Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-08-14

15:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to the Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. That's for coming, it would be downright lonely as well as silly looking for us to be up here with none of you.
15:03 Gronk Seriman Good evening, everubody!
15:03 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) ^-^
15:03 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) salvete omnes
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Our various roles etc are listed at: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/admin.php
15:04 Agatha Macbeth With fries
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Plain or garlic?
15:04 Phrynne smoked paprika
15:04 Agatha Macbeth European or African?
15:04 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) ~
15:04 Harper Lee (harpermorganlee) hello.
15:04 Brace Coral yall making me hungry :)
15:04 Harper Lee (harpermorganlee) waves
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hi, Harper, Welcome.
15:05 Brace Coral that empty chair is making me nervous though....
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any of the deans on a time constraint?
15:05 Lindal Kidd it's for Jorge
15:05 Phrynne does not see Clint Eastwood anywhere
15:05 lovejoy2199 LOL...LOL
15:05 Jorge Serapis I'm good here, ta.
15:05 Brace Coral Jorge gitcho....
15:05 Brace Coral lol
15:06 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) not a constraint... just... well... you know... late
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk Tasha, then let's start with you.
15:06 Brace Coral oh nooez my avatar is having fits
15:06 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we continue to meet a lot of new people and help them
15:07 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) it is nice, however, to report how our efforts are appreciated
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any noticeable patterns?
15:07 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) a new girl IMed me to say she was leaving SL, but only because she wanted to meet people in RL
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen In avatars, languages, or needs?
15:08 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) she was very apperciaitve of the welcoem she got at Oxbridge
15:08 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) numbers might be down, but I have no real data to support that
15:09 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) the usual mix of languages, predominately English
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Marion's weekly data on first day and first week avatars is down a bit.
15:09 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) ok
15:09 Lindal Kidd overall concurrency seems to be slipping a bit too...no hard data on that, just my impression.
15:09 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) big thank you to all the tutors and helpers who hang out in the Plaza
15:09 Phrynne It is mid-August -- not everyone takes SL on vacation.
15:10 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
15:10 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) usually can't get a 'net connection on holiday... but that si me and where I take my holidays
15:10 Brace Coral plenty of seats up front :)
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen And some schools are already starting.
15:10 Brace Coral Welcome!
15:10 Gronk Seriman Schools my area are already back in session. It's still August, people! Geez!
15:11 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) nods shocking
15:11 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) I think that covers it
15:11 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) and hot
15:11 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) out
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen That too.
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne?
15:12 Phrynne I have been working on the Advent Calendar gifts -- we could still use one or two if anyone has something they'd like to give to the world in December.
15:12 Phrynne Also starting to think of fall foliage and what to change and where to put it.
15:12 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) will... just finding time
15:13 Phrynne And I was working with Jorge on the translation project, which he should speak about rather than me.
15:13 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) sighs... fall already... will need to find shoes again
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen And, ideas for useful or desired things, particularly one's not wildly complicated can also be helpful.
15:13 Phrynne yes -- for the gifts, very much so.
15:13 dartfelddragoon free scripts :p
15:14 dartfelddragoon just kidding
15:14 Phrynne The gifts tend to be things that are useful or fun, not scripts, sorry
15:14 sherpaadventurer I like the fun ones
15:14 Jorge Serapis But a good suggestion for a future gift session.
15:15 dartfelddragoon also I heard a rumor that you can take L$ and turn it into real life cash?
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Example of many scripts are out there, so often a application/goal is needed in any case.
15:16 Lindal Kidd that's no rumor, Dartfeld.
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen With a verified paypal account you can sell $L on the LindEx, just as you can buy them.
15:17 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) it's easy to turn lindens into Confederate dollars just not modern ones
15:17 Lindal Kidd throws a pillow at Rowan!
15:17 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) just kidding
15:17 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Please don't confuse the newcomers :-)
15:18 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) oh i could use a pillow! thanks!
15:18 dartfelddragoon even free dollars on here?
15:18 Phrynne Could we save the general questions until after the reports, please?
15:18 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) nods
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen A $L is a $L, but you need around 250 $L to make $1 (USD) and there is an exchange fee.
15:19 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) WB, Brace
15:19 Agatha Macbeth WB Bracie
15:19 Brace Coral ty. sorry yall
15:19 Brace Coral having connection issues today
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Lindal and Jorge, what's the logical order for you two?
15:20 Jorge Serapis I'd say ladies first.
15:20 Lindal Kidd heh
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen Lindal, Make it so.
15:20 Lindal Kidd well, all right
15:20 Lindal Kidd first, my report
15:20 Lindal Kidd I have now completed the update of the Introduction, Avatar Movement, and Camera Control sections of the Tutorial
15:21 Lindal Kidd new posters are in the Shared With Deans folder on Google Drive
15:21 Lindal Kidd and the posters in the halls are updated
15:21 Lindal Kidd I have not used any of the new "language enabled" poster kiosks
15:22 Lindal Kidd I'm working on a design for a kiosk with instructions on how to use those
15:22 Wordsmith Jarvinen (kiosks in the back of this room)
15:22 Lindal Kidd is there a consensus on which type we want to use? Button pushing, or autosensing?
15:22 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) hi carl
15:22 Carl Metropolitan Hello
15:22 Brace Coral Hola Carl :)
15:23 Carl Metropolitan I am late. My apologies
15:23 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) hey Carl
15:23 Carl Metropolitan Is the extra chair for me?
15:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen Have the empty seat!
15:23 Phrynne hi Carl
15:23 Agatha Macbeth G'day Mr Carl
15:23 Lindal Kidd I'm about halfway done with the update of the College of Communications, too
15:23 Carl Metropolitan I will now shut up and let the people here continue
15:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any particular nature to the updates, Lindal?
15:23 Lindal Kidd (knew that extra chair would come in handy)
15:24 Lindal Kidd well, a minor change is that I'm removing the background with the Caledon Flag and using the one with the Oxbridge seal
15:24 Lindal Kidd I'm adding information on alternate ways of doing things
15:24 Carl Metropolitan That's a good idea.
15:24 Lindal Kidd keyboard shortcuts, menus, as well as the toolbar buttons
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Good.
15:25 Lindal Kidd I've added a couple of new posters that Ravelli or others have suggested
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen So more than just coming into line with SL and viewer changes.
15:25 Lindal Kidd yes...Ravelli has already caught quite a few of those
15:26 Lindal Kidd one big change is that we will need to add information on the new Avatar Complexity settings
15:26 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) nods
15:26 Lindal Kidd that is driving me nuts! I keep getting notices that someone out there sees me as a jelly doll
15:26 Brace Coral GAH!!
15:26 Agatha Macbeth Not me
15:26 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) heheh i want to say so? deal with it
15:26 Brace Coral and me in my fancy trousers for nothing
15:26 Brace Coral lol
15:26 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) I would suggest before the Tutorial, in the Orientation, with pictures
15:27 Agatha Macbeth I haven't seen *one* yet
15:27 Lindal Kidd and simply wearing an old classic look will not save you....the jewelry I wore here put me over 300,000
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen One feature that Miss Gronk has indirectly brought to my attention is that a mesh avatar may be invisible except for nametag, rather than being a jellydoll.
15:27 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) has a pic of herself from Quantum
15:27 Brace Coral :\
15:27 Lindal Kidd is THAT why some new people have been invisible lately!?
15:27 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) ah hehe discrmination
15:27 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) must be
15:28 Lindal Kidd wow
15:28 Brace Coral well dang
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen When Gronk is a dragon I have to right click on her nametab and select render fully, then she pops into visibility.
15:28 Harper Lee (harpermorganlee) I was in a very simple avitar and the SL viewer said I was pover the limit
15:28 Harper Lee (harpermorganlee) Up over
15:28 Brace Coral am I visible?
15:29 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) the SL limits are really low
15:29 Agatha Macbeth TO me yes
15:29 Phrynne yes, Brace
15:29 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) How could you be invisible?
15:29 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i see you fine
15:29 Lindal Kidd yes...it's annoying, but now we are finding out why so many places are so laggy! It's...US!
15:29 Harper Lee (harpermorganlee) I see you
15:29 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) based on technology and AV stuff from 10 years ago
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen And to me. (I'm set at about 160kJ)
15:29 Gronk Seriman Another complication is that your complexity viewing level rises he higher you set your own general graphics settings. So there is no hard number to stay under.
15:29 dartfelddragoon I see you
15:29 Brace Coral ty phewss bc that's ALL that matters
15:29 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) elf is often invisible to me
15:29 Brace Coral lol
15:29 Brace Coral ok something new for me to learn
15:30 Brace Coral sign me up for that class
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen And that's without 3 layers of skirts on him, Rowan.
15:30 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) giggles
15:30 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) :-P :-)
15:30 Lindal Kidd but back to Carl's original question...
15:30 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) hehe
15:30 Lindal Kidd Jorge, I suggest that once you have the translated posters, you put them up in the Shared With Deans folder
15:31 Lindal Kidd I'll D/L them and put 'em into Language Kiosks
15:31 Jorge Serapis Thank you, Lindal, but I've been sending them to Word and Carl to dispense as needed, and to Phrynne for proofreading.
15:32 Carl Metropolitan I would honestly say, don't worry about the Jello Dolls feature. If people don't want to see your avatar in detail, they have had the tools to do that for ages via scripts, avatar imposters, and derendering.
15:32 Lindal Kidd OK...but they should get into the shared folder after review/approval then
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Lindal, to veer back onto track, did you have more prior to Jorge talking?
15:32 Lindal Kidd nope
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Jorge?
15:33 Jorge Serapis The Translation Project is one I suggested which was taken seriously. The idea is to provide kiosks to allow languages other than English to be viewed in the tutorial.
15:33 Jorge Serapis Lindal finally was able to send me the textures, and I've finished the entry hall's Spanish versions.
15:34 Brace Coral Good job!!! XD
15:34 Carl Metropolitan They look great.
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen They do.
15:34 Jorge Serapis As I've said, Word and Carl have received them in psd, png and psp formats to dispense as needed, and Phrynnefor proofreading.
15:34 Jorge Serapis Miss Stereo Nacht has graciously consented to provide French translations...
15:34 Brace Coral Yay!
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen Nice.
15:35 Jorge Serapis .. and I'm waiting to hear on my RL connections for the portugese versions.
15:35 Lindal Kidd ooh, so we will need a French button on the kiosks!
15:35 Jorge Serapis If I recall correctly, Ravelli made a kiosk with three buttons on them.
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, that may be a swing point between buttons and sensors.
15:36 Jorge Serapis So, the default language would be English, with Spanish, Frnch and Portugese buttons if that is the format that is chosen.
15:36 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) and revert to default after a time?
15:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen One can, in mesh, do a button as a separate material, but each individual mesh piece is limited to 8 materials.
15:37 Jorge Serapis Ravelli made mention that the texture would default to English after x amount of time in a different language.
15:37 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) ok, good
15:38 Lindal Kidd y'all should try out the kiosks in the back and send us your comments!
15:38 Jorge Serapis So, TL;DR- Intro hall done in Spanish, working on 2.0 this week. Further translations as they come in.
15:38 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) where?
15:38 Carl Metropolitan Did anyone mention that Jorge is now Assistant Dean of Information for Translation? Was that covered while I was busy being late?
15:38 Brace Coral he aint wanna sit up heeer wif us
15:39 Gronk Seriman Congratulations!
15:39 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Just that Jorge is magnificent...
15:39 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) congrats, Jorge
15:39 Brace Coral sniffles
15:39 Lindal Kidd applauds!
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen It wasn't and should be.
15:39 Brace Coral Huzzah for Jorge!
15:39 Brace Coral ;)
15:39 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) congratts jorge
15:39 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
15:39 Phrynne cheers for Jorge
15:39 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) hi Diego, welcome
15:39 Jorge Serapis It was mentioned in COU group messages, but thank you. That should quiet some people's legal reservations.
15:39 sherpaadventurer applauds Jorge
15:39 Brace Coral gonna make you a fancy chair too maybe one day lol
15:39 Carl Metropolitan Sitting up here, while welcome, is not required :)
15:40 Brace Coral I knowww but I wanted to getta cool pic :D
15:40 Jorge Serapis So Endeth the Reporteth.
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Carl?
15:42 Carl Metropolitan I have nothing important to say today.
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Brace?
15:42 Brace Coral Not much here either. However
15:43 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything of multi-agency coordination?
15:43 Brace Coral fun exercise! Please feel free to toss some Lindens into the Gold Coin anytime/on your way out :)
15:43 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Brace Coral gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:43 Lindal Kidd ooh, we have thunder in RL here...if I vanish, that's why.
15:43 Object If you sit on this block and all you see in sky, you need to select "Disable Camera Constraints" in the Advanced Menu of your Viewer. Îf you don't see an Advanced menu, press Control-Alt-D.
15:43 Brace Coral yikes!
15:44 Brace Coral also Go Teams! for those caught up in the Games :)
15:44 Jorge Serapis On an aside, if I may.. Lindal.. if you DO change any English tutorial textures, please let Word, Carl, Phrynne and myself know so I know which version is the current one to translate kthanxbai.
15:44 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) hi Adreana, welcome
15:44 AdreanaMaccabelli hi
15:44 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) raises hand for a announcement when it is time.
15:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen Go ahead, Andrea.
15:45 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) There will be a 50s themed dance this Tuesday night (16th) at 6PM. Of course come as you are we don't stick heavily to the theme. I can send a notecad to anyone that needs it. there is a notice inthe ISC and Caledonian NIghts group, and a Notecard giver on top of the roof of the Pub in the village.
15:46 Lindal Kidd Going back to Jorge's last remark...If you downloaded the Introduction and Movement folders last week, re-download them. There have been changes.
15:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen The music tends to go with the theme, but the avatars are as they wish or make themselves be.
15:46 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) also has an announcement
15:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen Tasha?
15:47 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) my offer to take a free profile for any new people is still there, IM me if you want one
15:47 Carl Metropolitan Can you coordinate to with Jorge to make sure he's using the seal instead of the flag for consistency's sake across translations?
15:47 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) free profile picture
15:47 Brace Coral yayyy Tasha!
15:47 Jorge Serapis *has already made a mental note to use seal background texture*
15:48 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) rises hand.
15:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea?
15:48 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I heard that the linden has been devalued due to Linden Labs providing a fee to allow estate sims to be grandfathered into the earlier cheaper tiers. Land owners have been cashing in the lindens to gian this cheaper rate. Has anybody heard form Des as to wheather or not his has hurt Caledon? and does that make the Linden cheaper to buy? I hear the offer stops in October and that should stabilize the Linden.
15:49 Carl Metropolitan This has not affected Caledon according to Desmond.
15:49 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) ty
15:49 Carl Metropolitan He has a built in cushion to protect against Acts of Linden
15:50 Agatha Macbeth Good job
15:50 Carl Metropolitan Which is one reason that land rentals in Caledon are more expensive than in cut-rate rental sims.
15:50 Lindal Kidd the $L has become slightly cheaper...now around 267 per $1 US, vs 250. It's not clear that the grandfathered private estate rate is responsible. But in any case, I would not say it's serious. A few years back, we were at around 270:1
15:50 Carl Metropolitan It is a trade off for stablity.
15:50 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) do they come under Acts of God?
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen He'd looked at and analyzed possibilities for both Caledon and others, btw.
15:51 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) How is the patorn program coming? Are the gaps filled?
15:51 Carl Metropolitan Not yet.
15:51 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Patron
15:51 Carl Metropolitan I have more work to do on it.
15:51 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) ok thanks
15:51 Carl Metropolitan I am very bad at asking people for money.
15:52 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Lindal Kidd gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:52 Brace Coral train me on who and how
15:52 Brace Coral I'm great at asking people for monies :)
15:53 Gronk Seriman Ha!
15:53 Wordsmith Jarvinen On that matter, I've completely brought paid out instructor stipends up to date through last night. That leaves us with 304k $L,
15:53 Lindal Kidd flings cash at the Donation coin!
15:53 Lindal Kidd see how easy that was, Carl?
15:53 Carl Metropolitan I will.
15:53 Brace Coral see Gold Coin. Pay Gold Coin.
15:53 Brace Coral lol
15:54 Carl Metropolitan Brace Skype me this week on it please.
15:54 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) smiles
15:54 Brace Coral Yessir! will do :)
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Quarter tier comes up next the beginning of October and runs about 75k $L.
15:54 Brace Coral kicks her Skype into submission
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oooh. Dom!
15:55 Brace Coral we havent been seeing eye to eye as of late
15:55 Brace Coral swift kick does wonders :)
15:55 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Agatha Macbeth gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:55 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
15:56 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Brian (mannadrop) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any other questions?
15:57 Brace Coral seeing that coin GLOW and SPIN always makes my day :)
15:57 Lindal Kidd Dartfeld, did you get my IM about selling $L?
15:57 dartfelddragoon yes
15:57 Lindal Kidd great!
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Suggestion? Confusions?
15:58 Brace Coral gossip?
15:58 Brian (mannadrop) slight contusion, but I am okay though
15:59 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) slips out.. midnight and going camping tomorrow
15:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen I did pick up off the scholars chat a desire for a preferences class and applier class.
15:59 Agatha Macbeth Camp well
15:59 Phrynne have fun, Tasha!
15:59 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) see you all soon
15:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Be camp!
15:59 Carl Metropolitan Goodnight Tasha
15:59 Brace Coral sweet dreams Tasha :)
15:59 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Gronk Seriman gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
16:00 Brace Coral OMG NEVER SEEN FLAMES BEFORE!!
16:00 Lindal Kidd Preferences...that would be a good one. Firestorm has one for their viewer, so it would only have to be for the LL viewer
16:00 Brace Coral YAAAAaaAaAAaYYYy
16:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Right.
16:00 Brace Coral ❇.¸¸.✯ Ғаiɳʈѕ Ɗгаɱаʈiᴄаllƴ ✯´¯`❇
16:00 Brace Coral ( º O º )
16:00 Carl Metropolitan Thank you Gronk.
16:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which is what most newbies enter with.
16:00 Carl Metropolitan For making the coin glow.
16:00 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
16:01 Gronk Seriman You're welcome!
16:01 Brace Coral Huggies!
16:01 Gronk Seriman smiles and hugs
16:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Hearing no further questions, let's adjourn.
16:02 Lindal Kidd /dclap
16:02 Brace Coral I love having new experiences in SL!
16:02 Lindal Kidd ♥+*`*♥. APPLAUSE!!!!!.♥*`*+♥
16:02 Lindal Kidd ♥+*`*♥. APPLAUSE!!!!!.♥*`*+♥
16:02 Lindal Kidd ♥+*`*♥. APPLAUSE!!!!!.♥*`*+♥
16:02 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I really have to try to get some sleep
16:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Singed knickers?
16:02 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
16:02 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Emphasis on "try"...
16:02 Gronk Seriman Thank you, Deans and Chancellors!
16:02 Brace Coral lolol tragically been there done that
16:02 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) night eb
16:03 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Be seeing you
16:03 Brace Coral anyone for picture?
16:03 Carl Metropolitan Goodnight
16:03 Brace Coral don't want to forget
16:03 Agatha Macbeth Forget what?
16:03 Brace Coral come stand next to me for a group pic!
16:03 Lindal Kidd I forgot!