Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-07-10

15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome, everyone to this week's Q&A
15:01 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) We're have a free floating day, I see.
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Our various roles and responsibilities are given at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/admin.php
15:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne, did you have anything from commons this week?
15:03 Phrynne Yes, two thngs
15:03 Phrynne or things :)
15:04 Carl Metropolitan Thing One and Thing Two
15:04 RainyDayRecess :D
15:04 Phrynne First, I've started making gifts for the Advent Calendar -- but I can't do it alone. Some very talented and generous people are also making things, but I'd love to hear from you if yo have something you'd like to include as a gift.
15:04 Phrynne The general theme is 'Home' but I am open to interesting interpretations, including steampunk ones.
15:05 Phrynne If you have any ideas, send me a notecard, please.
15:05 Caledon Coffee Mug with Honey whispers mmmmm... .
15:05 Carl Metropolitan Could this mean things that would be useful in a home?
15:05 Phrynne Definitely!
15:05 Phrynne Or in a yard, or on the roof or wherever.
15:05 Noob (friendlynoob) Ill build a toilet, ha!
15:05 Phrynne I'm also open to the possibility of giving away a house if someone wants to make one
15:06 Holly (hollydeni) talking welcome door mats?
15:06 Phrynne It should be something that is reflective of Oxbridge's values.
15:06 Holly (hollydeni) oh
15:06 Phrynne as long as they're friendly, Holly
15:06 Holly (hollydeni) smiling
15:06 Phrynne so no insulting furniture that farts, please
15:06 Yaso (yasojith) Am I allowed to ask more questions :)
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen A smart Aleck door mat?
15:06 Agatha Macbeth ponders farting tables
15:06 Holly (hollydeni) I really cant make anything just throwing it out there
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen You are. BTW, I don't see any scripting calls that would affect parcel landing spots.
15:07 Yaso (yasojith) Ok thanks.
15:08 Phrynne Send me a notecard with what you can make that you'd like to donate. Whatever it is must be full perm; if you need it to be no modify, I can set that when I make up the boxes.
15:09 Noob (friendlynoob) raises hand.
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Might also be useful to have a list of things that people consider to be useful, particularly if hard to find.
15:09 Yaso (yasojith) In my parcel there are shops that selling children clothing. So child avatars are visited there. We put clear rules that against adult items. If we see someone come with adult items we ask to remove it or leave. But when we offline if someone stay there with adult items, and if LL officers saw that, will it cause to ban that parcel?
15:09 Carl Metropolitan What rating is the sim the parcel is on, Yaso?
15:10 Phrynne Second -- Assistant Dean of Commons Tasha has set up a steampunk photo studio and is offering free portraits to new people for profile photos. I don't know what she'd charge most of us older folks, but it might be worth asking her. Send a notecard to natashafetishqueen if you are interested.
15:10 Yaso (yasojith) its M rated
15:10 Phrynne and there ends my report
15:10 Noob (friendlynoob) What is "Advent"?
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen pre-Christmas.
15:11 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Yeah Tasha! Yeah, Phrynne-who-plans-ahead
15:11 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) The pre-Christmas season.
15:11 Badass Fae (larkylouz) :^)
15:11 Phrynne Advent is the time between Dec. 1 and Dec. 25, for Oxbridge prposes.
15:11 Noob (friendlynoob) Ummmm......
15:11 Phrynne does not want to pull 24-hour shifts making everything the weekend before.
15:11 Carl Metropolitan Hmm. I don't think Linden Lab would blame you.
15:11 Yaso (yasojith) Thanks
15:12 Noob (friendlynoob) I celebrate Yule, the winter solstice.
15:12 Noob (friendlynoob) is not Christian.
15:12 Noob (friendlynoob) And now I'm scared.
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen You don't have any control over who comes to your parcel in terms of how they dress, what groups they display, etc unless you are there.
15:12 Phrynne This is a non-religious gift calendar, Noob.
15:13 Yaso (yasojith) Yes
15:13 Phrynne It is simply a give-away to whoever comes and clicks on the gift boxes each day
15:13 Carl Metropolitan Is Christmas a religious holiday in your country? I ask because I live in the US and here it is all about toys and santa and family dinners. I think some people occasionally mention that Jesus guy, but it is rare.
15:13 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I'm not Christian, either, Noob. The Advent Calendars I've seen in SL are just another reason to do a give-away.
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen You are free to consider it as solstice gifts or whatever.
15:14 Noob (friendlynoob) Hi Ms Fae!
15:14 Phrynne Where I live, people celebrate Yule, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, Christmas and Anonymous Year-End Celebration
15:14 Badass Fae (larkylouz) grins and waves
15:14 Noob (friendlynoob) Ok, so gifts of home?
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Or "Get me through December" gifts.
15:15 Noob (friendlynoob) ROTF!
15:15 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) tends to run away from xmas panic...
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) a giant bear that groans like from the addams family
15:15 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) yep
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen (with consideration to Alison Krauss)
15:15 Noob (friendlynoob) A keg of beer.
15:15 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Yaso (yasojith) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:16 Noob (friendlynoob) Hello, Mr Skysmith
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Carl, did you have any reports / announcements, schedules for putting out the troll?
15:16 Phrynne Gifts that might work in a home -- but we are very likely to have another Oxbridge sweatshirt, collector's edition, and a few other non- home-things as well.
15:16 Holly (hollydeni) oooo nice
15:17 Yaso (yasojith) If someone pay to my stores group (I'm the only owner), will that pay back to me?
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen Sweatshirts work in a home.
15:18 Noob (friendlynoob) I know (almost) exactly what I'd like to donate. Not sure if I can build it in time. When is the deadline for submissions?
15:19 Phrynne I would like to have everything in my hands by Nov. 1
15:19 Carl Metropolitan No. I forgot the troll
15:19 Noob (friendlynoob) O K!
15:19 Carl Metropolitan Just a moment.
15:19 Phrynne because there are always things that need adjustment.
15:21 Carl Metropolitan Troll is now in place under the troll bridge.
15:21 Carl Metropolitan Thanks for the reminder.
15:22 Phrynne excellent!
15:22 Badass Fae (larkylouz) What's the troll's name? I'd like to be respectful if I meet him in a dark alley....
15:22 RainyDayRecess :D
15:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen under a dark bridge.
15:23 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) How much does the troll charge for safe passage?
15:23 Phrynne We would need to ask him.
15:23 Phrynne I understand that goats are few and far between this season.
15:23 Agatha Macbeth 0.0
15:24 Carl Metropolitan Nothing. He's just decorative.
15:24 Badass Fae (larkylouz) does anyone have a hud that changes griefers to goats? I could use one...
15:24 RainyDayRecess Me too!
15:25 Carl Metropolitan If someone has mod rights for me you can an add a script that will make him say suitably trollish thing, if you like.
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yaso, as I recall, payments to a group are distributed equally among group owners. With only one owner, that's trivial.
15:25 Phrynne would you really want a griefer with horns and attitude
15:25 Phrynne ?
15:25 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Troll food! ;)
15:25 RainyDayRecess :D
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen mmmm A troll version of Melinda.
15:26 RainyDayRecess I was thinking the same thing
15:26 Edmund Broek It could ask about the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.
15:26 Phrynne European or African?
15:26 Edmund Broek ba da bum
15:26 Agatha Macbeth Boing
15:27 Carl Metropolitan That was one of my trivia questions
15:27 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) catches another another falling night who mutters something about "pretty peril".
15:27 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Phrynne, that was my way of dealing with deep sorrow. I happen to LOVE goats.
15:27 Carl Metropolitan "What is the airspeed velocity of the unladen swallow?" The only correct answer was "African or European". If you got the wrong answer, I ejected you.
15:28 Carl Metropolitan I only did the Eject thing once. People misinterpreted it.
15:28 Phrynne makes a note to send Badass Fae all the goats she encounters.
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen About as good as the answer to: "Speak friend and enter".
15:29 Phrynne Mellon. :)
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen Ah. Yes. Elvish!
15:29 Agatha Macbeth Presley?
15:29 Edmund Broek Parsley.
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen Other questions?
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen Concerns? Conundrums?
15:31 Phrynne Cogitation?
15:31 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) it looks like i've missed the whole show
15:31 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i'll catch it in transcript
15:31 Carl Metropolitan We still have thirty minutes
15:32 Carl Metropolitan Though the entire audience except the front row has vanished for me since I went to put the troll out.
15:32 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i cannot see any benches
15:32 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i don't know what i am sitting on
15:32 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Guess I'll keep YOU around next time there are griefers, Carl.
15:32 Agatha Macbeth Sunday syndrome
15:32 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Thin air. They aren't working.
15:33 Noob (friendlynoob) Hello Mr Antilles!
15:33 Phrynne attempts to wave a wand to make the air thicker in places where people sit.
15:33 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) This coming Tuesday Night at 6 PM there will be a Gothic themed dance in the South End Sim. A notecard will be available later today so IM me if you want one. Otherwise the Notecard will be available in the sign notecard giver on the roof of the Pub in the Oxbridge Village and the Independent State of Caledon
15:33 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) wonders if he is the only one who sees everyone today...
15:34 Noob (friendlynoob) Phrynne is a purple jel person to me.
15:34 Holly (hollydeni) I see everyone
15:34 Carl Metropolitan We are only up 2000 meters. The air does not thin until 4096m
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen As far as I know, I'm seeing everyone.
15:34 Phrynne is wearing black and pastels.
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen But that reminds me.
15:34 Edmund Broek I am not seeing anyone I don't see.
15:34 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Yes, word, mee, too.
15:34 Phrynne I think I am seeing everyone
15:35 Badass Fae (larkylouz) kicks the extra commas out of that sentence.
15:35 Noob (friendlynoob) I'll up my graphics settings. If I crash, I'll BRB.
15:35 Phrynne Look for the Avatar Complexity setting
15:35 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I heard similar comments from others in the plaza earlier, hence my comment.
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Any other questions tonight?
15:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen With the new LL viewer avatar complexity, if you are wearing a mesh body, have your default body alphaed, and exceed a viewer's avatar complexity setting, they weill see only your nametag untill they click on that and select "render fully".
15:36 Carl Metropolitan Comments? Suggestions?
15:37 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) oh that just happened to me down below--someone said he couldnt see me
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen Desires?
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen (within reason)
15:37 Noob (friendlynoob) I installed Firestorm. It made itself the default viewer. How do I make SL viewer my default again?
15:37 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) maybe just use it again
15:37 Carl Metropolitan Are you using a windows machine?
15:38 Noob (friendlynoob) Unfortunately, yes.
15:39 Holly (hollydeni) gotta run early take care all....
15:39 Carl Metropolitan Bye Holly
15:39 Noob (friendlynoob) Blessed be, Holly.
15:39 RainyDayRecess TC Holly :)
15:39 Carl Metropolitan I think that you would go into Firestorm's Properties and change the default viewer setting there. Let me check.
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen Bye Holly
15:40 Noob (friendlynoob) Oh, Phrynne, that dress is beautiful. I'd love to see it in motion.
15:40 Noob (friendlynoob) Hi Ms Florian!
15:40 Samm Florian waves.
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Samm, Did you have anything to report?
15:40 Badass Fae (larkylouz) sees Samm and begins to chant, "I saw Samm in a dress! I saw Samm in a dress!"
15:40 Carl Metropolitan No. I am wrong. I'm sorry. Does anyone else know the answer.
15:41 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I'll look, Carl.
15:41 Samm Florian Well, I'm workin' on an application process fer folks who wanna teach classes.
15:41 Noob (friendlynoob) TYVM for trying, Mr Metrpolitan.
15:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen Most such things are settings in windows (default apps).
15:41 Carl Metropolitan I thought I knew, but I'm dumber than I thought.
15:42 Carl Metropolitan It might also be a setting in your web browser if you are launching by trying to click on SLURLs
15:42 Noob (friendlynoob) No no
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Has pics of samm in a dresre-install the sl viewers..
15:42 Phrynne I am on Mac, and I switch back and forth without problem.
15:42 Samm Florian owns lotsa dresses. :P
15:42 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) P
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Prefers to wear trees, Samm?
15:43 Badass Fae (larkylouz) sticks out her tongue back and goes looking for more mischief.
15:43 Samm Florian Trees?
15:43 Noob (friendlynoob) Phrynne I've had both running at once. It's just when I cilck a SLurl.
15:43 Wordsmith Jarvinen As in climbing.
15:43 Phrynne nods
15:44 Wordsmith Jarvinen Default most effects what occurs when one clicks on a particular file type. Win10 does have settings for that.
15:44 Samm Florian is confused.
15:44 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Yes, I switch between viewers and haven't had a problem. But I haven't found a good way to click SLurls without a viewer running. Or even with one, for that matter. I cut and paste them into the info window.
15:44 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Ms. Noob, You can add programs to the SLurl app though the launcher.
15:45 Noob (friendlynoob) sighs. "I think of tons of questions, and forget them at Q & A time."
15:45 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) I have three set up, though two viewers are out of date.
15:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen I generally get a dialog window with "select program" for slurls.
15:45 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Write the questions down...
15:45 Noob (friendlynoob) I'll figure it out, just was hoping someone knew offhand.
15:46 Samm Florian Ya can always ask on th'COUG group.
15:46 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Here's a page, albeit from 2011, which may help: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/Default-viewer-when-visiting-SLURLS/qaq-p/1229675
15:46 Samm Florian I mean, if ya have questions during th'week.
15:46 Noob (friendlynoob) Yes, I should write more things down, LOL.
15:47 Edmund Broek I'll write that down.
15:47 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Click on an slurl. When the launcher comes up, use select program button to add viewers.
15:47 Noob (friendlynoob) TY everyone for your help and suggestions. ㋡
15:47 Noob (friendlynoob) I don't get one, I think.
15:47 Carl Metropolitan Next question? Maybe one we can have a right answer for?
15:48 Noob (friendlynoob) Just "yes" and "do nothing". I use Chrome.
15:49 Noob (friendlynoob) I have a suggestion, and it just so happens that Ms Florian's idea works right in to it
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes?
15:50 Noob (friendlynoob) The avatar safety class should always be in sesssion, somewhere. Then we should petition LL to make sure new avis are sent there before they can go anywhere else.
15:51 Badass Fae (larkylouz) An excellent suggestion, Ms. Noob. I'm not sure it is workable, but excellent nevertheless
15:51 Noob (friendlynoob) I would even learn it better and teach it at n place a few times a week.
15:51 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Other beginner's areas have similar classes.
15:51 Carl Metropolitan What is the normal attendance at that class here?
15:51 Noob (friendlynoob) Badass, nothing is impossible.
15:51 Badass Fae (larkylouz) We could arrange to have it made into a repeating machinima, perhaps?
15:52 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I like your attitude, Ms. Noob.
15:52 Phrynne It's pretty busy - five to ten or more, I think
15:52 Noob (friendlynoob) Good though Ms Fae, but it would be best to have a live person there, for auestions and things.
15:52 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sim sometiems fills to capacity during that calss
15:52 Phrynne That's one of the classes that brings Oxbridge near to full, with people in the tutorial and elsewhere.
15:52 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) *class
15:53 Noob (friendlynoob) Ms Fae, right back atcha!
15:53 Carl Metropolitan Maybe we should have a second session each week? Wordsmith, do you think Lindal might be willing to do one? Or pass her notes to someone else to do a second session?
15:53 Noob (friendlynoob) So, obviously we need more. ;)
15:54 Noob (friendlynoob) I will attend for a few week woth the intention of learning how to teah it myself, if that's what it takes.
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen It varies, between 3-9 looking quickly.
15:55 Carl Metropolitan Hmm... Well, then we probably don't need another session.
15:55 Noob (friendlynoob) The noobs do.
15:55 Samm Florian It would be best t'have it in a contrastin' timeslot, mebbe in th'evening.
15:55 Phrynne perhaps later in the day, if there is one?
15:55 Badass Fae (larkylouz) We really should make a suggestion about that class in the entry blurb, if we don't already have one.
15:55 Phrynne it's not in that blurb, last I noticed
15:56 Samm Florian There's probly folks who WOULD come 'cept it's on Saturday and they don't log on then.
15:56 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Yeah, why log in to SL if you're not bored at work????
15:56 Noob (friendlynoob) They show up at all times of all days. Maybe COU could share the class materials and stuff with NCI, Helipng Haven and such places?
15:56 Carl Metropolitan Yes, good point. Never mind :)
15:56 Samm Florian Similarly, I'd like t'see a second Building class in th'mornings fer European folk, even though my buildin' class doesn't fill up.
15:57 Phrynne I recommend it several times a day, especially to people who don't know why they shouldn't use RL photos in their profiles.
15:57 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I've had lots of requests for building classes lately. It might be good to put an "experience required" bit on Sandie's class, as I've heard people refer to it as Advanced.
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Samm, just to be clear, you're not volunteering to teach that EU time building class?
15:58 Samm Florian Nope. :)
15:58 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) what time would that be?
15:58 Samm Florian I was speakin' as Assistant Dean, not as teacher.
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk That's what I thought.
15:58 Samm Florian I dunno, jes one of th'mornin' slots. 8am, 10am, 12 noon SLT.
15:59 Samm Florian I'd be happy t'help someone set up th'second class, though.
15:59 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i could teach such a class, as long as it isn't the most advanced hehe
15:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen So 10am would be a 7pm class EU time.
16:00 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i can be here at that time
16:00 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Well, EU has more than one time zone..
16:00 Samm Florian My class assumes VERY little experience. I start out by tellin' folks how t'open their build window.
16:00 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Give or take.
16:00 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) yes indeed sam
16:00 Carl Metropolitan Why should people not use RL photos in their profile, if they want to?
16:00 Samm Florian We should talk, Rowan. :)
16:00 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) okay Samm
16:01 Phrynne Because most of the ones I've seen make them look underage, whether they are or not.
16:01 Badass Fae (larkylouz) If they're middle aged and of sound mind, I haven't a problem with RL photos. If they're a high school kid, not so much. It is a safety issue.
16:01 Phrynne Or they're half naked. Or sometimes both
16:01 Noob (friendlynoob) I'd do one Samm, and I wouldn't have to do it here. You can teach me in no time.
16:01 Carl Metropolitan Oh.
16:01 Carl Metropolitan That makes sense.
16:01 Carl Metropolitan I guess I don't see many of those.
16:01 Carl Metropolitan I had the idea people were putting a normal photo in the first lives tab or something.
16:02 Noob (friendlynoob) You should really only do that if you run a business.
16:02 Phrynne Some men have their photos in-- but they are generally not the kind of thing that would be bait for scammers.
16:02 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I don't know that there are a lot of them. They just make me scared when I see some of them, as it is usually young girls, or boys trying to look tough. I had a hard time with the kid flashing gang signs...
16:02 Samm Florian Th'thing about teachin' is ya hafta know MORE'n the material yer plannin' to cover, in case there's questions.
16:03 Noob (friendlynoob) That's right!
16:03 Phrynne A few do that in the First Lives tab -- but I'm generally talking about the profile photo that is the first thing you see.
16:04 Noob (friendlynoob) me tries to remember if she put up a profile pic.
16:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen BTW, Samm has a nice setup for her building class. rotates the floor, sets out stools, ....
16:04 Phrynne Use your cat's photo, just not your own.
16:04 RainyDayRecess :D
16:04 Noob (friendlynoob) Yes, I've been a few times there. Lovely build.
16:04 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) No, Ms. Noob. You didn't
16:05 Noob (friendlynoob) Nosy!
16:05 Noob (friendlynoob) hehe
16:05 Carl Metropolitan I use my dog's photo
16:05 Carl Metropolitan But i have my RL name and email.
16:05 Noob (friendlynoob) When my avi looks better, I'll use a photo of that.
16:06 Samm Florian I've gotta picture of my grownup avi fer my RL photo.
16:06 Noob (friendlynoob) You're quite bold, M Metropolitan!
16:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, the hour's up. Let's adjourn, but you don't have to run off.
16:06 RainyDayRecess Thank you Deans :D
16:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you all for coming and participating.
16:07 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Thank you for coming, one and all. Sleep well, Elfbiter.
16:07 Noob (friendlynoob) TYVM for this session, deans and assistants. ㋡
16:07 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) BEdtime for me :-)
16:07 RainyDayRecess 'NIght Elf :)
16:07 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Be seeing you
16:07 Phrynne g'night Mr.Elfbiter
16:07 Noob (friendlynoob) Reast well.
16:07 Thunder (jeffrey0thunderstone) Night, Elf.
16:07 Noob (friendlynoob) rest*