Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A for 2021-11-21
| 15:02 | Larky (larkylouz) | `And with the bell ringing, we're off. Welcome to another edition of the Caledon Oxbridge General Q&A. We'll start with announcements and move to questions on any SL-related topic that stumps. If no answers are immediately forthcoming, I'll research it after the meeting and get back to you. |
| 15:03 | Larky (larkylouz) | For myself, I've been spending a lot of time dealing with some glitches in the Faculty Kit. It seems to be good now. And today I added quite a few blog posts (from SL/metaverse bloggers) to the Notion page. |
| 15:04 | Larky (larkylouz) | https://caledonoxbridge.notion.site/Second-Life-Resources-for-COU-Staff-e4afd11e4c0447158f8989cc4c083b96 |
| 15:04 | Larky (larkylouz) | *That's* the Notion page. |
| 15:04 | Larky (larkylouz) | Andrea, you're up |
| 15:04 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh, hi everyone. We will be having our bi-weekly event at 4. It is at the belly dance pavilion but is an Arabian-themed event so dress as you will or accordingly. So maybe more princess jasmine, maybe. Dj Shasha DJing |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I hope to see you there. I added waterfalls and there will be a random gift-giver with winter Christmas items, so come on over and have some fun with us! I can send you the LM if you need it. IM me please. SL is hard for me right now back to you Larky |
| 15:07 | Larky (larkylouz) | Elfbiter? |
| 15:07 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Still hosting Writers' Meeting in Thursdays 11:00 aM SLT |
| 15:08 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Lots of talking and sometimes quirky attendees |
| 15:08 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | In nearby chat |
| 15:10 | Larky (larkylouz) | Oh, and there's a one-time event that Word has been promoting. Oxbridge seminar on EU's ChatControl mandate. Mon 22 Nov 11am. I have a notecard. IM me if you're interested. |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | MGB still has his radio drama hour on Mondays at 7:30 |
| 15:11 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi Ember |
| 15:12 | Larky (larkylouz) | Welcome Mr Enbie and anyone else I missed. Hi Ember. Welcome |
| 15:12 | Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) waves to Ember | |
| 15:12 | Ember (emberell) waves | |
| 15:12 | Triode Enbie (cyberguy1024) | Greetings, all |
| 15:12 | Larky (larkylouz) | Ember, do you have announcements? |
| 15:13 | Ember (emberell) | Besides those for the fundraiser after the Q&A, none at the moment |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) | Okay, thank you. |
| 15:13 | Larky (larkylouz) looks at Andrea. Didn't mean to cut you off. Are you finished with your announcements? | |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh yes I was. just a side note |
| 15:14 | Larky (larkylouz) | kk |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i interjected on you. apologies |
| 15:15 | Larky (larkylouz) | no worries. I was likely guilty of the same. Idea pops into head > fingers automatically type. ;^( |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yes |
| 15:15 | Larky (larkylouz) | Any announcements from anyone else? |
| 15:16 | Larky (larkylouz) | Okay, we're open for questions. Please start with the easy ones, move on to the real puzzlers and save the sublime for lulls. |
| 15:16 | Larky (larkylouz) | <grin> |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | puns puns anyone? |
| 15:17 | Larky (larkylouz) | Don't those belong under sublime? |
| 15:17 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | No obscurantism, please :-) |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | shrugs |
| 15:17 | Larky (larkylouz) | LOL |
| 15:17 | lovejoy2199 | Anyone planning on having a 'snow fort' this winter? |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ? |
| 15:18 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | ? |
| 15:18 | lovejoy2199 | Over by the rezz circle. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Please explain |
| 15:18 | Larky (larkylouz) | Okay, here's a topic. Have you read about Mark Zuckerberg's plans to create his own, immersive metaverse? What do you think of it? It's getting a lot of press these days. |
| 15:18 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi Bird. Welcome |
| 15:18 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hype |
| 15:18 | lovejoy2199 | We have had them before. |
| 15:18 | Adinour | Does one merely ask a question, or is there a way to telegraph intent? |
| 15:18 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Had not read about it. |
| 15:19 | Larky (larkylouz) | Indeed, Elf. |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | If you mean the area behind us on the ground level Mr. Lovejoy, we no longer rent that space |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | however. |
| 15:19 | Larky (larkylouz) | No, just go ahead and type your question. We're not formal here. |
| 15:19 | lovejoy2199 | No. Over by the train station. |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | if it is something you would like to help head up. I can help you with land and prims in the village |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ah |
| 15:19 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | excuse me then |
| 15:20 | Adinour | Ah thank you. Is Caledon in some sort of competition with other newbie-friendly sites? |
| 15:20 | Bird (hummingbath) | :) |
| 15:21 | Ember (emberell) | There is no competition between Caledon and other newcomer sims that I am aware of. We occasionally direct students to those that may express interest in those learning facilities. |
| 15:21 | Larky (larkylouz) | And people from other places sometimes bring people here. |
| 15:21 | Adinour | I've been to quite a lot of newbie sites the last couple of weeks. This is the only place I've ever seen hostility towards myself for accidentally wearing the tag of another place. |
| 15:22 | Harperlass | wow |
| 15:22 | Larky (larkylouz) | Please IM Ember or I about that incident, Adinour. We do not condone that sort of behavior. |
| 15:22 | Gronk Seriman | Hostility? |
| 15:22 | Adinour | I thought perhaps I broke a rule. |
| 15:22 | Ember (emberell) | We take some care to ask people not to wear tags that may be mis-associated with staff of Caledon here, or adult tags. Otherwise, please do inform us if someone is causing you trouble over a tag. |
| 15:22 | Ember (emberell) | Harassment at Oxbridge is something staff need to be informed of. |
| 15:23 | Harperlass | I'm sorry to hear that, I've never had that experience here. |
| 15:23 | Larky (larkylouz) | Not at all. I *have* run into hostility in other places on occasion if I had on a tag that wasn't theirs, but we don't do that or condone it. |
| 15:23 | Soup Jonson | Yes when I visit the London newbie place I have to take my Ask me a question tag off or they remind me. |
| 15:23 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | I am new here so have not seen or read rules yet. |
| 15:23 | Adinour | When I removed the tag I was still vilified. so I took my leave and thought perhaps I had stumbled in on some infighting |
| 15:24 | Ember (emberell) | When that happens, please do inform us. None of the people at Oxbridge should be giving you a hard time. We encourage people to explore SL - it's one of the main ways to learn what's here, after all. |
| 15:24 | Soup Jonson | I wonder if it was even a tutor that you came across Adinour please do IM Ember. |
| 15:24 | Larky (larkylouz) | I have a Behavior at COU notecard I can give to anyone who IMs me. |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Wondering who it might have been |
| 15:24 | Adinour | Being politely asked to remove a tag is one thing... |
| 15:24 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | We might ask to remove tags of certain kind of adult places but that's about it. |
| 15:24 | Ember (emberell) | Yes, exactly. That kind of behavior is not acceptable at Oxbridge. Even in the case of people who need to change their tags (Explict/otherwise) it's not ok for staff to abuse people for just having a tag. |
| 15:24 | Harperlass | < Puts on another place tag just to be contrary...lots of us here have other places we are involved with |
| 15:25 | Adinour | I tried to assuage the situation by saying perhaps if we worked together it might be better for all. My interpretation of human nature was questioned. |
| 15:25 | Bird (hummingbath) | I was there. I don't think that "hostility" is a correct characterization. |
| 15:25 | Adinour | I wanted to come here and ask if I had commuted some offense. |
| 15:26 | Larky (larkylouz) | Without more information, I can't say, but nothing you've said leads me to believe you were out of line. Especially if you just hand on a tag from another help area. |
| 15:26 | Bird (hummingbath) | There was a discussion of whether and in what senses Oxbridge "competes" with other sites. No hostility to Mr Adinour was expressed. |
| 15:27 | Ember (emberell) | Exactly as Larky said. If you encounter that again, please inform them that that is not acceptable behavior at Oxbridge, and tell one of the staff, or me. |
| 15:27 | Larky (larkylouz) | At ANY TIME, if ANYONE feels they have been mistreated here, please talk to Ember about it. Or me or another Dean staff. |
| 15:27 | Adinour | Thank you , I have been worried that I was at fault and in some sort of Kafkaesque way didn't know what I had done. |
| 15:27 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Competes in what manner please? |
| 15:27 | Bird (hummingbath) | Competes to attract and serve newbies. |
| 15:27 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | I can say that I landed here randomly and everyone was very friendly to me, at most places that does not happen. |
| 15:27 | Ember (emberell) nods. | |
| 15:28 | Larky (larkylouz) | Nice to hear, Shay. :^) |
| 15:28 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have ejected my share of rude people. |
| 15:28 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | ☻ |
| 15:28 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | That is very rare, fortunately. |
| 15:28 | Ember (emberell) | The newcomer areas in SL offer different takes and different experiences to meet Student needs. some provide more, or less, or in other ways than others. Some people legitimately learn better in one environment or another. |
| 15:28 | Larky (larkylouz) | Yes, and even then, rude people have to be pretty over the top to earn an ejection. We don't do it lightly. |
| 15:28 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you for your donation, Lyban. |
| 15:29 | Adinour | I'm afraid huminbird you were not privy to IMs |
| 15:29 | Larky (larkylouz) | And we regularly direct people who don't feel comfortable in English to other help areas, when we know of them. |
| 15:30 | Bird (hummingbath) | True. I only saw the local chat. |
| 15:30 | Larky (larkylouz) | Adinour, I encourage you and Bird to talk to Ember. If there is no more discussion, shall we move on? |
| 15:30 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I also give links to language-related groups if there is not language-specific areas |
| 15:30 | Adinour | I'm simply asking to clear my conscience so I can take my leave and not feel I am running away from fixing something first. |
| 15:30 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you for your donation, Badger. |
| 15:31 | Adinour | As you wish...thank you. |
| 15:31 | Larky (larkylouz) | yes. We have an extensive, ever-growing collection of notecards and landmarks to assist people who don't speak fluent English. |
| 15:31 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I do suggest you visit again. Your experience isn't the norm. |
| 15:32 | Larky (larkylouz) | Yes. Thank you, Andrea. |
| 15:33 | Lia (tokyorii) | Apologies |
| 15:33 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Most welcome |
| 15:33 | Larky (larkylouz) | I will say that the Firestorm sim (and possibly others) have visitors funneled directly to them, while we do not. So that competition exists. However, FS is not hostile to Oxbridge, so far as I know, and I volunteer both places. |
| 15:33 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi LIa, welcome |
| 15:34 | Lia (tokyorii) | Hello hello. |
| 15:34 | Ember (emberell) | To be honest, the newcomer help places in SL are often there to help people get settled in their second lives - which may end up there, or other places. It would be counterintuitive to start people off feeling unwelcome in exploring all the places that offer the basics. |
| 15:35 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Agreed Amber |
| 15:35 | Larky (larkylouz) | Or the freedom to visit all their freebie stores! <EG> |
| 15:36 | Ember (emberell) | Oh, I have an odd question. Is there a visual representation of what 1 L$ looks like? |
| 15:36 | Gronk Seriman | A little history...Oxbridge WAS an officially recognized place. SL dumped new people many years ago. When that program ended, Oxbridge refused to wither or go away. So we're still here. |
| 15:36 | Larky (larkylouz) | I think Kamilah used to have a Caledon coin. Aside from the various birthday plaques and all. |
| 15:37 | Soup Jonson | I think all tutors risk the chance of loving the police part a bit to much. So a spirited conversation like this is always a good one to see. I say this as someone that is a concerned donator and friend of Oxbridge. |
| 15:37 | Soup Jonson | A linden crypto coin would be cool Ember. |
| 15:37 | Soup Jonson | lol |
| 15:37 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Old money trees had L$ bills as least |
| 15:37 | Ember (emberell) | Yes. It's important that tutor and help staff keep in mind they are here to help first. So we try to work hard to make sure we're always bettering and improving ourselves. |
| 15:38 | Soup Jonson applauds Dean Ember | |
| 15:38 | lovejoy2199 | Crypto mining of Linden coins? lol |
| 15:38 | Ember (emberell) | To that end I do encourage people to come to me, larky, Word... anyone, if they feel there's an issue. We catch each other and keep each other honest so to speak :-) |
| 15:38 | Ember (emberell) | Buy L#coin now... |
| 15:39 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Nobody would help me when I first joined so I spent many years finding new people and helping them get started, it was fun. Will definitely direct people here. |
| 15:39 | Arton Tripsa applauds Dean Ember & Soup | |
| 15:39 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh and there is a mailbox in the main lecture hall. you can drop a notecard in it to get to the deans |
| 15:39 | Triode Enbie (cyberguy1024) | I wonder if there is more intolerance in "greater" Caledon -- the lands outside Oxbridge, If Oxbridge provides the entry point, perhaps newcomers are conflating Oxbridge with the totality of Caledon. |
| 15:39 | Ember (emberell) | That goes to all of us, too, if you're ever concerned about a report being misfiled. |
| 15:39 | Larky (larkylouz) | Yes, and Word will definitely support staff, but he's also more than willing to call me on the carpet, too, if he doesn't like something I've done. |
| 15:40 | Phrynne | Re coins, Kamilah creates unique Caledon pound coins each anniversary. |
| 15:40 | Phrynne | or at least the major ones. |
| 15:40 | Ember (emberell) | In my experience, Caledon as a whole is quite friendly and accommodating to newcomers. Though I don't often have my ear to the ground on the ISC |
| 15:40 | Ember (emberell) | IT's the best way to see Caledon grow, really, by keeping new folk coming in and happy. |
| 15:41 | Triode Enbie (cyberguy1024) | Hear, hear Ember! |
| 15:41 | Harperlass | I'm on ISC chat frequently and haven't seen any unfriendliness |
| 15:41 | Ember (emberell) | Don't confuse mad scientist-ese for unfriendliness ;-) |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Well, there have been some mad scientists in ISC :-) |
| 15:42 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | mad, we are not mad, we have the spark |
| 15:42 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | we can't type, but not mad |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I leave that to Wulfenbach :-) |
| 15:42 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ah the baron |
| 15:43 | Triode Enbie (cyberguy1024) | Check out my lab building in Kittiwickshire! Muh-ha-ha=HAH! |
| 15:43 | Ember (emberell) | ... Now I want a house I can build with a self destruct code... |
| 15:43 | Ember (emberell) begins plotting. | |
| 15:43 | Harperlass | I have a society for that Ember |
| 15:43 | Kara2016 | giggles. |
| 15:43 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hmm Zen could write you a script to turn it physical and unlink |
| 15:43 | Harperlass | we need to restart meetings though |
| 15:44 | Soup Jonson | I love meetings! |
| 15:44 | Soup Jonson | Count me in Harper |
| 15:45 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yeah but hide your good couches |
| 15:45 | Soup Jonson | What is the origin of the space ship in Stormhold or whom should I ask? |
| 15:45 | Arton Tripsa | ah good question |
| 15:45 | Soup Jonson | rocket whatever it is |
| 15:46 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you so much for your donation, Shay! |
| 15:47 | Ember (emberell) | Soup, if you right click the ship and select "inspect" or "Edit", you should be able to get a window showing original creator, and owner |
| 15:47 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Very welcome |
| 15:47 | Ember (emberell) | The owner would be the one you can reach out to for more information, likely, though whether they are active or not is another question. |
| 15:47 | Soup Jonson | I'll do that. |
| 15:47 | Soup Jonson | And keep you all posted! |
| 15:47 | Ember (emberell) | Please do, I'm curious! |
| 15:48 | Larky (larkylouz) | Is the space ship near my mortal enemy, the demented turkey? I wonder if they are related?????? |
| 15:49 | Soup Jonson | Those Turkey's are part of that darn Tanglewood! |
| 15:49 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | thank you for the donation soup |
| 15:49 | Harperlass | actually I just acquired a turkey and am planning to put it out in Southend |
| 15:49 | Phrynne | I haven't encountered the turkey the last few times through. Maybe it's on vacation? |
| 15:49 | Harperlass | for the season |
| 15:49 | Soup Jonson | oh my |
| 15:50 | Soup Jonson | I know where one hangs out hehe |
| 15:50 | Phrynne | the Tanglewood turkey carries a stick of dynamite in its beak. |
| 15:50 | Larky (larkylouz) makes a note to avoid SouthEnd. | |
| 15:50 | Larky (larkylouz) | ;^) |
| 15:50 | Harperlass | they are all the rage Soup get with the trend |
| 15:50 | Harperlass | I don't think my turkey has dynamite |
| 15:50 | lovejoy2199 | Jive Turkey. |
| 15:50 | Soup Jonson nods I will. | |
| 15:50 | Gronk Seriman misses the exploding chickens in the park in Oxbridge Village. | |
| 15:51 | Harperlass | eq sounds messy |
| 15:51 | Phrynne | self-cleaning |
| 15:51 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | <giggles> exploding chickens? |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oh i can fix that gronk |
| 15:51 | Agatha Asuka Macbeth (agatha.macbeth) prefers exploding sheep | |
| 15:51 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I'll put em back |
| 15:51 | Phrynne | There are a lot of exploding critters in SL if you look. |
| 15:51 | Harperlass | I think I may have some penguins that explode |
| 15:51 | Larky (larkylouz) hides her head in her hands and refuses to look at Andrea. | |
| 15:51 | Gronk Seriman | Yay! |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | took em out for a event i think |
| 15:52 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) left the explosives after his military service | |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | well you put the triglycerides in their feed |
| 15:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | don't touch after 15 min |
| 15:53 | Harperlass | and the nitrates are self generated |
| 15:53 | Larky (larkylouz) wonders if this is the sublime part of the meeting? | |
| 15:53 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | thank you triode and Arton for the donations |
| 15:53 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you Arton. Oxbridge is largely funded by the coins and Andrea's fundraisers. |
| 15:53 | Bird (hummingbath) | Chenistry jokes. Shows education and gentility. |
| 15:54 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | well it is funded by users like you |
| 15:54 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | sighs. sorry my hands are sore |
| 15:54 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty harper |
| 15:54 | Harperlass | np I just want to ensure the supply of exploding birds |
| 15:54 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty bird |
| 15:55 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | just make sure bumble doesn't catch one |
| 15:55 | Bird (hummingbath) | Exploding? |
| 15:55 | Soup Jonson | Zaida tips for ACDC |
| 15:55 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | come to the dance and tell sasha zadia |
| 15:55 | Harperlass | bird small b...not you Bird |
| 15:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ok I gotta head over to the dance and i have a smear on my gl;asses. ty all |
| 15:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | see you soon |
| 15:56 | lovejoy2199 is thinking about WKRP. I thought turkeys could fly. | |
| 15:56 | Harperlass | there are t shirts for that |
| 15:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | no they can't |
| 15:56 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Take care and enjoy Andrea |
| 15:56 | Harperlass | A and A have a winter event |
| 15:56 | Larky (larkylouz) | We are nearing the end of the hour. Are there any more pressing topics to bring up? |
| 15:56 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and don't freeze one and drop it. |
| 15:56 | Bird (hummingbath) | Oh, the humanity! |
| 15:56 | Harperlass | and one of the booths is selling WKRP t-shirts |
| 15:57 | Harperlass | lol |
| 15:57 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | off to the dance |
| 15:57 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you, Andrea |
| 15:57 | Gronk Seriman | Seeya soon, Andrea! |
| 15:57 | Ember (emberell) | I should go as well, I'm helping her host |
| 15:58 | Larky (larkylouz) | Okay, I'm ending the formal part of the meeting. Informal comments may continue. Thanks for coming, everyone. |
| 15:58 | Shay (serenity.ledevre) | Enjoy Ember |
| 15:58 | Ember (emberell) | But again, for those here - please always do feel free to reach out to me via IM. If there's trouble on campus, or otherwise. I don't bite. :-) |