dispenser.
15:39 Ligeia002 Aury, fink we need to go on strike...
15:39 Ligeia002 well and that too
15:39 Very old leather fireside chair w 3 fireside, 4 normal sits whispers
(?PgUp or ? PgDn ) change your pose. Touch for menu.
15:39 Ligeia002 and a cookkies one, now that we are on the subject
15:39 Larkylouz I demand chocolate. With Victorian civility, ov course.
15:39 Larkylouz *of
15:39 Ligeia002 Fankies Mr Elf
15:39 Ligeia002 muahahaha
15:40 Gronk Seriman ...and cake! And punch!
15:40 Ligeia002 goes mad on sugar
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen I suppose we are lucky that nobody mentioned cupcakes.
15:41 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Ice scream
15:41 Larkylouz Those are taken for granted, Dean.
15:41 Tali Rosca (Also, Ravelli may currently be here on a pedal-driven cell phone, or something like that).
15:41 Gronk Seriman I consider cupcakes a subset of cake in general.
15:41 Ravelli Ormstein i am today, yes
15:42 Carl Metropolitan Try the hamster-wheel generator instead. I understand it works well for Linden Lab's servers.
15:42 Larkylouz HA!
15:42 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) Involuntary servitude!
15:43 Ravelli Ormstein then i would need a hamster too
15:43 Tali Rosca Speaking about updates, it sounds like the server-side appearance is "any day now".
15:43 Tali Rosca Luckily, that should not require any new signs :-)
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) "next year"? :-)
15:43 Larkylouz is not throwing away her 'cloud fix' notecard any time soon.
15:43 Ravelli Ormstein fine, i was already thinking about that point
15:44 Tali Rosca We may potentially need *new* cloud fixes. We'll see.
15:44 Martini Discovolante will it be noticeable to the averagle person, tali?
15:44 Wordsmith Jarvinen Inara Pey has been making meetings and blogging about them. http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/sl-projects-update-24-5-viewer-news-ssba-upcoming-releases/
15:44 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) With my appearance I fully expect to come out as ooooh.. I don't know, a combination of miss matched parts and left over inventory items
15:44 tvnsaba79 hi
15:45 Tali Rosca The theory is that we'll see *far* fewer bake fails, and a slight improvement in bake time, but other than that, no changes at all.
15:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi tvnsaba. This is open question and answer. Feel free to have a seat.
15:45 Evil Sociopath Beware (cymbal.constantine) ... In theory yes, unless the lindens have employed the evil designer from my company
15:45 Marion Questi Next question anyone?
15:46 Gronk Seriman I hope their Packard Bell Servers are up to it.
15:46 tvnsaba79 sorry
15:46 Tali Rosca I actually have fairly high confidence in this update, as both working and fixing actual problems. But again, we'll see.
15:46 Tali Rosca That's just my feeling.
15:46 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) *crosses his metal fingers*
15:47 kat (ekaterin) was wondering how bad lag is at SL10B. And which exhibits to no miss
15:48 kat (ekaterin) Not miss
15:48 tvnsaba79 hi lets speak
15:48 Carl Metropolitan Don't miss the Oxbridge exhibit. It looks nice :)
15:48 Marion Questi Mr Metropolitan may have some tips on that score.
15:48 Tali Rosca I have not been there yet, but I can promise you that lag will be bad :-)
15:48 Marion Questi Certainly do stop for the Oxbridge exhibit...:)
15:48 Larkylouz Tvnsaba79, please find the other window where I have Instant Messaged you. I'd be happy to answer any questions,t here.
15:49 Carl Metropolitan Not really; I've only had to work on Oxbridge's exhibit. And really, most of the work was Martini's I just made creative use of her parts and sculpties.
15:49 Tali Rosca If you want to wander and take in the sights, do it away from the peak times.
15:49 Tali Rosca Of course, a lot of the fun is *being* there at peak times when things are happening.
15:49 Martini Discovolante Carl i s design director on it :)
15:50 Martini Discovolante adn do go low- lag yourself.
15:50 Martini Discovolante as vanilla as possible
15:50 kat (ekaterin) Bald and barefoot
15:50 Martini Discovolante no HUDs, no primmy-flexi-scripted doodads or hair
15:51 Carl Metropolitan But simple mesh bear avatars are probably okay.
15:51 Martini Discovolante hey-- i put my wand away
15:52 Tali Rosca In fact, you can look really good if you know what you're doing. This is tangential, but I'd like to highlight this article: http://pennycow.blogspot.gr/2013/06/building-better-second-life.html
15:52 Tali Rosca Penny describes how to reduce her draw weight to levels most people have generally given up on.
15:53 Martini Discovolante i love that!
15:55 Marion Questi We only have about 5 minutes left in our hour. Any last questions?
15:55 Marion Questi Did we miss anyone?
15:56 Ligeia002 puts elevator music
15:56 Carl Metropolitan Is this new time for the Q&A permanent?
15:57 Martini Discovolante i like it :)
15:57 Tali Rosca I don't know if there's another time which is better, but the old was not exactly Euro-friendly.
15:57 Marion Questi It seems to be working so far...
15:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, still late for our European deans, but as long as they feel it's manageable.....
15:58 Tali Rosca More manageable than the 03-to-04 previous time slot :-)
15:58 Tali Rosca That was a bit harsh Monday night.
15:59 Ravelli Ormstein i like it too, but have to leave now... mobiles... good night everyone
15:59 Martini Discovolante good night Ravelli!
15:59 Ligeia002 night night
15:59 IrineAdlr (happy1083) aslinda ben bir konuda fikriniz isteyecektim ama dersin bitmesini bekliyorum
15:59 Martini Discovolante we miss you!
15:59 happy1083 Resident but I wanted to ask your opinion about a matter of fact I'm waiting to finish
15:59 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Guten nacht
15:59 Marion Questi Time for us to adjourn anyway.
15:59 Gronk Seriman Lovely to see you, Dean O!
15:59 Aury (aurysa) goodnight dean Ravelli
16:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Good night, Ravelli. Journey well.
16:00 IrineAdlr (happy1083) galiba cok konunuzla alakali degil
16:00 happy1083 Resident I think a lot about your subject is not
16:00 Carl Metropolitan Bye Ravelli
16:00 Marion Questi Good night everyone.
16:00 Marion Questi Thank you for coming!
16:00 Gronk Seriman Thank you, Deans!
16:01 IrineAdlr (happy1083) hala soru sorabilir miyim vaktiniz varsa ?
16:01 happy1083 Resident Can I ask you if you still have the time?
16:01 Larkylouz Thank you, deans.
16:01 Carl Metropolitan I do.
16:01 Martini Discovolante thanks Everyone! and thanks for the nice seat miss Shy