2013 BIZ: S-tech is here. E-tech is last year

S-tech, the social internet, and 
the future of virtual worlds 
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S-tech is the social sciences: Economics, Sociology, Psychology.
Electronics don't buy things. People buy things.

2013 2ndHELP: Music and video, hear and see

What you need to know 
to hear/see audio and video  
Instructions for V3.x viewers. 
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Sound & Media

Preferences, Sound & media tab

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2013 2ndHELP: Defend your event from griefers. Beginner's tutorial

Defend your event from griefers. Beginner's tutorial
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Instructions here  apply to Viewer 3.3+, not necessarily to other viewers.
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Events may attract griefers, especially if they are well publicized and well attended.  Here are things you can do to protect your events from people who create problems, assuming you own or control the land.

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Strongest -- no public access

Create a group for attendees.   Restrict parcel or sim access to that group.  Sim access control is strongest.  Some griefing can cross into a restricted parcel if the parcel is not large. On an island, the access control can  extend to the whole island

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Controlled public access

Create a group for attendees.  Set parcel options to restrict these options to group only:  

• Create objects, 
• Object entry, 
• Run scripts.  

These options will disable many griefing methods.  Some that remain possible are associated with an avatar that you can eject and ban.

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Create a meeeting parcel and a visitor parcel.  Restrict the meeting parcel to attendee group.  Restrict visitor parcel as above.  This method is used to keep people out of the main event area while letting them participate in chat and voice.

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Eject/ban from a parcel:

See that several people working with you (members of the group that owns the parcel) have the power to eject and ban people from the parcel.  You need at least two people and preferably three.   

If you see the offending  avatar:

Right click on the avatar, look for eject.  The ban option will be offered after you click eject.  If you do not see the ban option, change your activated group, preferably to the group that gives you the ban authority.  You may also need to change your group role to the role that gives you that authority.

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If you have only the name of the avatar:

World (top line) -- Place Profile --  About land -- Access -- Banned Residents -- Add

The add button will give you a new window -- enter the name -- Click Close.  

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Note:  You can also eject/ban from a private island if you are the owner or estate manager.  The methods are similar.  Place Profile --  Region/estate --Estate tab -- Banned Residents --Add

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2013 ART: Ari's Privateer space sim (by Arcadia Asylum )

Privateer space sim
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The Arcadia Asylum Museum and Library recently announced the release launch of its new collection , featuring the works of Aley Arai from the famous Privateer space sim, bringing the total library collection to almost 600 pieces available for free to all.  
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Here are some pictures of Arcadia's Work..  Click on a picture to enlarge it.

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2013 TKR: Brain Modules. The right part of your brain.

The right part of your brain: 
Self-help--Thinkerer

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Brain modules must be about using your whole brain.  Sort of.  That was a famous fad in psychology.  Not the idea of using parts of the brain.  People have always done that.  Even psychologists.  The fad part is talking about it.
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Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how

2013 EDU: Creativity, ADHD, and educational myths

Caution!  These ideas will offend many people over 30
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Watch on YouTube

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YouTube - RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

2013 1stHELP: Language of the Virtual Village

Language of the Virtual Village
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Note: some details here are specific to viewers of the  3.x class and may be different in other viewers.

2013 HOBBIES: SLRR Mainline and Branch lines connected

SLRR Mainline and Branch lines connected
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Crumbie Junction with 
SLRR interurban car

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Report from Virtual Railway Consortium (VRC)
The SLRR Mainline and Branch lines on the Atoll Continent were connected to each other on the 30th of December 2010.

2013 TKR: Education: The Secret of the Instruction Manual

If you want to keep a secret, 
put it in the instruction manual: 
Self-help--Thinkerer
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When all else fails, read the instructions. 

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This advice is reassuring. At least to those of us who don’t read the instructions until we have to. Here, in an effort to shed some light on thinkering, I present the four methods of handling the instructions when some assembly is required.
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Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how

2013 TKR: Will-power and other myths.

Will-power and fighting yourself: 
Self-help--Thinkerer
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What we know about will-power is about the same as what we know about the tooth fairy. We've heard people talk about the tooth fairy. But we have never seen the tooth fairy in action. We never ask the dentist for tooth parts to take home and put under our pillows.
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Of course, the dentist may have something going with the tooth fairy. 
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Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how