2013.03.06 07:00 - Work, Taxes and Language

The guardian was Zen Arado. All comments are by Zen Arado.

Catrinamonblue: Morning Zen :)
Korel Laloix: Sl really need to revert back to how it was in about 2010... far less lag and less crashes.
Catrinamonblue: :)
Korel Laloix: Heya
Zen (zen.arado): Hi Cat, Kori ;)
Korel Laloix: I panned my cam way above things to reduce my lag...
Zen (zen.arado): but maybe you just need a faster computer?
Zen (zen.arado): or faster broadband
Korel Laloix: That is also true.
Korel Laloix: And that.... smiles
Catrinamonblue: SL works pretty good for me on my laptop but lags on my work computer :)
Zen (zen.arado): SL takes a LOT of computing power
Korel Laloix: My point is that there needs to be a balane of advances in Sl that people actually use and the average computer speeds.
Zen (zen.arado): yeh maybe
Korel Laloix: Exactly... so simplify SL and make the expereience for everyone better.
Zen (zen.arado): but better graphics etc also needs more computing power
Korel Laloix: I don't know anyone that does not complaing of lag on a regular basis.
Zen (zen.arado): so has to be a balance I guess
Zen (zen.arado): lots of people in a close place = lag
Korel Laloix: But.... as a feeloading, not subscriber. I really have no say in the matter... lol
Zen (zen.arado): otherwise I don't see that much lag
Korel Laloix: So if they took out some of the lesser used aspects of the program... they could kill that lag in busy sims.
Zen (zen.arado): yeh but then people buy hairstyles and clothes that induce it again
Korel Laloix: That is true.. there are people that love their mesh stuff.
Korel Laloix: I just find it funny looking at them naked or half there... smiles
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Zen (zen.arado): I haven't seen grey people for a long time
Korel Laloix: More staying clouds now I guess.
Zen (zen.arado): since I got a fast gaming laptop last years
Korel Laloix: It is time fore me to get a new one for sure.
Catrinamonblue: :)
Korel Laloix: But, that costs money, and I am cheap.... smiles
Zen (zen.arado): students aren't rich usually
Zen (zen.arado): but you will be later hopefully
Korel Laloix: I do well for myself.. but I also give a lot away.
Zen (zen.arado): isn't tuition expensive?
Korel Laloix: With the stats pacakge I have to run on my computer next semester, I will have to get one.
Korel Laloix: I am a gay, minority, female with a 4.0 GPA.... I don't pay for school... lol
Catrinamonblue: good for you :)
Zen (zen.arado): what's 4.0 GPA?
Korel Laloix: It means I get the best grades possible in all of my classes.
Korel Laloix: The Grade Point Average is a scale between 0 and 4. 4 Being the highest.
Zen (zen.arado): ah I see
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): I always had to work very hard to get good grades
Korel Laloix: I do as well... I am not really smart at all, but I work hard and focused.
Zen (zen.arado): only got them in philosophy now tat I think of it
Zen (zen.arado): would be great to be naturally very bright
Korel Laloix: That would be too easy...
Korel Laloix: I am thankful for the abilities that I have though.
Zen (zen.arado): yeh
Catrinamonblue: sometimes being naturally bright can be hard in other ways
Zen (zen.arado): like gifted people you mean?
Catrinamonblue: my youngest boy tested as gifted but has a hard time socially
Zen (zen.arado): yes
Catrinamonblue: we have been very lucky with the school they have helped him grealy
Zen (zen.arado): others don't like people who are too clever
Catrinamonblue: nods
Zen (zen.arado): it's better to be reasonably good at lots of things maybe
Catrinamonblue: but the school set up a program in when he was in Gr 2 that allowed him to work one on one with each of the students in class on a project
Zen (zen.arado): that's me
Catrinamonblue: and then present it, helped him make friends
Catrinamonblue: and they were and are still protective of him
Zen (zen.arado): education seems more collaborative these days
Catrinamonblue: thank goodness
Zen (zen.arado): they set up more competitiveness in my days
Catrinamonblue: nods
Zen (zen.arado): everything was a competition
Korel Laloix: I am rather agressive, so I like the competative model.
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Korel Laloix: It helps me perform and push myself.
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): yes there are pluses too
Zen (zen.arado): life is competitive
Zen (zen.arado): not so good of you lose too much though
Korel Laloix: It gets me into trouble sometimes... but it is usually the trouble of my choosing... grins
Zen (zen.arado): wonder if the workplace is still the dog eat dog place I knew
Zen (zen.arado): probably is
Zen (zen.arado): or even worse
Korel Laloix: My new office is busy and pushed... but I like that.
Korel Laloix: But with only two real days at work, that is not a good sample size to really say.
Zen (zen.arado): hmm wonders about individualistic looking after number one
Zen (zen.arado): and being able to work with others
Zen (zen.arado): group effort on a team
Catrinamonblue: being self-employed I don't have to deal too much with office politics
Catrinamonblue: I just come in do the work and leave when I'm done :)
Korel Laloix: THe people that only look out for themselves we collect into small locations by electing them...
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Korel Laloix: I try not to take work home with me, but fail usually.
Catrinamonblue: :)
Korel Laloix: I don;t mind taking work home if I can sit quietly with a glass of something I like and do it on my own schedule.
Korel Laloix: Rather than doing it rushed at work...
Zen (zen.arado): others can distract
Zen (zen.arado): but can help as well
Zen (zen.arado): I am used to distance learning
Zen (zen.arado): I wouldn't survive conventional university
Catrinamonblue: I'm so used to working on my own I don't really know how I would do in a shared environment
Zen (zen.arado): I like to go at my own pace
Korel Laloix: There are times and subjects for both I think.
Zen (zen.arado): yes
Zen (zen.arado): what do you do Cat?
Zen (zen.arado): if you want to share
Korel Laloix: Just plain math... by myself for sure.
Korel Laloix: But applied math I work will with others.
Korel Laloix: well
Catrinamonblue: bookkeeping and tax returns :)
Korel Laloix: Ouch.
Catrinamonblue: fun actually :)
Zen (zen.arado): oh I would hate that Cat :)
Catrinamonblue: I like it
Zen (zen.arado): I managed to get out od doing tax returns
Catrinamonblue: I find satisfation in balancing the numbers :)
Zen (zen.arado): I just hate fiddly details
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): and form filling
Zen (zen.arado): they always ask stupid questions
Korel Laloix: I have to look again on if I really have to do a return.
Zen (zen.arado): that I don't understand
Korel Laloix: My part time job does not make me a lot of money.
Korel Laloix: But some scholarships count.
Catrinamonblue: I'm in Canada so as I understand it tax returns are a bit less complicated than in the US
Zen (zen.arado): the UK is beaurocratic too
Korel Laloix: Here you have fedreal.
Korel Laloix: Most states have them as well.
Zen (zen.arado): Australia was great when I lived there
Korel Laloix: But some countries do.
Korel Laloix: And then some cities do.
Korel Laloix: So in some places, you have to file four times.
Zen (zen.arado): you multiplied hours worked by hourly rate and that was your wage
Zen (zen.arado): then at the end of year you looked up how much tax you should have paid on a table
Zen (zen.arado): so simple
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): in UK they have all sorts of weird rules
Zen (zen.arado): I never liked applied math either
Zen (zen.arado): pure math yes
Korel Laloix: I do like the theory side of statistics as well.
Korel Laloix: Some of it is just a big mind game... in the good sense of the word.
Zen (zen.arado): yeh if they explain why
Zen (zen.arado): just do this and this..
Zen (zen.arado): I hate that
Zen (zen.arado): I always asked why?
Korel Laloix: And my professors are great at the why thing.
Korel Laloix: They alwasy start with the why before we move into th how.
Korel Laloix: But that is now... for my undergrad classes... no... they were horrid.
Zen (zen.arado): remember a little math lecturer covering a balckboard with math equations
Zen (zen.arado): lost me after second line :)
Korel Laloix: That is just bad teaching.
Zen (zen.arado): and no one stops him
Zen (zen.arado): yeh
Catrinamonblue: that's why I like bookkeeping, simple math :)
Korel Laloix: I have had teachers like that for sure.
Korel Laloix: And worse when they do not even make an attempt to speak as good English as they know.
Korel Laloix: brb... workers are here.
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): I never found what I wanted to do with my life
Zen (zen.arado): confession
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Catrinamonblue: ah sometimes I wish I had been crative... when I was little I wanted to be a writer, even have had some poetry published but....
Zen (zen.arado): I only have some idea now
Catrinamonblue: creative*
Zen (zen.arado): great
Catrinamonblue: I fell into bookkeeping only because I happen to be good with numbers
Catrinamonblue: and yes there is satisfaction in balancing there is no creative part to it
Catrinamonblue: but I'm not much of an artist either :(
Zen (zen.arado): I always wonder why they teach so much math when no body ever uses it again
Catrinamonblue: I sometimes think we never know what we want to be
Zen (zen.arado): unless you become an engineer or designer
Catrinamonblue: nods
Zen (zen.arado): I have never used anything but arithmetic in life
Zen (zen.arado): algebra?
Zen (zen.arado): how many use quadratic equations
Zen (zen.arado): ?
Catrinamonblue: my daughter is doing gr 12 calculus right now and it is hard hard stuff
Catrinamonblue: way above my head
Zen (zen.arado): calculus ideas are useful thing to know I guess
Zen (zen.arado): Hi Xirana :)
Catrinamonblue: Hi Xiri
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hello Zen! :-)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): Hello Cat and Kori:)
Zen (zen.arado): I could still differentiate and integrate with a little revision I think
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): Osiyo:)
Zen (zen.arado): differential equations though ..hmmm
Zen (zen.arado): I have a French story for you Xirana
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ahhh wonderful! :-)
Zen (zen.arado): avec beaycoup d'erreurs :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hehe...
Zen (zen.arado): beaucoup
Zen (zen.arado): l'enfance de Zen
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): last time there were not so much
Zen (zen.arado): le petit Zen
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): you're improving quick...soon you will have to correct my French :)
Zen (zen.arado): heh non
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): I bought an internet radio
Zen (zen.arado): now I can listen to French radio stations
Zen (zen.arado): but I don't understand much
Zen (zen.arado): they talk too fast :)
Catrinamonblue: brb
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): oh! but that's very good to learn...even if at first you don't understand all
Zen (zen.arado): yes I think so
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I think there's also Radio France International?...
Zen (zen.arado): I hear wordsa and look them up
Zen (zen.arado): France info I like
Zen (zen.arado): I have also been watching 'Engrenages'
Zen (zen.arado): a French crime series on TV
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): brb...telefon
Zen (zen.arado): but they use a lot of Parisian slang
Korel Laloix: Back.. but in and out.... they are all over the place with stuff.
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): back
Zen (zen.arado): wb Kori
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi Kori:)
Zen (zen.arado): wb Xiri
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): thank you:)
Zen (zen.arado): everybody went away
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
Korel Laloix: I have workers in today with new washer and dryer and the like.
Zen (zen.arado): le flic is police I think?
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes.. it's a policeman
Catrinamonblue: back :)
Zen (zen.arado): wb Cat
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ahhh lol...Cat was also afk :))
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): wb Cat:)
Catrinamonblue: yes :) had a phone call
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): do you speak other languages cat?
Catrinamonblue: no though I wish i did :(
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): well.. it's never late :)
Catrinamonblue: I know I keep saying some day when I have time :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
Catrinamonblue: I have to cut out some round pieces of paper and put get around to it on them :)
Zen (zen.arado): it's hard to keep going at it
Zen (zen.arado): I tried to learn French many times but gave up
Zen (zen.arado): and Spanish as well
Zen (zen.arado): SL is good for language learning
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes.... it's fun here :)
Zen (zen.arado): because you can talk to native speakers
Zen (zen.arado): and you can teach people English too cat
Zen (zen.arado): plenty of peple want to learn or improve their English
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): because the web is so English
Zen (zen.arado): I just translate my own stories Xiri
Korel Laloix: PaB has been very very good for my English for sure.
Zen (zen.arado): I use a translator then try to correct
Zen (zen.arado): it takes so long to look up words in a dictionary
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): that's great Zen...ggod practice:)
Zen (zen.arado): I wrote the 1st paragraph using a dictionary
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): for me too Korel...I've improved a lot
Zen (zen.arado): then tried Word translator
Zen (zen.arado): I use a lot of adjectives
Zen (zen.arado): makes translation more difficult
Zen (zen.arado): I have a French woman friewnd came back into SL last night
Zen (zen.arado): haven't seen her for over a year
Zen (zen.arado): I can get her to help me ;)
Catrinamonblue: :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ah sure.. if she is French she will do much better:))
Zen (zen.arado): the regions has come back but it's too late to go back to pavilion
Catrinamonblue: :)
Zen (zen.arado): she lives in Pacardy
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes...I went there and noone was there, so I came here:)
Zen (zen.arado): picardy
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): PIcardie:)
Zen (zen.arado): ah ok
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Zen (zen.arado): I knew it looked funny
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes..it looked English ending:)
Zen (zen.arado): does that link work Xiri?
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): the one you gave me yes:) but I am trying to share in another document and I am not sure if it works. Maybe I will paste the text in the other document shared with all, if you don't mind
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): maybe we have luck and Cem sees it too:))
Zen (zen.arado): should I make it sharable to everyone?
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I don't know...maybe just add the people of the French chat
Zen (zen.arado): 'anyone who has the link can access' should be enough?
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes:) that's enough :)
Zen (zen.arado): I can see you adding to it :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes google docs is good to work with more people
Zen (zen.arado): Google is amazing
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes, I agree:)
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): and we can also chat there while discussing the text if we want...there's the chat option too, very good tool
Zen (zen.arado): I have never used that
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I have done for a work of my studies we had to work with another student
Zen (zen.arado): that's useful
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): it was really useful, yes
Zen (zen.arado): can you have more peple to chat?
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes..I suppose you can have as many people that have acces to the document
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): we will have to learn more:)
Zen (zen.arado): yes
Zen (zen.arado): we can use that at a class I think
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes... it's a good idea....also, for exemple to ask doubts
Zen (zen.arado): yes
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): and to let us time to look for the answer :))
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ok...I will go now.....
Zen (zen.arado): yes I better go too
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): have a nice time Zen , Cat, Kori....and see you soon!
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
Catrinamonblue: bye guys :)
Zen (zen.arado): you too Xiri
Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): bye bye :)
Zen (zen.arado): byee Kori and Cat
Zen (zen.arado): tyy for coming
Zen (zen.arado): :)
Korel Laloix: ciao
Zen (zen.arado): byee