View source for Meeting with Tim Lavalli - July 12th, 1998

These meeting minutes were originally taken from the [https://web.archive.org/web/19991007043735fw_/http://www.softsol.de/SiliconSoup/#53 Silicon Soup newspaper] from Hotel Silicon. The avatar named Benjamin was Tim Lavalli, aka Brother Echo.

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<p><span class="waenteringlocale">[Entering Locale: manager interview]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Well lets start when Judy gets here</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Greetings</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Hi</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: my only request is that we not go over the ground covered on Thursday</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: other than that, its all open</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: all worlds including RW</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Sidney would you like to start?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: It may be a challenge to find more ground. Although you did leave Hotel as a topic for today</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Ok, should I start with Hotel?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Hey JJ &lt;wave&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well and I also kept MY items until today</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Hi Marianne</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: sure Hotel</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Ah, the baby is off my shoulder... No more excuses for my typos &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: DS was the original and began with great attention</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: lol</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Hi, everybody &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: CC is of course the current launch</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: HS on the otherhand has a strange history</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: which I am sure you know</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: That&#039;s for sure &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Beta (Hallway) to Hotel (free) to Hotel (paid)</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: there are plans for Hotel</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but they are clearly AFTER Club Connect</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: thats both good and bad news</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Ok, Hotel was promised commercial content, computer room, etc., as was reported in Soup last April. Have those plans been shelved?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: commercial content--yes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: computer/tech focus I think not</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: that area seems just too too done on the web</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: there is a plan right now to convert Hotel to a Futures World</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Um, just to be clear, yes will be shelved or yes will be done sometime? &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and the point person on that is working to line up partners</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: may we just throw in questions matching the topic?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: my best and most honest guess it that Hotel will get the same type of focused attention that CC is getting</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but not until fall</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: sure</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Is there a new theme planned for the &quot;future&quot; Hotel?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: I don&#039;t mind</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the sheer volumn of art keeps that dept too busy</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the Futures aspect will mean</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: business, tech, commercial futures</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: as well as cultural, social and goverment</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Future of the WW worlds</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: not future as in Sci-Fi</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: although I am holding out for a Sci-Fi section</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and Futures Art style</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Are the plans to build a new, low ToS world put aside for now?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the point person has been both a think tanker staffer</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Speaking of social and cultural, the Hotel has a &#039;different&#039; makeup then the other two dream worlds.... is this &#039;change&#039; to reflect their different society they have there now?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and a researcher</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Welcome MarvL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I low TOS idea is not on the horizon at present</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Hi MarvL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: HI MarvL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Would you like me to email yo uthe transcript so far?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: MarvL, nice to see you.... I&#039;ll save and send you transcripts if you like &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: just yakking about Hotel</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Thanks! &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: its the first topic</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: more on that BTW?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: The current population in Hotel seems not to be very high, what will you do about this?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: yes please, a last one&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I have just this week given the Concierges some more leeway to make Hotel a lot more entertaining</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: until we can effect the changes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the key problem there is the economy</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Sidney, you going to get MarvL, since you have his ICQ and I don&#039;t?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: building any reasonable economy on a base of what Hotel has been (object wise0 is quite a challenge</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Get me?? Very few people do that &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: As in get the transcripts to you &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but I hope Hotel will be more stable now and in the future</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: okay&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but in all honesty, the big focus will be this fall</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: About the question I asked, are these changes being made to reflect the current society that is in residence there?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: For Hotel, right?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: as it is a tad different then the one in the other two worlds</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well I think it has been made clear that a rowdy, open, gamer type of world is not in our plans</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Three, actually, if you count Pride &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="wainfoballoon">[This is scenery.]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: so the &quot;freedom&quot; that some love in the old Beta Hotel is not likely to be encouraged again</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: (emailed transcript to MarvL)</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: in a paid format</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: In Pride there is a clear lower age limit. Are there age limits in Club Connect?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: CC is meant to have an adult focus</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: since it is about &quot;all the relationships in your lief</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: life</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but one of the xoom neighbourhoods about to come in is their families</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: And along with that, what about the different age limits for valets (21), acolytes (18) and guides (16?)</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the age for helper policy was very nebulous until recently</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I have had to make a policy on that just this week</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I didn&#039;t know there was one &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt; geesh I&#039;m out of the loop</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and although not one will be released</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: good thing I pass</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: from this point forward the age limit is 21</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Could you rework the come in is their families?? That&#039;s going to be hard to edit &lt;react&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: unless and until I heard a very compellinbg argument to set it lower</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: sure</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: xoom is bringing in I believe six of their &quot;neighborhoods&quot; they are</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Women&#039;s Circle</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Single</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Gay&amp; Lesbian</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: New Age</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Families</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Graphic Arts</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yep six</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I&#039;ll save my Graphic Arts question for the technical part of the interview &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So part of the relationship in life, will include that relationship within Families?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: you can see what those focus on by going to their web site</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: As sponsored by the Xoom Partnership?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well I think you can talk about your family without being in their suite &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Since I haven&#039;t been here last time, may I ask for the date of the official opening of CC?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: do you have that web site URL by any chance?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 24th</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: thanks</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: www.xoom.com</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: It&#039;s in our recent article, MG &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Easy one &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: All four of them are, actually.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: OK JJ are you next?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: I don&#039;t mind though &lt;g&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Marianne</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: whomever</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Going back to something you said before.... you said you cleared it for them to provide more entertainment in Hotel.... Anything in particular they have lined up?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: or that you had in mind that you had to realease them to provide?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Well that Mystery event was a big success</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: With the chefs &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and they just had a Girl&#039;s Paint Party</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but I did preveiw some more new locales for there</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: And plan a Boyz I understand &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and they will get a Barnes&amp;Noble</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: New locales, but not, as stated before, till the fall?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: no some new ones sooner than that</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So these were already in the works?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: What will be the theme of the Hotel B&amp;N?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: a couple this month I beleive</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes I did an art check just yesterday</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: good question Sidney</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: More cracks in the walls &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I am sure the Virtual Business list will go up there</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and some of the sci-fi</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: One of my pending questions was what the cracks in the wall mean &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but I just send a request for that type of foucs to our Hotel person</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I figured it was from the Hotel expansion &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well the cracks appeared about the time those three semismologists began to arrive</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: hint hint hint</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Dr Irv Quake</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: omg what is a semismologist?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Great, they built on a fault line &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: oh</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: got it&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Probably a misspelled seismologist &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: So Hotel MIGHT fall apart after all &lt;react&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL Sid</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well for one thing its misspelled</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: fall apart hmmmmmmm</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: define apart &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Probably something to do with version 3.0 and distributerd objects.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well as long as you mentioned 3.0</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: distributed, rather.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: MarvL you want to try a couple of your questions</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Several of the more vocal avatars have shot themselves in the mouth with their dire predictions about Hotel Silicon.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: OK,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes and some of the staff love those rumors</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: in fact we all do</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Apart - Into pieces or parts, Seperated or away from in place time or motion</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So.... we talking 2 pieces or more?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: What review procedures to you use to ensure consistent enforcement of the TOS for the various worlds?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: You DID say to define Apart</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: OK then Hotel will not fall apart</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Any use of powers is reported to me</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: or my designated manager</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Will there be Avatars involved in the new plans?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but the ddebate that follows some of the obvious uses are to me really boring and not worth engaging</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: consistency in total requires either a police state or anarchy</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and we of course are interested in neither</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Have you considered simply posting some of the &quot;actions&quot; in the official record, and allowing us to refer folks to precedent?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Do you believe that some act up just to &#039;see&#039; if there will be a reaction?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I will take both of those</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: posting could be an option</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the problem I have is making RULES</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: There was mention in the May WA Manager interview and again in June of a TOS-free zone or a low-TOS zone. Still possible?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: You can avoid RULES if you have precedents.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: since nothing here happens in a vaccuum</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Don&#039;t the precedents become rules in a way?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: each use of power gets me emails on both sides</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: That&#039;s really the whole point of common law. You proceed by analogy.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes some do</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and I think each of you could now tell me the common law in DS</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: And put all the lawyers out of work??? &lt;react&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Pretty much with no need to post them</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Now THERE&#039;S a dream world &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: There we VERY much disagree, MG</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well if there is a need then I would like their phrasing to come from the community and not me</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Rumors about what&#039;s permissible puts the Acolytes under WAY too much pressure.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I would comment as needed</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well Echo always reminds me of his first rule to staff</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: &quot;You can always talk to a customer</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Ummm, common law derives from enforcement, NOT from rules.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Well, I can say, that perhaps I&#039;ve been lucky, but that has not been one of the pressures I&#039;ve had</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: If there is a need for codification then I would be interested to read a draft</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: (Holding tongue on a punchline to that rule)</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but completely uninterested in writing it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: which does not mean that my staff can or cannot be involved in such an endeavor</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Suppose someone were to write it. Would the current Acolyte Guide be available as a template?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: sure that guide has been released before</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: in fact its being updated now for CC</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Oh really?? Where can I get a copy?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I will put that on my list</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: But to focus on my question, when you DO review an action,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: is it available to the press?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: if anything needs to be done I speak to the acolyte and/or the citizen as needed</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: And leave everybody else in the dark?? How are we supposed to learn?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I would have to be convinced that publication would serve some purpose</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: We&#039;ve covered DS, CC and Hotel, I&#039;m sure there&#039;s questions more on each of them, but as manager of all of them, do you see them evolving as very seperate entities? And will they be able to keep their identity?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Do you send the information to the other Acolytes?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: there is no rule but when it is a new situation it goes to all staff otherwise no</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: The worlds are separate</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: MarvL, it&#039;s been my experience that when one has been voided, sent to the cellar, or whatever, it&#039;s become public knowledge fairly quickly WITHOUT publication</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and will remain so in as many ways as we can devise</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: OK, keep your eyes open for the possibility of sending one to the Papers, too.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well court records are public info</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So you do STRIVE to present them as unique products?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but we are not to that point yet</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: absolutely unique</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the commercial content of CC will not be imported to DS</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: But we are stuck with a VERY one-sided version of the story, because of current policy. The Acolytes can&#039;t even talk to the press about the incidents.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: So DS will stay an &quot;ad-free-zone&quot; ?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: one-sided is true, I simply cannot however deal with the press here as fully open to all sides</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: bite tongue &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: when words spoken by any individual are treated as absolute truth</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I cite the Kari Peace stories</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Silicon Soap in every article</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I&#039;m not away of anyone who thought they were truth, let alone absolute &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and anything that comes out of the mouth of &lt;__&gt; or &lt;____&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but is it not the function of the press to question?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: MarvL, you have to admit, he has a point there, and there are many readers who don&#039;t even look to see who wrote the article</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: why would you wait for FSBA to respond</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: or consider the source</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we never ever do that!</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: or what agenda they may have</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I would have to hire an inworld press person to respond to all the crap we hear</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: truthful and not</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: but getting back to other issues, Benjamin, you had a few items you wanted to discuss?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Well, FSBA is getting MUCH better. The kiosks and so forth help a lot. Now it&#039;s up to us to demonstrate that this sort of interview is time well invested.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: good leadin for one of my issues</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: if I might</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Perhaps they will answer questions we have &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Each and every member of my staff who does any customer service</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: is required to spend time inworld</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: in fact they only get to do cs if they have such a presence</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I&#039;ll bet you really have to twist arms, huh &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yet citizens wil write letters and ESPmails</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: about how much they personally have done for the community\</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and yet they feel they can abuse my staff</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: this is not an ordinary product</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: you have to face the person you call an idiot or worse</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and I expect my staff to be treated with respect</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and not accused of banishing someone</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: or deleting an account</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: why would anyone thing we would toss them out</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: But don&#039;t you expect your staff to treat your customers with the same respect?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we are running a business</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: thats busine$$</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I expect my staff to treat eveyone with the respect they deserve</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Cu$tomer$ too&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the customer is NOT always right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Publishing the &quot;actions&quot;, honest to god, will help a lot with that sort of nonsense.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I am beginning to see youjr point MarvL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: take last week</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 6 accoutns got deleted for no reasone we can find</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I would LOVE to point to a previous incident, and tell somebody that they are being boring and wasting our time.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 4 customers told us and got them back in 4 hours</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 1 we cannnot find</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the other customer put up a webpage they we had thrown them out</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Something like that would be a great article, actually.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and then they started to give away all their stuff</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Note they we inworld</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: We all know that computers aren&#039;t perfect.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: were</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well MarvL not everyone seems to know that</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Oh, I do &lt;g&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: oh and this happend from 2 AM to 9 AM WAT</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Yes, but, if they don&#039;t read TOS, as proved by all the hacks that abound, you think they&#039;re going to take an article seriously?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: There&#039;s LOTS of that going around. &lt;grin&gt; Previous examples help to establish norms, however.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: so you can see how stunned the staff was on that one</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Which reminds me, is there ever going to be anything that can be done about hacks?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well perhaps we will write up a FSU</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Frequesnt Screw Ups</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: you read my mind</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: &lt;G&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: with customers responses</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: hacks are a fact of life</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Well, there ARE the forums, .... aren&#039;t there &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and some of the hackers we really appreciate becasue they come to us first</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: they love these worlds</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: you will see improvement in billng processes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: that last statement is back on the record</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: When will direct debit take place?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Are you back on the record now?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: ok</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I just submitted my final specs for DD</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Yes, and will there be a big announcement when it is ready for the European customers?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but let me ask a question of you</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: on DD</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: its not about how many current customers want it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but how many have we never reached because we lack it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: ????</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: good question</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: that was the thrust of my report to management</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: current numbers are not the main issue</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I lived in Spain for four years. You can&#039;t even GET an apartment without signing up for DD.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: its future customers</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: good point I will use it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Not to mention those waiting in the wings for it, I know a few of them.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: That certainly matches up with what I have heard from Europeans.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: OK\</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: How will people know there&#039;s a great virtual world available, charging flatrate and available by DIRECT DEBIT?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So, will there be a big announcement when it comes?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: BIG</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Are there any marketing plans for Europe?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we actually have engaged a web PR firm</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: And will your partners program help to spread that message?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Every European can do DD, but very few can do CC.&lt;shrug&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: partners will certainly stock CC</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and I assume if you are in CC, someone will mention DS</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right??!!!!</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and then HS</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and then....</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Will be be able to buy book in the Barnes and Noble store?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I&#039;m sure the word will get out &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: I meant credit card, when I said CC</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: books, magazines and software</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right JJ</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: and...</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So... the partners will support Credit Cards, but maybe not Direct Debit?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Will you provide the registration pages/forms in another language but English, when DD takes place?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: German pages are coming</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: (Hoping they don&#039;t announce a DreamDomain to add to the acronym confusion)</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: That&#039;s great news&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: partners use our pages</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: so what we support they support</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: not a dream domain</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: No but they have a Comedy Central world planned &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but perhaps free email</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: tied to your avatar name</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Just kidding &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Can you confirm the rumor that the partners are providing some folks that will trained as Guides?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: close</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Now that&#039;s an Idea, free EMail tied to your Avatar name, that you can get while online and inworld.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we will attempt to select the next group of guides from those &quot;hosts&quot; the partners proide</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: provide for their suites</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I&#039;m ready to ask about documents in general, whenever we get there.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: easy answer but not satisfactory</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 3.0</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Is there a marketing concept to attract *new* customers in Europe, when DD takes place?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: same for your graphics question</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes JJ there is</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Will those guides be working exclusivly for the partner they represent, or be a guide for the entire dream world they&#039;re on?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: As long as we are mentioning Guides, to back up a bit... What about current ones who are under 21?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Hosts work only for the suite, Guides work the whole world</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I believe he said no one would be let go earlier</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Once upon a time we were provided with a wish list an a bit of a schedule. I such a document still available?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Whoops -- meant to say that outloud</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: from Vaserius, Teresias, and all the ex-WA teamers I have about 60 such lists</span></p>
<p><span class="wainfoballoon">[Time to find a pawn machine!]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: documents as we have them are used in Japan</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: they are very buggy</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: We&#039;ve noticed &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and I have not ask tech to recode them</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: as any recoding in 2.x will not transfer to 3.0</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Your monthly Newsletter might be a good place for a &quot;3.0&quot; article.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Now, that you mention Japan.... Will we ever get skirts on athletic female bodies in DS?&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: SKIRTS? Not on my Bod!</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I will ask for that to be addressed</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Only if you have a choice &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL Marianne, you can still choose&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I can say that the current 6 avies will not change in 2.x</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: any major code changes will not be done in 2.x</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: When do you expect 3.0 to take place?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I would rather have it done right in 3.0</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 3.0 is not RSN</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: it is not being done by the current WA team</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we are 2.x only</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: oh?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: So, who&#039;s doing it?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but it is being worked on elsewhere</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: I&#039;m happy to hear a realistic answer &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: its my job Sidney</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: A related question. What size population are you using as a design target for the 3.0 software?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I am not fond of RSN</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: good queston</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Does your comment include major staff replacements?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: first we are not sure of the population size on the 2.x software</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I hope CC will tell us that</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Does the team doing 3.0 have previous experience? All new?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: then I can spec the 3.0 size</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Meaning you haven&#039;t stressed the system as yet??</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: JJ I do not understand your question</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Marianne , they work from our specifications</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: You say that somebody else but your team will work on the 3.0 version,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: what will your team and you be doing then?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we have not stressed the system since 2.3 changes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we are 2.x only</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but we review 3.0 when it is presented to us</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Okay</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: so after we go to 3.0 what happens then?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: In other words, do I have this right....</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: first we approve it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: is one team doing ummm maintaining the current product and small revisions</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: then WE do the transition work</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: and another team doing the major rework?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: right</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: good</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Ok, got it &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: thanks Marianne&lt;grin&gt; &lt;g&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but it all has to pass by us</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: we are the super beta for the 3.0 folks</span></p>
<p><span class="wainfoballoon">[You&#039;re broke.]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Could you comment on the effort to connect to an addition ISP for alternate routing.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Now, when the coversion from 2.x to 3.0 comes, will it be as stressful to some as the conversion to the web was?</span></p>
<p><span class="wainfoballoon">[You&#039;re still broke!]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the larger FSBA FAI system is bieng looked at and we are a part of that</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: FAI??</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes it will be stressfu lto some but so is waking up</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: another of the F acronyms</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: The publishable ones &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the whole system ours and others in Silicon Valley are being looked at</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: Fujitsu Across the Internet?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: verionet &lt;___________&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: verionet has some &lt;ahem. recurring issues</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair6">Lady Rayven: Sorry, that avatar is not currently in world.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: OK more questions?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: May I ask a question about something totally different please?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I mean, is it planned to be a you sign on, download some stuff and you&#039;re upgraded..... or a world goes down for 24 hours</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: silly question Ben</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: and hope you still exsist when it comes on</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Well, the whole internet looks like it was designed by a bunch of beavers. It sort of just growed &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: no idea Marianne</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Ok, thanks</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: disturbed beavers</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: JJ?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: They were on uppers at the time &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: I thought about entertainment in DS and the other worlds aswell. All events have always the same games or contests. To provide something new, would the inworld staff be willing to work together on good ideas?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Share with us some of your thinking on the &quot;necessity&quot; reintroducing rare objects.</span></p>
<p><span class="wasystemballoon">[You have been removed from the locale by the owner and you are now a ghost.]</span></p>
<p><span class="waenteringlocale">[Entering Locale: Elevator 2]</span></p>
<p><span class="wasystemballoon">[Sorry, that object is no longer accessible.]</span></p>
<p><span class="esp">&lt;ESP to Marianne G: what was this now`? LOL&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="esp">&lt;ESP to Marianne G: did I say something wrong?&lt;sigh&gt;&lt;sigh&gt;&lt;sigh&gt;&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I think he just crashed</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Me thinks he crashed &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="esp">&lt;ESP from Marianne G: No, you didn&#039;t &lt;grin&gt;&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="waenteringlocale">[Entering Locale: manager interview]</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I was shooting at Verio a few months ago too.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well that was the strangest crash I have had</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Good, have to have my seat, it shows off my ponytail</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Just cause it&#039;s not perfect, doesn&#039;t imply that it&#039;s not the best that&#039;s available.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I think JJ had a question</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: I noticed, you got up and left.... as if you were rushing to the bathroom, but if you rather not discuss it &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: yes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I just forze with a red text box</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: JJ?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: I was thinking about the entertainment in here and the other worlds,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: and the games and contests are the same all the time,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: no strippers! &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: ROFL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: wel actually CC has a new event</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: not done...</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: You have to come to a CHAOS game &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: We had fern dancers years ago</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I forget what it is called</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Related: and support such as Acolyte prizes.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Is the inworld staff willing to help out on that? I am thinking about something special though,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but I would like to see new games and have asked staff to support those attempts</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: painting avatars</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: A table dancer won the last dance contest &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: I have a new game</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: a new host program</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: painting is very power-individual intensive</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: They do it in Hotel too though</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Actually, we had a paint party one CHAOS</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: And it is time intensive</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes and then they collapse for a day</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but they do it in Hotel and I let them</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Okay, so you say forget it Judy &lt;g&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: There is a LOT of under the table information about color mapping and the like.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: no send it to the inworld staff and they will consider it</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: What if you have one of your staff, who is bored on their duty (since everybody is following the Tos now) doing it? &lt;g&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Could you provide enough technical information for us to turn it into an article?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: oh yes we get requests all the time with the maps</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well for one avie it means</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 1- listening to them</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 2- typing in 16 numbers correctly</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 3- not using bad colors and bad art</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: 4- then listening to them say</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: well thats not what I wanted &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;sigh&gt;&lt;sigh&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: LOL</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: that&#039;s the bad example &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Can I get my skin just a shade darker &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: but I will talk to techs about the &quot;paint tool</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: That&#039;s great&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: it is on the list</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the top list even</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: You could sell an artist&#039;s pallete object for 2000T I&#039;ll bet &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: Imagine the bad paint jobs we&#039;ll have to see then &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: by budding Picasso&#039;s</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: It&#039;s a easy way to KNOW someone has bad taste &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes I know Echo was very reluctant to approve the new black and white sprays</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: they are very flat</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: and the artists cringe so loud</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: Ok one more each</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Just testing something &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt; Ya gotta read the paper &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: (quickly scanning notes...}</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: yes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: no</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: sure maybe</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: All I saw was him passing behind Sidney &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: are we done</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: I&#039;m ok.</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: MarvL you have one?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: yes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Ahhh,</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair3">Sidney: MarvL, I could say the same about your question about the CC elevator... Read it in BoD &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: CC elevator will be fixed</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Will these interviews be a regular feature??</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: the home option needs to be reset for all old avies</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: Sorry if I asked questions which have been asked in an earlier conference already</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I would be willing to do this ---yes</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair2">Judy Jupiter: &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: I will even pay the rent on this turf &lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair5">MarvL: Monthly, or event driven?</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: how about---need driven</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpair4">Marianne G: That&#039;s two questions &lt;grin&gt;&lt;grin&gt;</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: you tell me when you need me</span></p>
<p><span class="spoken wacolorpairavatarself">Benjamin: if enough comes up in a month--then sure</span></p>
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