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Webheads chat logs from October 20, 2002

See another webcam shot of Chris | Susanne lets in more sunshine

Tapped In

Started recording in Reception (#268)[TappedIn] at Sun Oct 20 04:01:42 2002 PDT.

SusanneN comes out in full daylight from the cyberious shadowland

DiaLog follows SusanneN to here.

TimeLog follows SusanneN to here.

SusanneN [helpdesk] hugs Vance!

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hi"

SusanneN says, "Hi Vance"

SusanneN asks, "Miss your cats?"

SusanneN purrs

SusanneN smiles to Mr. cat herder

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm at work (meow)"

SusanneN says, "ok"

SusanneN says, "There may ocur some timezone confusion, I think that the US clock leaves daylight savings today"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "GMT remains the same"

SusanneN says, "In Denmark, it is next week"

SusanneN says, "Yes, GMT is stable :-))"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "you set your clocks up by a whole week?"

VanceS [cat herder] laughs at own joke

SusanneN says, "Incredible fun :-))"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I've been extremely busy lately"

SusanneN says, "I am early today because teresa talked about meeting me earlier"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "also I've been having trouble keeping my connection here at work"

SusanneN asks, "How so?"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Yeah, it is half an hour earlier than usual"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I think they have some bad wiring here and the connection keeps dropping out"

SusanneN says, "I wish I had the same level of activity. But my connection is quite stable from home"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "this didn't use to happen"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "yes, from home I am fine"

SusanneN says, "You talked about having some new person for the network technology at work"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "we need staff but the military here doesn't hire the people required"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "so we're all doing jobs beyond our level of expertise"

SusanneN says, "Too bad, of colurse the technology cannot ryn properly without staff"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "this helps us to learn new things but is frustrating for the people who depend on our expertise, or lack thereof"

SusanneN says, "I see - you are challenged to learn new stuff :-)"

SusanneN smiles

VanceS [cat herder] says, "yeah, all the time, a bit too challenged at the moment"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I've come to the conclusion we should hire a hacker to help us figure out our network"

SusanneN says, "I wish I could help more with the Webheads homepage, but I feel so unsure about knowing enough to do so."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it really helps that you respond to messages"

SusanneN says, "Hackers are often the best people, regarding unusual techical expertise"

SusanneN says, "Yes, I am trying to do my best on that level."

SusanneN says, "It is fast and easy to repsond :-)"

SusanneN asks, "Now, for the upcoming EVON training, did you prepare a homepage for us?"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "the infusion of new students has been stimulating but also it's got me thinking I need to automate the process somewhat"

SusanneN nods

VanceS [cat herder] says, "yes, I've agreed to do that"

SusanneN says, "All those sweet tainese newbies"

SusanneN says, "Taiwanese"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "but I'm not sure if it's understood that I'm counting on someone to point me to the documents to be indicated"

SusanneN says, "I'm not sure I vahe listened enough to know what this is all about, Vance"

SusanneN says, "If I had somewhere to go and repeat the premises, I would be able to do better :-)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "for us the training was done last January-March"

SusanneN says, "I spoke to Daf yesterday, she felt she was not well prepared, either. She is, or course behind everything now, and should recover slowly."

SusanneN nods thoughtfully - yes

SusanneN says, "But at that time this was prepared mosty by YOU :-)"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "are you a trainer or a trainee?"

SusanneN says, "This time we are supposed to work together. Please make me a trainer."

SusanneN says, "I can show others many things by now, although I sometimes mess with technology matters"

SusanneN says, "But on the list we received, I was made a trainee"

SusanneN says, "It is time that I reconsider my responsibilities."

SusanneN listen to your advice

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm sure you could join Daf and Nigel or (who else) .. Aiden? .. these people need help with training"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I got the easy job, train the already trained"

SusanneN asks, "What about Rif - was he still alone on the teoretical stuff about CoPs?"

MargaretD arrives from nowhere.

MargaretD's personal recorder follows MargaretD to here.

LydiaC has connected.

SusanneN hugs Maggi!

MargaretD hugs Sus

SusanneN says, "Hello, Lydia"

MargaretD says, "Hi Lydia"

SusanneN says, "Now we are four :-)"

LydiaC leaves for the El.

LydiaC's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the El.

MargaretD says, "hmmm"

SusanneN says, "Vance, let us get back to this question about training. It might be a very good idea to work with Daf and Nigel.I'll go and get some stuff done, and get back in five minutes"

SusanneN looks rbr.

SusanneN looks BRB :-).

JohnSte has arrived.

White Book of Tarkin Ru follows JohnSte to here.

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Morning."

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Hope you all are fine."

MargaretD says, "Hi John"

You hear a quiet popping sound; VanceS [cat herder] has lost his link.

Disconnected from TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 04:42:47 2002 PDT.

Vance restores connection and tries to get back in to Tapped In with browser, but the applet doesn't 'take'; eventually has to reboot his computer to regain TappedIn.

Connected to TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 04:49:00 2002 PDT.

VanceS teleports to the reception.

Started recording in Reception (#268)[TappedIn] at Sun Oct 20 04:49:10 2002 PDT.

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Maggi - One year I sent my dissertation committee Christmas cards. I wrote in them "Thinking og you while sitting here on the beach.""

BJB [HelpDesk] waves goodday to Vance

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "They didn't think is was very funny."

SusanneN asks, "BJ, did little baby Han go home, or is he still with you, too?"

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Morning, Vance."

WesnerS has connected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hi, sorry, I got mugged by a bunch of tomcats"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "cybertomcats"

BJB [to SusanneN]: "he went home. His parents were just out shopping."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "but I've scratched my way back here"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "nice to see everyone"

SusanneN hands mr, Tomcat a bow of sparadrap

BJB [HelpDesk] wonders if anyone is going to try out the portal Andrew set up for the webheads.

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Nice to see you again, Vance."

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Morning, Vesner."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "if I can keep my connection for a short while, yes"

SusanneN says, "Oh, I hope that the VoIP portal will be opened to Mac users some day"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "shall we try it?"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "anyone remember the url offhand?"

JohnSte [Dr. Cat] says, "Well, the kids just got here. I'll see you all next week."

You hear a quiet popping sound; SusanneN has lost her link.

BJB [HelpDesk] waves bye to John

You hear a quiet popping sound; JohnSte [Dr. Cat] has disconnected.

BJB . o O ( oops...lost Sus, too. )

VanceS [cat herder] wavesses ??

Sandra has connected.

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "Hi, Sandra. Welcome to TAPPED IN"

Sandra [guest] exclaims, "hi !"

RitaZ has connected.

Sandra [guest] says, "this is my first time come here"

WesnerS asks, "PaThis is my first time in and I'm having connection problems. Any advice?"

BJB [to Sandra [guest]]: "are you here to join the webheads discussion or to explore TAPPED IN?"

BJB [HelpDesk] exclaims, "hi, Wesner. We're glad you made it!"

Andy has connected.

BJB [to WesnerS]: "are you here for the Webheads discussion?"

Andy [guest] says, "Yes"

BJB [HelpDesk] waves hi to Andy. Good morning

Sandra [guest] says, "i am Aiden's student"

Andy [guest] says, "good morning, I'm off to make some quick coffee and will be right back"

WesnerS says, "Explore."

RitaZ waves to everybody good day

BJB [HelpDesk] asks, "great, Sandra. Do you know how to get to Aiden's office?"

BJB [to WesnerS]: "if you have any questions, type /page bjb and your question and I'll come running ;-)"

Sandra [guest] says, "i don't know how to go there"

BJB [to Sandra [guest]]: "do you have Aiden's office number?"

WesnerS asks, "What's here?"

Sandra [guest] says, "could you tell me"

BJB [to WesnerS]: "just a sec and I'll help you"

BJB [to Sandra [guest]]: "E802"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "click on ELEVATOR, go to the 8th floor, east wing and then click on 802"

Sandra [guest] says, "ok! i see, thank you"

BJB [to WesnerS]: "are you an educator? I'm a teacher in Pennsylvania and a helpdesk volunteer for TAPPED IN"

WesnerS says, "Will lhave to check in later."

You hear a quiet popping sound; WesnerS has disconnected.

Sandra [guest] leaves for the El.

BJB . o O ( oops )

MargaretD says, "Hi Rita"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "wb, Maggi"

MargaretD says, "halli hallo again"

You hear a quiet popping sound; VanceS [cat herder] has lost his link.

Disconnected from TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 05:01:32 2002 PDT.

Vance becomes Quite Disgusted with flaky phone line, packs up, and goes home. Boots son off computer and gets on DSL there …

Connected to TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 05:27:23 2002 PDT.

VanceS teleports to the reception.

Started recording in Reception (#268)[TappedIn] at Sun Oct 20 05:27:39 2002 PDT.

Sandra [guest] says, "just stay at drom and went to nightmarket with roommate"

VanceS [cat herder] claws way back in

TeresaAlm [to Rita,]: "vance heelo, there!"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "Andy has suggested that you might want to check your line speed as one way to help you figure out why you're losing connections"

BJB [HelpDesk] waves wb to Vance

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Hi, whew, made it"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "hello, rita and vance!"

ChristopherMJ has connected.

Vivian [guest] asks, "nigjtmarket.....well....u mean Mei-Nung?"

ChristopherMJ exclaims, "Hi everyone!"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "hi, chris!"

RitaZ exclaims, "hi, tere and all!"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I came home, now I'll be ok"

MargaretD says, "I have DSL"

VanceS [cat herder] waves to MargaretD, BJB [HelpDesk], Andy [guest], NanH, Sandra [guest], Vivian [guest], TeresaAlm, RitaZ, and ChristopherMJ.

MichaelAC has connected.

Andy [guest] says, "lots of middleast congestion in the internet cloud today, eh Vance"

Sandra [guest] says, "nope..it is in chishan"

BJB [to VanceS]: "should we have the webheads check line speed? That might help them trouble shoot a poor connection."

TeresaAlm exclaims, "hi, mc!"

MichaelAC says, "Hello eveeryone"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "It's a deterioration of our phone service at work"

Sandra [guest] says, "hello all:)"

RitaZ exclaims, "hi, Michael!!"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it's fine from home, 7 km away"

Vivian [guest] says, "u didn't go to Mei-Nung..."

VanceS [cat herder] waves to MichaelAC.

MargaretD says, "HI MC"

MichaelAC waves back you V

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "where is Mei-Nung?"

TeresaAlm [to Bj]: "forgot where i put that great url for speed checking."

CurtisP has connected.

MichaelAC asks, "What's the buzz?"

BJB [to Teresa]: "Andy can project that url"

AidenY has connected.

Andy [guest] asks, "I can project it if you would like?"

Sandra [guest] says, "yeap..Mei-Nung is a bigger nightmarket than chichan"

BJB [to Andy [guest]]: "please do"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "sure, go ahead"

Vivian [guest] says, "VanceS, it's a small town of Kaohsiung,Taiwan"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "please, andy!"

AidenY says, "hello everyone"

RitaZ exclaims, "please, do, want to see it!"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "hi, aiden!"

BJB [HelpDesk] waves hi to Aiden.

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "with a big night market, what do they sell there?"

Vivian [guest] says, "AidenY, hello"

Sandra [guest] says, "Hi! Aiden"

VanceS [cat herder] says hi to MargaretD, BJB [HelpDesk], Andy [guest], NanH, Sandra [guest], Vivian [guest], TeresaAlm, RitaZ, ChristopherMJ, MichaelAC, CurtisP, and AidenY.

SusanneN has arrived.

DiaLog follows SusanneN to here.

TimeLog follows SusanneN to here.

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "wb, Susanne"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "hi, sus!"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hi Susanne wb"

AidenY says, "hi sus"

SusanneN [webhead] hugs teresa!

RitaZ exclaims, "wb, Sus!"

SusanneN [webhead] hugs Aiden! ____________________________________ | |

BJB holds up a BIG sign: | may I have your attention, please! | |____________________________________|

MichaelAC asks, "wb?"

Vivian [guest] says, "some local foods, clothes"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "Andy is going to project a webpage where you can check your line speed"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "i'm all eyes!"

MargaretD says, "WELCOME BACK"

VanceS [cat herder] puts on glasses to read bj's sign

SusanneN [webhead] hugs Micheal :-))

BJB . o O ( so you will know if you can access the portal he has set up for webheads )

MichaelAC thanks Maggi

CynthiaLi has connected.

Sandra [guest] says, "many kind of stands there"

SusanneN [webhead] with her eyes wide open.

Andy [guest] projects the URL: http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=2

AidenY says, "hello cynthia"

TeresaAlm says, "got it, andy."

CynthiaLi says, "hi~ Aiden.."

Vivian [guest] says, "Cynthia...hi"

CynthiaLi says, "hi~ Vivian.."

BJB [HelpDesk] exclaims, "click on START and then don't type...be patient!"

Sandra [guest] says, "hello! Cynthia"

CynthiaLi says, "hi~ Sandra"

BJB . o O ( the site will calculate your line speed )

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "give me an example of something amazing you can find at a night market?"

ChristopherMJ exclaims, "Hi Sus!"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "what would I be surprised to find there?"

Vivian [guest] asks, "re u in ur sweet dorm now,cynthia?"

CynthiaLi says, "no... I am in Internet store..."

Sandra [guest] asks, "are u in Kaoshung now?"

CynthiaLi says, "yes..."

NanH is in the "rocks" category LOL Thanks for the link, Andy! :)

VanceS [cat herder] says, "308kbps downstream for me"

CynthiaLi says, "there is some problem of sending e-mail."

Vivian [guest] says, "why do u come back tonight"

CynthiaLi says, "I always go back on Mon...."

TeresaAlm asks, "633 for me. good, right?"

AidenY says, "420kbps for me, it says upstream result was slow,not good"

CynthiaLi asks, "Are you both in dorm?"

NanH says, "you "rock" too, Tere :D"

Sandra [guest] says, "yeap! we are in dorm now"

CynthiaLi says, "oh~"

Andy [guest] says, "Terry, yes if it's 633k, bad if only 633"

MargaretD says, "300k"

Vivian [guest] says, "how about ur weekend, cynthis"

CynthiaLi asks, "there are less classmates here tonight, right?"

CynthiaLi says, "so so...."

BJB [to Cynthia]: "some of your class is in Aiden's office"

Vivian [guest] says, "yap"

Sandra [guest] exclaims, "yeap!"

CynthiaLi says, "oh~.."

NanH asks, "what does the portal require?"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm still waiting to hear what I can find in a night market that I wouldn't expect"

Andy [guest] says, "Vance, I'll let you decide how you want to handle the webcast voice portal and I'll sit back and help you and BJ when required"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "would you like to project the portal url Andrew?"

Andy [guest] says, "sure"

CynthiaLi asks, "to BJ... may I ask you where you come from?"

CynthiaLi says, "Because I heard much about you from Fiona"

CynthiaLi says, "oh~"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "I'm in Pennsylvania, USA, Cynthia"

Andy [guest] projects the URL: http://www.alado.net/chicago

ClaireC [guest] finds its way in.

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "it takes a couple minutes to download the software"

Andy [guest] says, "follow the instructions and just click through till you load the java applet onto your browser"

ChristopherMJ [to Andy [guest]]: "Do we need to download the software every time?"

Andy [guest] says, "no just once"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Hi Claire"

ClaireC [guest] says, "hello~~everyone"

Andy [guest] says, "unless we have a special event for hundreds of remote users"

Sandra [guest] says, "hello! Claire"

ChristopherMJ says, "Hi Claire"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "you can meet the webheads, pictures and etc, here http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/students.htm"

Vivian [guest] says, "ClaireC,hi"

CynthiaLi asks, "How's Chicago, this place?"

ClaireC [guest] says, "Hello~~Vivian"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "bj's picture and info is here http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/file s/efi/bjb.htm"

ClaireC [guest] says, "Which Vivian are you"

Vivian [guest] says, "vivian lin la"

Sandra [guest] says, "haha.."

Vivian [guest] says, "haha"

Vivian [guest] says, "section a's vivian"

Andy [guest] says, "one thing we discovered, you can't have your Yahoo camera and voice software on, so you should exit that program first"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "have any of you got any webheads web pages up?"

ClaireC [guest] says, "oh~~~You're a girl who love Tsuyoshi"

ChristopherMJ says, "Thanks, Andy, good to know"

Sandra [guest] says, "so what's goin on Claire"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm getting strange results from the portal, Andrew"

Vivian [guest] says, "haha...u got it"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "sounds like squeaking"

CynthiaLi leaves for the El.

CynthiaLi's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the El.

NanH says, "that's what i hear here too, vance"

Vivian [guest] says, "love both them so much"

ClaireC [guest] asks, "Where are you ?School?"

Vivian [guest] says, "yap...in dorm"

SusanneN [webhead] exclaims, "I suggest that Aiden's students go to their classroom as their conversation will not be disrupted there!"

Andy [guest] says, "Vance did you hear Michael and BJ talk, we see you in the portal but don't know what your problem is"

Sandra [guest] leaves for the El.

ClaireC [guest] leaves for the El.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I clicked in a second time and don't see anyone here"

Vivian [guest] leaves for the El.

Andy [guest] says, "Vance I'll list those who made into the voice portal for you"

MargaretD says, "I made it but had too much open"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I tried again, am there now"

NanH says, "me too"

ChristopherMJ [to Andy [guest]]: "I really don't understand how you get in from http://www.alado.net/chicago without having to download the client. I don't see a link that gets you directly in. Am I overlooking something"

Andy [guest] says, "Michael, Aiden, BJ, NanH, Teresadeca, Curtis and myself"

Andy [guest] says, "Vance, you may ask them if they have a mic plugged into their sound card"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "ok"

SusanneN [webhead] says, "Andy, I'm still very interested in the VoIP technology, but as a Mac user, I'd like to know whether a new VoIP client for Mac that was released some days ago, would make it possible in a near future for us mac Webheads (a small minority) to join your portal? You can answer me later if you like."

You hear a quiet popping sound; RitaZ has disconnected.

CynthiaLi has arrived.

CynthiaLi's personal recorder (recording) has arrived.

You hear a quiet popping sound; VanceS [cat herder] has lost his link.

Disconnected from TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 05:48:30 2002 PDT.

This time it might have had something to do with launching the Alado chat client; not sure. At least reconnection did not require reboot.

Connected to TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 05:48:58 2002 PDT.

Andy [guest] says, "I'll have to look into that Susanne, we are running both the TI and the webcast portal at the same time"

CynthiaLi asks, "can you specak spanish?"

CandyL has connected.

CynthiaLi says, "to Nanh~"

BJB [to VanceS]: "everything ok?"

NanH [to Cynthia]: "si :)"

CynthiaLi says, "hola.."

NanH [to Cynthia]: "tu tambien?"

SusanneN [webhead] thank you, Andy, I know you're busy

NanH [to Cynthia]: "de donde eres?"

CynthiaLi says, "yo estudia espanol tres anos."

Andy [guest] says, "I hear you"

CynthiaLi says, "soy de kaohsiung"

CandyL says, "Hi....this is my first time be here..."

CandyL says, "I get nervours..."

NanH [to Cynthia]: "ok :)"

SusanneN [webhead] says, "Hi Candy, Welcome to Tapped In."

CynthiaLi asks, "por que puedes hablar espanol?"

NanH [to Candy]: "welcome... everyone is new once... don't worry :)"

CandyL asks, "Are you my classmates?"

CynthiaLi says, "No~"

CandyL asks, "Excuse me....Who you are?"

SusanneN [webhead] says, "Your classmates may be in Mrs,. Yeh's office"

NanH [to Cynthia]: "lo estudie' en la universidad y lo he ensenado a veces"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hi some of us are talking to each other in the alado chat room"

CynthiaLi says, "I am Cynthia...Ms. Yen's classmate"

SusanneN [webhead] asks, "Are you a student from Kaoshiung, Candy?"

CandyL says, "Yes..."

NanH [to Candy]: "lots of people meet here :) And, lots of classes too"

SusanneN [webhead] says, "This is the reception."

CynthiaLi says, "Are you from Kaoshiung university:"

CandyL says, "So....Where should I go...I mean chatting room"

NanH [to Cynthia]: "quien? yo? no"

CandyL says, "yes...I come from Kaoshiung university.."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "this is the url http://www.alado.net/chicago"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "for the voice chat"

SusanneN [webhead] says, "Candy, type this: /join cindyw"

CandyL says, "I will try it...thanks.."

CynthiaLi says, "yo no uso espanol much por eso no hablo bien ahora (to NanH)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "don't know, Susanne"

CandyL says, "see you soon...bye"

NanH [to Cynthia]: "puedes comunicar... es bastante ahorita :)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm not one to impose limits on cats"

CynthiaLi says, "pero me gusta espanol mucho"

You hear a quiet popping sound; CandyL has disconnected.

CynthiaLi says, "gracias"

SusanneN [webhead] nods thoughtfully to Vance

NanH [to CynthiaLi]: "a mi tambien :)"

NanH asks, "I'm still just hearing squeaking... is this typing or what? Is anyone communicating in any way on the voice portal?"

CynthiaLi asks, "hay muchas personas hablar espanol en america?"

NanH [to Cynthia]: "si"

NanH says, "ok... I just got msn search page up... I think it's swearing at me LOL"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I heard squeaking too and I closed the window and restarted"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it worked fine after that"

NanH says, "ah... ok"

CandyL has connected.

SusanneN [webhead] asks, "Squeaking, like virtual mice, Vance?"

SheilaHua has connected.

BJB [to Nan]: "you're using IE?"

CynthiaLi says, "I went to America one time and i saw there were many translations included spanish so I just guess there are many people would speak spanish in America. (to NanH)"

SheilaHua leaves for the 8th.

SheilaHua's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the 8th.

ChristopherMJ [to Susanne]: "It's too bad this GLC client doesn't work for the Mac!! It's great! BTW, I owe you an e-mail. Thank you for the support!!! It's great!"

CynthiaLi says, "When I learn spanish, my teachers told spanish is the third language in the world"

NanH says, "sorry cynthia... I'm going to another window for a while"

CynthiaLi says, "ok~"

CynthiaLi says, "see you .."

NanH says, "nice talking with you though"

CynthiaLi says, "me,too"

CynthiaLi says, "bye~"

SusanneN [to Chris]: "I was so happy for your proposal!!!Let us keep in touch about this."

CynthiaLi says, "i have to leave..."

CynthiaLi says, "nice talking here.."

CandyL says, "Sorry....I come here again...I really don't know how to use this system..."

You hear a quiet popping sound; CynthiaLi has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] exclaims, "00 you're using it fine!"

CandyL says, "I try to find alado.net.chicago...but...I can't find it.."

You hear a quiet popping sound; MichaelAC has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it's ok, we can talk to you here"

SusanneN [to Chris]: "the reason why I am so eager to use the VoIP voice chat is of course that I would love to be included in the troubleshooting and user testing, as well as the documentation and FAQ :-))"

CandyL asks, "So...I just stay here...and talk to you?"

CandyL says, "sorry...I got to go...see you"

You hear a quiet popping sound; CandyL has disconnected.

SusanneN looks away.

ChristopherMJ [to Susanne]: "We sure will keep in touch!!"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it's because I'm going back and forth from window to window"

SusanneN [away] says, "I know :-))"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "who else is here?"

VanceS [cat herder] shines flashlight on BJB [HelpDesk], Andy [guest],

NanH, TeresaAlm, ChristopherMJ, CurtisP, AidenY, and SusanneN [away].

SusanneN [away] says, "This is called Mulitple Windows equilibirsm"

SusanneN [away] feels enlightened

CurtisP says, "Hi All"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Hi curtis"

SusanneN says, "Hi Curtis"

CurtisP leaves for the 4.

CurtisP's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the 4.

SusanneN says, "Bye, curtis"

BJB [HelpDesk] quietly slips out the door.

BJB has arrived.

BJ's Shadow follows BJB to here.

VanceS [cat herder] steps around bj's shadow

BJB [HelpDesk] appreciates Vance's courtesy

BJB . o O ( I was trying to track down Curtis, but he's off exploring and just connected )

SusanneN asks, "Well, do the voice portal work well today?"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "yes, it do"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "yes, Sus, once we got some bugs worked out"

SusanneN asks, "very good - and are you gathering those bug reports somewhere to help troubleshooting next time?"

Vivian [guest] finds its way in.

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "you can't hear this susanne?"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "it was more a case of people learning to connect mics to sound cards"

BJB . o O ( and some connections were unstable until the participant did a restart )

You hear a quiet popping sound; SRI_8 [guest] has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "this is very interesting, and very nice of BJ and Andrew to arrange this for webheads"

TeresaAlm says, "absolutely, vance."

BJB [HelpDesk] exclaims, "Andrew has done all the work!"

TeresaAlm says, "always modest, bj."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I have an impression that BJ was instrumental in nominating us for this test case"

SusanneN says, "Hopefully, I will be able join you some day on a voice IP"

TeresaAlm says, "you sure will, sus."

SusanneN says, "I am doing some serious background research to understand what's going on, at least :-)"

SusanneN asks, "Do you find that the voice quality is better than an average video conferencing?"

AidenY says, "yes, sus, better than yahoo, i think"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "it is. incidentally, Chris is about to bcast web cam on yahoo"

ChristopherMJ says, "The voice quality is the best I've heard so far"

SusanneN says, "cool"

AidenY says, "and you could also browse urls"

SusanneN says, "i'll get to yahoo"

SusanneN asks, "I miss Chris on my list? Whai is his alias?"

AidenY says, "johncrus"

SusanneN says, "My webcam is poen, but still voiceless"

SusanneN says, "It is OPEN :-))"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "Susanne, are you able to get text in Alado?"

SusanneN says, "No, Vance, I've tried but in vain."

Andy [guest] says, "Susanne is on a Mac and she can't use the portal since it only works with Windows OS"

BJB [to Susanne]: "Andy is asking if you can explain the problems you have with the portal using a mac"

Andy [guest] says, "We are talking about Mac issues now"

NanH says, "see you all later..."

NanH fades away into the ether...

SusanneN says, "OK, I'm with you now"

You hear a quiet popping sound; NanH has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'm watching Susanne on Yahoo web cam now"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Hi Susanne"

SusanneN says, "I'll try to check it again and make a report"

SusanneN says, "Hi Vnace, here nd there :-)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "Susanne, look up and smile"

TeresaAlm says, "i finally see you, sus. wow!!! :-)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "you need to adjust focus"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "getting there"

SusanneN says, "Is that better? I think it is too m uch sunshiine in here"

SusanneN says, "Anyway, we cane from the mac troubleshooting."

VasiliosM has connected.

SusanneN asks, "Andy, any idea on how I should get to the chatroom?"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "hi, Vasilios. Welcome"

ChristopherMJ says, "I can see Sus. My yhaoo ID is johnschrus"

CindyW finds her way in.

CindyW's personal recorder follows CindyW to here.

VasiliosM leaves for the LIB.

VasiliosM's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the LIB.

SusanneN asks, "Chris, would you pl invite me to see Your webcam?"

SusanneN says, "I'd like to have an idea on how your face looks like, live :-)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I just spoke your qustion to Andy, Sus"

ChristopherMJ says, "No prob, Sus, hang on"

You hear a quiet popping sound; CindyW has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I'll ask andy to project his picture"

TeresaAlm says, "hi, sus! saw your hi message."

ChristopherMJ [to SusanneN]: "the "hi" sign is great!!! I need to make one!"

SusanneN exclaims, "Good!!!"

Andy [guest] says, "Sus, we are discussing a way to develop this further"

SusanneN says, "I sure see you now, Chris"

Andy [guest] says, "Vance just suggested I project something to you."

SusanneN says, "Andy, this makes me so happy"

SusanneN says, "Please project ahead"

Andy [guest] projects the URL: http://www.alado.net/sbdc/id10.html

Andy [guest] says, "This was the page we used to send out live video for Global Learn Day, I'm the person on the far right with the jeans and dark shirt"

ChristopherMJ [to SusanneN]: "could't read that sign, Sus, it looked like it was on a mirror"

ChristopherMJ [to I]: "did see you laughing"

BJB [to SusanneN]: "couldn't read the message, but it's nice to see your sunshiny smile"

2002/10/20 Webheads is full. Stopped recording.

SusanneN says, "It just said, easy notes :-)"

SusanneN says, "It is aon a mirror, yes"

SusanneN says, "OK, I'll have a look at that page, Andy"

SusanneN asks, "Andy, where does this page link to, anywhere I could go to get to the chatroom?"

TeresaAlm exclaims, "me, too. running everything just great!"

Andy [guest] says, "The chatroom we are using now only works with Windows Operating Systems so we have to figure out how to make this work for you on a MAC,sorry"

SusanneN says, "I thought so"

SusanneN says, "I really hope this will become easier some day"

SusanneN says, "And I am willing to be your guinea pig"

Andy [guest] says, "I have to go and drive down south a few hours, so I'll say bye for now"

SusanneN says, "Bye bye, Andy, thanks for coming"

BJB [HelpDesk] hugs Andy bye ______________________ | |

TeresaAlm holds up a BIG sign: | HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAF! | |______________________|

You hear a quiet popping sound; SRI_129 [guest] has lost its link.

NigelC has arrived.

Peter Quince follows NigelC to here.

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "hi, Nigel. Good morning"

SusanneN exclaims, "Ni Nigella!"

NigelC says, "morning all"

SusanneN says, "Th that is a herb, sorry"

TeresaAlm says, "hi, nigel."

NigelC asks, "what's up in cyberspace?"

SusanneN asks, "Mr, Kaplan, I presume?"

NigelC grins

SusanneN says, "We're playing with webcams and VoIP"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hey nigel, my K"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "or mr C"

NigelC says, "it's a common mistake"

BJB [HelpDesk] says, "we're singing happy birthday to Dafne in the alado portal :)"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "we're here ...."

SusanneN says, "How cute"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "http://www.alado.net/chicago"

NigelC says, "fortunately I don't have the technology to sing. I certainly don't have the voice"

SusanneN sings, ~\ happy birthday dear Dafne, happy birthday to you! /~

NigelC says, "is she OK now? can't see her online"

BJB [to NigelC]: "she's sore, but recovering"

NigelC says, "that's good"

NigelC says, "hey, nice photo, Aiden (your icon)"

BJB . o O ( she's in the alado portal. Would you like to download the applet? )

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "are you comin to the voice portal?"

AidenY says, "hello nigel"

NigelC [to Bj]: "no thanks - not my computer, can't download"

NigelC says, "good morning aiden"

AidenY says, "g'evening here"

TeresaAlm says, "well, got to go. great week to you all."

NigelC says, "bye Teresa"

SusanneN hugs dear teresa, thanks for the long mail

TeresaAlm says, "nice celebrations, daf! hugs."

TeresaAlm says, "bye all."

You hear a quiet popping sound; TeresaAlm has disconnected.

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I've got to go too"

NigelC says, "so long"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I was expecting to do this from work"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "so I agreed to help someone there"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "which means I've got to go back"

NigelC says, "ah"

AidenY says, "nigel, nice to see you here"

NigelC says, "likewise, AIden. Long time no "see""

SusanneN asks, "Now, Vance, are you multitasking offline ,as well?"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "notyet"

NigelC imagines Vance rubbing his stomach and patting his head

AidenY says, "yeah, the lesson on movie review went well"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "I I can't even IMAGINE that"

NigelC asks, "oh good - which reviews did you use in the end?"

VanceS . o O ( rub stomach and pat stomach )

VanceS [cat herder] says, "hey"

VanceS . o O ( rub head and rub stomache )

VanceS [cat herder] says, "no that's not it"

AidenY says, "sweet home alabama, we haven't done greek wedding yet"

SusanneN says, "Kind of a test, I guess"

NigelC asks, "uhu. Did you use the Ebert and Roper reviews?"

AvanaK has connected.

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "the what?"

AidenY says, "no, i used the one from yahoo"

VanceS [cat herder] asks, "review of what?"

SusanneN says, "The rubbing tummy & scratching head"

AidenY says, "sweet home alabam"

AidenY says, "ideal mate was given as an assignment"

NigelC says, "OK. Ebert & Rober, Vance, are two famous movie reviewers from Chicago. They stream the audio from their syndicated TV show online"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "ohhh"

NigelC asks, "have they released Alabama in your country, Aiden?"

AidenY says, "i'll try that with the greek wedding"

SusanneN says, "Oh, yes, I remember this exchange of movie likes and dislikes."

AidenY says, "yes"

NigelC says, "Greek Wedding is a wonderful movie - very charming"

BJB . o O ( used to be Siskel and Ebert...I think Siskel died )

NigelC says, "Yeah -- I've seen tapes, and Siskel was much better"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "oh, I remember them"

AidenY says, "joyce, one of students, wrote a poem about this and vance made a page for her"

AvanaK leaves for the 8th.

AvanaK's personal recorder (recording) leaves for the 8th.

NigelC says, "One of my writing colleagues set her class a compare/contrast assignment between Greek Wedding and Amy Tan's ubiquitous 'Two Kinds'"

AidenY says, "i just finished checking their assignments"

AidenY says, "what's two kinds about"

NigelC says, "second generation Chinese-Americans -- from the Joy Luck Club"

VanceS [cat herder] says, "ok I've got to run back to work now"

AidenY says, "amy tan, what's the other best seller book that she wrote about 5 or something years ago"

VanceS . o O ( i read that )

SusanneN says, "I saw a wonderful Finnish movie some days ago, called the Man without a past. But of course it would not qualify for EFL,.as they speak Finnish only. But it was quite a movie, about low existence survival."

VanceS [cat herder] says, "see you"

SusanneN says, "Bye Vance"

AidenY says, "ah yes"

NigelC says, "bye Vance"

VanceS [cat herder] waves to ChristopherMJ, AidenY, SusanneN, BJB

[HelpDesk], and NigelC.

ChristopherMJ says, "Bye Vance"

VanceS [cat herder] lays finger aside of nose

You hear a quiet popping sound; VanceS [cat herder] has disconnected.

Disconnected from TAPPED IN on Sun Oct 20 06:56:06 2002 PDT.

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