| 14:59 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome to Q&A With the Deans. We are here to answer questions about Oxbridge, Caledon, Second Life, and pretty much anything related to the above. Between those of us here today we have a lot of expertise in most areas of Second Life, so please don't feel you have to confine your questions to areas of Oxbridge administration. |
| 14:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You can see our various roles at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php |
| 15:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A somewhat thinned supply of deans this week. I don't see that Dean Kondor has placed a chair here and Tali is foraging in the other world. |
| 15:02 |
Meora (menchor) |
the week to ask questions about scripts and funding |
| 15:02 |
Meora (menchor) |
Ha ha ha hahahaaa |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And a fairly thin supply of questioners too. |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I think it may be people out enjoying the lack of heat across much of the US. |
| 15:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I spoke too soon about Dean Kondor. Steadman will be here. |
| 15:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Relatively warm autumn hereabouts... |
| 15:03 |
Martini Discovolante |
it was beautiful here today, perhaps everyone is playign outside today, enjoying the last of summer. |
| 15:03 |
Steadman Kondor |
greetings all :) thank you dean wordsmith for the chair |
| 15:03 |
Meora (menchor) |
this has been a hot end of summer |
| 15:04 |
Larkylouz |
yes, supposed to be 90F here tomorrow |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Not in Texas. Only one day above 100 in the last few weeks. |
| 15:04 |
Martini Discovolante |
wow, Carl! grab the mukluks! |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That is cool for here. |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A warmer time on the left coast. |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Does anyone have any non-weather related questions? |
| 15:05 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Equivalent to around 50 F here |
| 15:06 |
Martini Discovolante |
:) i know-- i was in Dallas once when it snowed..... you should have see the furs fly! ;-) |
| 15:06 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It is getting colder here over the past few years. Last winter is snowed twice! |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So any questions on SL, Caledon, Oxbridge, or stuff like that? |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
More southernly dips of the winter jet stream, bringing in colder polar air. |
| 15:08 |
Meora (menchor) |
anyone know what the next Linden upgrade is going to be? |
| 15:08 |
Martini Discovolante |
no, prolly not even them. |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Most of us have given up on seeing the Lindens upgraded :) |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
heh |
| 15:08 |
Meora (menchor) |
fix group chat? |
| 15:09 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
will there be another safety presentation? i missed it |
| 15:09 |
Martini Discovolante |
every saturday at noon, Miss Jade.. |
| 15:10 |
Meora (menchor) |
the week I attended that 2 griefers showed up |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Look here for what may be coming in the SL viewer: |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Alternate_Viewers |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That is the page for the LL experimental and beta viewers. |
| 15:11 |
Larkylouz |
Does Lindal hire thugs for her presentation??? ;^) |
| 15:11 |
Meora (menchor) |
since they are still banned I don't think so |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I don't believe she does, but safety classes seem to attract griefers now and again. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No, but classes on how to avoid griefers tend to attract them. |
| 15:12 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It's often quite useful as for demonstrations. |
| 15:12 |
Meora (menchor) |
it made for a good class |
| 15:12 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
griefers? |
| 15:12 |
Larkylouz |
I was joking, but that is a reasonable explanation. |
| 15:12 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Griefers sometimes appear to "get pointers" And not onlyin Oxbridge. |
| 15:12 |
Larkylouz |
troublemakers, Ms Raven Dee |
| 15:12 |
Martini Discovolante |
and usually not actual griefers , just wannabee pests. |
| 15:13 |
Meora (menchor) |
they had the sound jammer the hitler rezzer and the spammer |
| 15:13 |
lovejoy2199 |
So, a course on how to deal with griefers might be nice. |
| 15:13 |
Martini Discovolante |
what, no fart noises? |
| 15:13 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
can you bookmark webage sites in sl viewer? |
| 15:13 |
Martini Discovolante |
that is on saturdays, at noon, mr lovejoy2199 |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No idea. I didn't know you could ever do that. |
| 15:14 |
lovejoy2199 |
I have been there. Maybe a avatar safety II course. Just griefers. |
| 15:15 |
Martini Discovolante |
but you can start a bookmark folder in your browser for the book marks. |
| 15:15 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
yes. when i figure out how to open web browser in sl viewer :) |
| 15:15 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
can we do that? |
| 15:16 |
Martini Discovolante |
and if i have a site i want to keep very jhandy, i paste the URL in my profile notes |
| 15:16 |
Gronk Seriman |
I don't think you can bookmark webpages in the viewer. You can always bookmark the page in the web browser that pops up when you hit a link. |
| 15:16 |
Meora (menchor) |
the viewer browser is sorta stripped down |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I believe that opening a separate browser is under preferences. |
| 15:17 |
Gronk Seriman |
It should be automatic. When I click on a link in SL, a question box pops up and asks me if I want to open up my web browser. I say yes. |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Under setup. There's a web section that allows selecting the built-in browser or your default browser. |
| 15:19 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
ty |
| 15:20 |
Meora (menchor) |
I find the internal browser dies on Caspervend redelivery |
| 15:21 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
its all still new to me. my questions are probably pretty basic. and not sure what to ask. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Pretty basic questions are part of the learning. They're fine with us. |
| 15:22 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Ask anything. |
| 15:22 |
Martini Discovolante |
you can also ask questions anytime in our scholars group. |
| 15:22 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
is there some sort of skill development? |
| 15:22 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
no clue what im referring to. |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
In the real sense, but not part of SL as such. |
| 15:23 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
oh i see that makes sense/ |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
One gets more polished at movement and camera control. |
| 15:23 |
Larkylouz |
And gradually learn all the little tips and tricks that make SL work easily |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
This is not like most MMOs where you have artificial limits on what you can do placed their by the game system that you gradually "level up" out of. The limits here are only technical and your own knowledge and interst. |
| 15:25 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Not to mention you do not have to kill NPCs for XP.... |
| 15:25 |
Martini Discovolante |
and time... it all takes time to learn. |
| 15:25 |
Meora (menchor) |
although some newbies insist there must be a way to level up |
| 15:25 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
what are jobs? |
| 15:26 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
i might like to have one... |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For the most part, they seem to consist of replacing an avatar-bot with an avatar. |
| 15:26 |
Martini Discovolante |
most will cost you more to run your computer than you will make. |
| 15:26 |
Meora (menchor) |
and when you remember its 250 $L to 1 US dollar |
| 15:27 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Most of the actual economy is artisan, which implies object creation skills, animation skills, and/or scripting skills. |
| 15:27 |
Martini Discovolante |
untill you develop some skills, or experience |
| 15:28 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
im curious about the library here too... what kind of things can if find there? |
| 15:28 |
Larkylouz |
Especially at first, you don't need a lot of money. There are many, many freebies about. Eventually, you may want a home or very nice clothing, but that isn't crucial in your first few weeks. I usually advise to learn your way around before you spend a lot of RL money |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The library has "books" that link to web versions. The library system also holds book talks and readings. |
| 15:29 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
yes lots of great freebies so far :) |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Do you mean the Library at the center of the Oxbridge sim, or the Library in your Second Life Inventory? |
| 15:30 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
oxbridge. i keep seeing posters |
| 15:30 |
Larkylouz |
the library here focuses on Victorian era literature, as we are a Steampunk community. There are libraries all over SL, I think. |
| 15:30 |
Martini Discovolante |
touch ot click onthe posters, adn they will give you information |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's some basic info and links in our hope page. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/ |
| 15:30 |
Meora (menchor) |
there is one in Berlin that is focused on Berlin in the 1920's |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's also a library poster out the door and to the right. |
| 15:31 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
can we walk from region to region? |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The Library her is run by the Alexandrian Library Association and is not part of Oxbridge. We have no control over what goes in that building. We don't even pay rent on the land it is on. |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It's something of an anomoly here. |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. You can walk from region to region as long as they are next to each other. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
In Caledon, yes, or in other places where the sims are directly connected. |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If a region is isolated, you must teleport. |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
You can walk/swim from the tip of winterfell in the north to the southern tip of Caledon in the south. |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
But if you want to go from here to the Linden Lab mainland (for example), you have to teleport. |
| 15:32 |
Meora (menchor) |
or fly if you own an aireship |
| 15:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
Or wings |
| 15:32 |
Steadman Kondor |
Ctrl-M to see the Map. the sims that are joined you can walk or fly or swim across |
| 15:33 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Lots of great airships are available. |
| 15:33 |
Carl Metropolitan |
One of the Oxbridge sponsors (The Iron Cloud) sells airplanes and airships. |
| 15:33 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
so only 20 sims at a time in caledon? |
| 15:33 |
Meora (menchor) |
and you can get to Iron Clouyd on a CAT airship |
| 15:34 |
Steadman Kondor |
Caledon can grow or shrink according to the economy and community... |
| 15:34 |
Steadman Kondor |
like other estates |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I think Caledon is closer to 30 sims. |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Caledon is likely still about 30-35 connected sims and connects to Winterfell. |
| 15:35 |
Meora (menchor) |
Oxbridge has a limit of 20 avatars |
| 15:35 |
Carl Metropolitan |
36 sims now. |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Sims means "regions" (aka the 256 x 256 meter squares of land that SL is made up of); not individual people here (known in SL as "avatars") |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Caledon also has a covenant that forbids ban lines and also security orbs at ground level, so you truly can walk about. |
| 15:37 |
Martini Discovolante |
and between parcels, most places have Commonwealth land, so you never have to intrude. |
| 15:39 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If a place looks like a private home, it probably is. Many people have signs by the doors of their homes so if there is any question, look for a "Private Residence" sign. |
| 15:40 |
Larkylouz |
and if the door doesn't open when you touch it, you can assume it is private |
| 15:40 |
Meora (menchor) |
or the door makes some snide remark that you are not welcome |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No. That's not true. I used to own a house here without a locked door and have seen many such places. |
| 15:42 |
Larkylouz |
Really, Meora? Oh, I've not run into those. :^) |
| 15:43 |
Martini Discovolante |
the illusion of privacy is important to soem folks... tho there really is no such thing. |
| 15:43 |
Meora (menchor) |
you can program the locked door message to say about anything you want |
| 15:44 |
Larkylouz |
Yes, and I err on the side of respecting privacy if I think that it is wanted. |
| 15:44 |
Martini Discovolante |
the dorr i made that confoundedthe most people was simply phantom. all you had ot do was walk thru it. |
| 15:44 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It is one of many things that LL's orientation does not do a good job of teaching--that parts of SL are private property |
| 15:45 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
so how do we create a notecard or our own? |
| 15:45 |
Martini Discovolante |
open your inventory, there is a '+" at teh bottom. |
| 15:46 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
ahhh! |
| 15:46 |
Martini Discovolante |
right click on it and select NEW > notecard. |
| 15:46 |
Carl Metropolitan |
You can also right click on a folder to create a notecard (or new folder) in that folder. |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Go to inventory, notecard folder, right click on the folder and select "new notecard". |
| 15:46 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
so this might be where i can save links and whatever "notes" |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Although, you can create one in any folder. |
| 15:47 |
Meora (menchor) |
you can also create a lnadmark if you want to come back to someplace |
| 15:47 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
this all very helpful\ |
| 15:47 |
Meora (menchor) |
landmark |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Yes. SL provides some topical folder structure, but it isn't fussy about what you put where. |
| 15:47 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
i made a mess of my folders already |
| 15:47 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
:) |
| 15:48 |
Larkylouz |
complaining about what a mess one's inventory is is a common and uniting hobby in SL |
| 15:49 |
Meora (menchor) |
and the bigger the inventory the less chance its completely organized |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Any other questions for the remaining minutes? |
| 15:51 |
lovejoy2199 |
are questions about the Firestorm viewer ok? |
| 15:52 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. I use it and will try to answerthem as best I can |
| 15:52 |
Martini Discovolante |
we can try-- but i do highly recommend the Firestorm group for correct answers. |
| 15:52 |
Raven Dee (makaylajade.somerset) |
so far i like exploring caledon. thank you all. |
| 15:53 |
Meora (menchor) |
if you like eploring there are pod tours of the mainland |
| 15:53 |
lovejoy2199 |
I am looking to upgrade, but I heard from friends that the new one is very buggy. |
| 15:53 |
lovejoy2199 |
And that I should wait. |
| 15:53 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I am using the current one and have no problems |
| 15:53 |
Meora (menchor) |
me too |
| 15:53 |
Carl Metropolitan |
However, it is extremely dependent on your computer system |
| 15:54 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Unless you have the same chipset, video card, processor, OS, etc. as your friend, your experiences will be different. |
| 15:54 |
lovejoy2199 |
I have 4.6.1.40478 |
| 15:55 |
Gronk Seriman |
The new 4,6,7 works just fine for me. |
| 15:55 |
lovejoy2199 |
Ok |
| 15:55 |
Carl Metropolitan |
any final questions? |
| 15:57 |
Larkylouz |
I had to remove skype to get either the newest LLV or FS to work for me. there are significant conflicts |
| 15:58 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ooo! |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
hmmm. I'm running both the latest LL viewer and Skype at the moment. |
| 15:58 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm not having that problem either. I run both. And talk on Skype while in SL |
| 15:59 |
lovejoy2199 |
Maybe a clean install? |
| 15:59 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Have you upgraded to the new skype release? |
| 15:59 |
Larkylouz |
I couldn't cut and paste from my treasured notecards, Wordsmith! As you say, each is different. And it turns out one can remove skype several times and it is still there. I am currently functioning with both. |
| 15:59 |
Larkylouz |
Yes, brand new computer |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hard to say what's the cause there. |
| 16:01 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Something to keep an ear out for on the forums. |
| 16:01 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm sorry. I have no idea. |
| 16:01 |
Larkylouz |
yes, someone sent me to a FS web forum that helped me get it working |
| 16:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With that, we've run our time. |
| 16:02 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That you all for coming and participating. |
| 16:02 |
Martini Discovolante |
thanks everyone |
| 16:02 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 16:02 |
Larkylouz |
thank you deans and everyone |
| 16:02 |
Meora (menchor) |
If you are running Firestorm join the support group and ask there |
| 16:03 |
Larkylouz |
yes, thank you |
| 16:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
BEdtime for me. |
| 16:03 |
Red Quixote |
nite elf |
| 16:03 |
Martini Discovolante |
brb. |
| 16:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |
| 16:03 |
Larkylouz |
Goodnight, Mr. Elfbiter |
| 16:04 |
Steadman Kondor |
thank you all and gnite :)
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