Waiting for Philip

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Pathfinder.Lester: hi Thirza :) just saw you there. lol
Mal Burns: WB Thirza
Thirza Ember: what is with these sit poses???
Pathfinder.Lester:lol, lemme try that chair... hm, ok for me
Thirza Ember: ok i am now officially the Problem
Mal Burns: renames them "perch" poses - AO maybe?
Gavin Hird: try turn off sit ao
Thirza Ember: you really think my a/o has that sit pose?
Gavin Hird: hehe
Mal Burns: think i see yr dance pose, something working
Thirza Ember: yes, and I am getting counselling for that
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Thirza Ember: o
Thirza Ember: m
Thirza Ember: g
Mal Burns: kk - that seems right
Thirza Ember: the thing with it is, who holds their head like that? In what metaverse is this a likely sit pose for man woman or furry?
Mal Burns: ha ha, keep yr hand up and you get first questions from teacher
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Pathfinder Lester: crazy
Mal Burns: weird
Thirza Ember: I think Fleep hates me. That's what it is.
Pathfinder Lester: lol, we need to get you another chair
Mal Burns: try appearance mode toggle
Thirza Ember: "after her fourth Jägermeister, Thirza Ember addresses Philip R with an awkward question"
Pathfinder Lester: Thirza, sit on that chair - i mean cube
Mal Burns: try next chair
Pathfinder Lester: ok, now stay right there
Mata Hari: lol
Pathfinder.Lester: wait
Thirza Ember: I swear, I do not have this pose in my inventory
Pathfinder Lester: your pose is wacky again, that cube had no scripts in it
Mata Hari: that's your AO, or someone is running osAvatarPlayAnimation on you for entertainment :p
Thirza Ember: I'm not saying Littlefield Thirza doesn't have it, but avacon Thirza has barely got a walk a/o
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Mal Burns: yay!
Pathfinder.Lester: success! ty for helping Mata :)
Thirza Ember: you can't take me anywhere, is the moral of this story
Mal Burns: haw haw... knew that already lol!
Pathfinder Lester: well, I've seen you on Safari, but I won't tell stories... what happens on Safari stays on Safari
Koni Lanzius: hehe
Pathfinder Lester: i should wear my insanity head... how do i look?

Koni Lanzius: yikes! `pathfinder!!

Thirza Ember: Not the insanity head! that thing freaked me out for the longest time

Pathfinder Lester: lol the full avatar is amazing
Mal Burns: ruddy awful if you want my honest opinion
Mal Burns: you are still wriggling a lot
Mata Hari: possibly related to the fire ant hill under her chair?
Thirza Ember: dang the wriggling thing you're going to have to live with
Pathfinder Lester: i should go back to my home grid and change. I don't like changing outfits while hypergridding. bad stuff can happen... brb
Megan Liminal: is this where the rosedale presentation is taking place?
Mata Hari: yes it is
Megan Liminal: great, ty!
Thirza Ember: i am way more interested in the Nara's Nook party, they do erotic fiction, I am surprised everyone is not going
Koni Lanzius: lol... its 8pm SL right?
Mal Burns: will be a wee bit late for me
Thirza Ember: like that will stop you...  2 words -Red Bull
Mal Burns: 4am for me - no "bull"
Koni Lanzius: ;p....  heeeeee's back!

Mal Burns: eek

Pathfinder Lester: ah, i feel refreshed
Koni Lanzius: lol
Thirza Ember: oh god it is like being back on futurelab all over again
Pathfinder.Lester: Futurelab and Francogrid. places to get your mind blown
Thirza Ember: This is why we give people weeks of notice before the Safari comes to visit
Mal Burns: someone is gonna accuse you of blocking their view ha ha
Pathfinder Lester: Mal, yeah, I should probably change again
Koni Lanzius: that av reminds me of that movie "What Dreams May Come" o.O
Thirza Ember: 'Excuse me sir or madam, would you mind removing your hat... I mean head?'

Pathfinder Lester: but part of me wants Philip to see me and go "oh man path what the hell..."
Koni Lanzius: heheh
Mal Burns: lol
             So... Phil showed up and just exactly as I predicted, instead of talking about 'What is the metaverse?' he spent the whole time flogging High Fidelity, using a sort of Jobsian mix of tech snobbery and toys for boyishness. The new invention can tell what your face looks like by hearing your voice. 
Probably just as well that we were all in written chat then, huh. Of course, the fangirls bought into it 100%.

 ...so anyway turns out Net Neutrality doesn't matter, the future is rosy, using a Mouse is really hard work, and Phil would like to sell us some sort of way to connect our opensim grids and have our identity, our avie and inventory connected and consolidated via his 'coordinated services'. We will even migrate our standalones into his system, turning them into 'domains'. Wow. Wait, what was that sound? Oh right. ker-ching.

Doesn't sound too open to me, but sadly, Thirza isn't capable of raising her eyebrows, else believe me they would be fully raised. 

At the end they asked him 'what do you hope to talk about next year's conference?' 

His answer was that, by then, he hopes to be able to travel with a group of friends, from grid to grid, in a matter of seconds, experiencing the wonders of different worlds. 

Like some sort of ...Hypergridding club, perhaps? Sounds very futuristic and fun. 

I wonder how much he will be charging...