2010.01.15 01:00 - Geek-hood

Wol Euler was guardian for this session, and will add comments later.

 

 

Tarmel Udimo: hey there

Wol Euler: good morning/evening, moyra and tarmel :)

Tarmel Udimo: Moyra was just visiting

Tarmel Udimo: so i draged her along

Wol Euler smiles.

Tarmel Udimo: finally wearing fael's tatoo

Tarmel Udimo: crashed

Wol Euler: we scared her away

Tarmel Udimo: hehehe

Wol Euler: so, how are you? We haven't met in ages

Tarmel Udimo: no it happen twice in the last hour

Wol Euler: ah

Tarmel Udimo: I am great!

Wol Euler: wb moyra, hello calvino

Tarmel Udimo: WB Moyra Hi calvino

Calvino Rabeni: hello :)

Tarmel Udimo: Calvino this Moyra

Tarmel Udimo: a friend

Wol Euler: a talented builder :)

Tarmel Udimo: yes

Tarmel Udimo: So.......

Calvino Rabeni: Moyra - good to meet you

Tarmel Udimo: gosh a really big lag

Moyra Ares: hi

Tarmel Udimo: Moyra was trying to teach me how to webstream

Wol Euler: ooooh

Tarmel Udimo: she did it in 30 secs

Moyra Ares: sorry to many programs were running at the same time on my computer..SL dont like it

Wol Euler: mmhmm

Tarmel Udimo: and I'm still trying to do it an hour later:)

Tarmel Udimo: that was very fast Moyra

Tarmel Udimo: you have changed your hair calvino

Wol Euler: and his shape :)

Calvino Rabeni: Still looking for good hair. I like this a little better than before

Calvino Rabeni: Although I bought it under suspicious pretenses

Wol Euler: oh, that reminds me, I promised you some LMs

Tarmel Udimo: and you have on glasses Wol

Calvino Rabeni: This vendor was unethical or made a mistake. I guess U get caught sometime in SL

Wol Euler: O.O

Wol Euler: log in to the SL website, with your username, and check your transaction record. If it is wrong, copy that and IM it to the store owner

Wol Euler: they should refund the difference

Calvino Rabeni: I clicked for info - and it said "you just bought..." for big $L

Calvino Rabeni: Then I clicked Cancel, but it did not cancel

Tarmel Udimo: yes that happened to me with a translator I bought

Wol Euler: huh

Calvino Rabeni: Yep

Tarmel Udimo: but it was an update

Tarmel Udimo: and i clicked to see what the update was

Tarmel Udimo: and then it said It was download and please pay!

Calvino Rabeni: I left a complaint but not reply

--BELL--

Tarmel Udimo: oh you did better than me

Tarmel Udimo: hopefully they won't come running aftre me

Tarmel Udimo: ok check this out

Tarmel Udimo: let me try again

Wol Euler: :)

Wol Euler: close ...

Tarmel Udimo: there you go for the german speaking av's

Tarmel Udimo: is it bad german

Wol Euler: mmhmm :)

Tarmel Udimo: very bad?

Wol Euler: well, not *very* bad, certainly better than nothing

Tarmel Udimo: you speak german too don't you Moyra

Wol Euler: it's inaccurate, that's all

Moyra Ares: yes i speak german too

Wol Euler: hello alf

Tarmel Udimo: are you being padantic or

Alfred Kelberry: hey guys

Tarmel Udimo: hey Alfred

Alfred Kelberry: guten morgen :P

Tarmel Udimo: hey hey

Moyra Ares: guten morgen

Alfred Kelberry: oh, tarmel!

Alfred Kelberry: haven't seen you for ages! :)

Tarmel Udimo: yes it has been

Alfred Kelberry: i guess our timing sucks :)

Tarmel Udimo: we used to see each other in the Kira

Wol Euler: not *just* pedantry :) the first sentence made no sense at all

Tarmel Udimo: oh noioooooooo

Wol Euler: and that one too was nonsense :)

Alfred Kelberry: how are you, tarmy?

Wol Euler: but ... ok

Tarmel Udimo: very good

Tarmel Udimo: hey Alfred meet Moyra

Alfred Kelberry: i see wol is having her own private german session :)

Tarmel Udimo: who is a bigger geek than you:)

Wol Euler chortles

Tarmel Udimo: grins

Alfred Kelberry: hey, i don't know this word

Calvino Rabeni: Who is der biggest geek

Tarmel Udimo: Awell true we have three geeks here

Tarmel Udimo: wol, alfred, moyra

Wol Euler grins.

Tarmel Udimo: :)))))))))))))

Alfred Kelberry: chortle: laugh quietly or with restraint

Tarmel Udimo: so Alfred how are you?

Calvino Rabeni: I think four at least

Alfred Kelberry: i'm good, thanks - got my rl hair in sl yesterday :)

Alfred Kelberry: well, almost rl :)

Tarmel Udimo: are you one too Calvino

Calvino Rabeni: guilty

Moyra Ares: brb

Calvino Rabeni: What are some defining characteristics of geek-hood?

Alfred Kelberry: glasses :P

Wol Euler: infinite curiosity

Alfred Kelberry: tada!

Alfred Kelberry: wol is sophisticated, as usual :)

Tarmel Udimo: yes

Wol Euler: hehehehe

Tarmel Udimo: BRB

Alfred Kelberry: must be another characteristics :)

Calvino Rabeni: A kind of do-it-yourself attitude

Alfred Kelberry: why are you talking about geeks?

Calvino Rabeni: Geeks are also very self-referential :)

Wol Euler: mmhmm

Wol Euler: yes, very much so.

Wol Euler: and an oddity: we hate to do dull and repetitive work if we can see no point in it

Calvino Rabeni: Got better things to do, we think

Wol Euler: but will be happy to sit for two hours doing the same thing over and over in order to understand something

Calvino Rabeni: Yes, not dull and repetitive to *us*

Calvino Rabeni: Capable of obsessive behavior

Wol Euler: mmhmm, learning is good, and what you do to learn is treated as good.

Calvino Rabeni: will never stop learning

Calvino Rabeni: caffeine is the drug of choice

Wol Euler: yep!

Alfred Kelberry: also, someone who'd read about power grids in bed before sleep :)

Calvino Rabeni: :) :)

Wol Euler: no drugs, seldom alcohol

Wol Euler: and yes, alf, that too

Alfred Kelberry giggles

Wol Euler: we are curious about *everything*, we will read *anything*

Calvino Rabeni: Yes

Calvino Rabeni: Even likes steve martin

Alfred Kelberry: quite fascinating all those transformers and volts

Calvino Rabeni: Maybe male vs female differences as children

Calvino Rabeni: Male ones at least, loved to take machines apart

Wol Euler nods

Wol Euler: tinkering :)

Alfred Kelberry: wol, em.. i don't like to read about medical stuff, biology and chemistry on low level

Calvino Rabeni: Not if it is about something contagious

Wol Euler: heheheh

Wol Euler: another characteristic: squeamish

Calvino Rabeni: Possible hypochondriasis

Calvino Rabeni: and knows words like that

Wol Euler: *collects* words like that

Calvino Rabeni: Probably above-average vocabularies

Alfred Kelberry: crap, i didn't know this one, wol

Calvino Rabeni: that is "geek" for squeamish

Wol Euler: :)

--BELL--

Alfred Kelberry: synonym to eclectic, wol?

Tarmel Udimo: back

Alfred Kelberry: oi, tarmy :)

Tarmel Udimo: also chatting with a friend in my room who has just shown up

Alfred Kelberry: say hi :)

Wol Euler waves to Tarmel's friend.

Tarmel Udimo: will do:)

Tarmel Udimo: here she is:)

Alfred Kelberry: is s/he in sl?

Wol Euler: hello friend, this is SL. It's free and fun.

Wol Euler: and addictive

Alfred Kelberry: ok, i'm going to wave her now...

Alfred Kelberry: /wave

Tarmel Udimo: buenos dias...this is Emilia from the Amazon country

Alfred Kelberry: odd, i don't haver a waving animation :/

Calvino Rabeni: /wave

Wol Euler: hello emilia, welcome aboard

Calvino Rabeni: No

Tarmel Udimo: this is so amazing...soon I'll go on board

Wol Euler: it should be in your inventory: Gestures/Common gestures

Wol Euler: probably deactivaated

Wol Euler grins

Wol Euler: tarmel can get you started, Em

Alfred Kelberry: amazon country? are you a warrior woman or from brazil? :)

Tarmel Udimo: the roots are from brazil bu I am a magic child from peru

Alfred Kelberry: ah, peru - nice place

Alfred Kelberry: i remember long time ago a girl from peru became miss universe :)

Tarmel Udimo: yes she's great I ahve know her for 15 years:)

Alfred Kelberry: Hey!

Wol Euler: wooo

Alfred Kelberry: aha!, it's not wave, but Hey! :)

Alfred Kelberry: even with sound

Alfred Kelberry: 15 years! quite a term :)

Tarmel Udimo: calvino. did you take up the name afterthe great religious reformer

Alfred Kelberry: /wow

Alfred Kelberry: /wow

Alfred Kelberry: :)

Calvino Rabeni: /wow

Alfred Kelberry: got that, wol? :)

Alfred Kelberry: neat

Alfred Kelberry: you look cute in glasses :)

Wol Euler: I deactivated them all :)

Wol Euler: I got annoyed at them spontaneously appearing

Alfred Kelberry: well, it won't stop me from blowing you kisses :)

Alfred Kelberry: wait, what was it?! :)

Calvino Rabeni: blowkiss

Alfred Kelberry: ah, you did? :)

Alfred Kelberry: i missed it

Alfred Kelberry: haha

Alfred Kelberry: neat

Alfred Kelberry: neat

Alfred Kelberry: neat

(Repeat 61 times.) 

 

Alfred Kelberry: oops

Alfred Kelberry: what the hell?

Wol Euler: *that* is why I disabled them all

Alfred Kelberry: ok, my client is acting up again

Alfred Kelberry: why? you think it's cause of gestures?

Calvino Rabeni: I thought that may have been /emphatic neat

Alfred Kelberry: i see a flying girl

Calvino Rabeni: darina

Calvino Rabeni: Hi there

Alfred Kelberry: hey

Alfred Kelberry: safe landing

Shyperson: ty ... sorry to borrring you all ...

Alfred Kelberry: Hey!

--BELL--

Calvino Rabeni: not at all

Wol Euler: have you been here before, Shyperson?

Shyperson: what are you doing here meditation ?

Wol Euler: in theory, yes :=)

Shyperson: no i'm the first time here

Shyperson: in theory :-))

Wol Euler: ok, I'll give you a notecard and an introduction in IM

Shyperson: ty Wol

Calvino Rabeni: Shyperson do you attend events at the Kira Cafe sometimes?

Calvino Rabeni: I saw you there?

Shyperson: Calvino ... i was befor 5 min the first time there

Shyperson: you saw me there today right ?

Calvino Rabeni: Maybe another time

Shyperson: no i'm the first time here

Calvino Rabeni: Would you like to sit around the circle, Shyperson?

Calvino Rabeni: Pretty much anything goes here, for chat

Shyperson: sorry calvino i was in my IM

Shyperson: ty i would like ... bu ti have to leave now and willcome later again ...

Calvino Rabeni: OK :)

Wol Euler: bye Shyperson, take care

Wol Euler: we meet here 1am 7am 1pm 7pm every day

Wol Euler: (not the same people, clearly! :)

Alfred Kelberry: except wol :P

Wol Euler: yep, I never sleep

Shyperson: ok nice ... i wish you all a good time

Shyperson: to the next seeing

Shyperson: bye now

Tarmel Udimo: bye Shyperson

Wol Euler: bye for now

Calvino Rabeni: Bye!

Alfred Kelberry: her spirit is always here... in the form of the logger :)

Wol Euler: aaaah :)

Calvino Rabeni: Yes, Wol

Calvino Rabeni: Occasionally I do long semi-coherent monologues if no other avi is here

Calvino Rabeni: We have the logging script to thank for that :)

Wol Euler: heheheh, I read some of those

Wol Euler: they were fun

Alfred Kelberry: i'm quiet when i happen to be here alone

Alfred Kelberry pats wol's back

Wol Euler smiles

Wol Euler secretly ties your shoelaces together.

--BELL--

Alfred Kelberry: ah! i knew something was coming :)

Tarmel Udimo: alfred what are you doing, standing on Wol!

Alfred Kelberry: not on, at wol :)

Alfred Kelberry: i feel comfy near her

Wol Euler: :)

Tarmel Udimo: I understand

Tarmel Udimo: she's lovely!

Alfred Kelberry: :)

Wol Euler: awwwwwww

Wol Euler blushes

Tarmel Udimo: blush

Alfred Kelberry giggles

Alfred Kelberry: wow!

Calvino Rabeni: ****Howlllzzzzzzzz****

Wol Euler: Meep Meep ;P :p:P :p :P

Alfred Kelberry: that's quite a feat, tarmy :)

Alfred Kelberry: haha! reminded me of the cartoon, wol :)

Alfred Kelberry: tarmel, you need to start a dancing workshop :)

Alfred Kelberry: btw, wol... you should have started one this january

Tarmel Udimo: sounds good

Wol Euler: yeah, I know.

Alfred Kelberry: come on!

Wol Euler: the year ended differently to how I expected.

Wol Euler: haven't started yet (waves to Pema)

Alfred Kelberry: differently good, i hope :)

Alfred Kelberry: what? pema is here?

Wol Euler: well, I earned a lot of money ...

Wol Euler: not here, but he reads the logs

Alfred Kelberry: ah, ok - hey, pema-san :)

Alfred Kelberry: gee, now i have to watch what i say :)

Calvino Rabeni: Yes, and hello all you "Googlers"

Wol Euler: that was always true, Alf ...

Alfred Kelberry: did i say how pema is cool? :)

Wol Euler: heheheheh

Wol Euler: crawler.

Alfred Kelberry: :P

Alfred Kelberry: oh, congrats on the big money part :)

Alfred Kelberry: now you can retire and buy an island in pacific

Wol Euler: yeah, it makes a change

Wol Euler: what, and miss all this lovely winter? Never!

Alfred Kelberry: hehe

Alfred Kelberry: you can always come to russia for that :)

Calvino Rabeni: you have an island, in the pacific, and every thing about it is terrific...

Alfred Kelberry: em..

Alfred Kelberry: as in terrifying?

Wol Euler: perhaps

Alfred Kelberry: :)

Calvino Rabeni: Terrific means awesome I suppose

Alfred Kelberry: you wish! :)

Alfred Kelberry: oops, tarmel is gone :/

Wol Euler: and I am about to be gone, work is calling :/

Alfred Kelberry: right, more money :)

Wol Euler: someone has to keep the economy rotating.

Alfred Kelberry: anyhow, keep the workshop in mind, please :)

Calvino Rabeni: Calvino Rabeni wonders about the name "Wol"

Wol Euler: comes from Winnie the Pooh :)

Calvino Rabeni: if uber-geek, it stands for "web ontology language"

Wol Euler: and "Eule" is German for owl.

Calvino Rabeni: A bird with insomnia :)

Alfred Kelberry: no, it's from wall-e :)

Calvino Rabeni: Ah, quite an excellent name by all accounts

Wol Euler: so I'm another owl named Wol :)

Wol Euler: please continue, I've claimed the session. Bye for now, enjoy the day.

Wol Euler: calvino, get some sleep.

Alfred Kelberry: so, euler would be?

Wol Euler: :)

Calvino Rabeni: :)

Alfred Kelberry: gah

Alfred Kelberry: left

Calvino Rabeni: Poof as they go

Calvino Rabeni: And I am to get some sleep, under advisement

Alfred Kelberry: well, you can start your monologue if you like, cal :)

Calvino Rabeni: I am leaving for the week-end tomorrow, so, no monologue tonight

--BELL--

Alfred Kelberry: it's funny... you're alone, saying things out loud, but someone, somewhere reading them. maybe the same happens when we're alone in our homes.

Alfred Kelberry: ah, sounds like fun

Calvino Rabeni: Yes, it could be someone in the year 2060 also

Alfred Kelberry: enjoy it, cal

Calvino Rabeni: Good day!