15 May 2010: 'Usurpers' by Derek Zumsteg

[13:25] Serene Bechir: hi jago
[13:25] Jago Constantine: hey serene :)
[13:25] Serene Bechir: im i louging in the middle of an upcoming event? i can move
[13:25] Jago Constantine: thats alright
[13:25] Serene Bechir: im just chillin til lthe poetry read at 3
[13:25] Jago Constantine: its not til 2pm / science fiction discussion
[13:26] Serene Bechir: ah .. well ill def move off the table in time for that / so do yall talk about the topic in general ? or a specific work? or stuff yall are writing?
[13:27] Jago Constantine: today we're listening to a podcast story
[13:27] Serene Bechir: oh i dont even know how those podcasts work .. but i need to find out
[13:28] Jago Constantine: hey ryce
[13:28] Ryce Skytower: hi
[13:28] Jago Constantine: I put the story on the music stream here in SL serene
[13:28] Ryce Skytower: i have a fashion show now
[13:28] Jago Constantine: so its easy to listen to in sl
[13:28] Ryce Skytower: hi selene
[13:29] Serene Bechir: hi .. but im not seLene .. not either one of them (selene the poet/storytellor nor selene ths musician)
[13:29] Ryce Skytower: oh its my typing / sorry lol / ok jago
[13:29] Serene Bechir: hehe np
[13:29] Ryce Skytower: ill see you later take care! / time for practice now
[13:29] Jago Constantine: cya :)
[13:29] Serene Bechir: i usually dont even say anything cos i speak fluent typonse
[13:29] Jago Constantine: thats fine serene :)
[13:29] Serene Bechir: but i think the other 2 might not like me taking credit for their work / so how do you listen to a pod cast?
[13:32] Jago Constantine: can you hear music now?
[13:33] Serene Bechir: yes / so its streamed
[13:33] Jago Constantine: then you'll hear the podcast when I switch it over / yes
[13:33] Serene Bechir: you just put the url in media?
[13:33] Jago Constantine: we download the mp3, and I get a DJ friend to play it over his stream / yeah I put the stream in media / hey simeon :)
[13:41] Simeon Beresford: Hi there
[13:44] Jago Constantine: hmm waiting for my DJ to come online to set up the stream for the meeting / hey kellan :)
[13:45] Kellan McKenna: hi :)
[13:58] Jago Constantine: hi, alyssa :)
[13:58] alyssa Ghostraven: hello Jago
[14:01] Jago Constantine: ok I turned off the music stream so you won't hear anything at the moment / oh now there is music lol / Thanks for coming folks / today we're listening to an episode of the escape pod podcast / 'Usurpers' by Derek Zumsteg
[14:02] Mayda Darkrose: hi all
[14:02] Jago Constantine: it's a near-future science fiction story with a sports theme / welcome eppie and mayda :)
[14:02] Eppie Shoreman: hi
[14:02] Jago Constantine: if you all have your streaming music on and can hear some piano music, I'll start the story
[14:03] Mayda Darkrose: I hear it.
[14:03] alyssa Ghostraven: i hear it too
[14:03] Kellan McKenna: id o
[14:03] Eppie Shoreman: I don't.
[14:03] Kellan McKenna: *i do
[14:03] Simeon Beresford: got it
[14:03] Jago Constantine: ok eppie go to edit > preferences > audio & video and click play streaming music / then press the little play button on your SL client
[14:04] Mayda Darkrose: Thats still around?
[14:04] Jago Constantine: whats still around?
[14:04] Mayda Darkrose: Azimov's mag
[14:04] Jago Constantine: oh lol
[14:04] Mayda Darkrose: I used to love that
[14:04] Jago Constantine: I think so
[14:05] Simeon Beresford: nods
[14:05] Serene Bechir: uh oh / oh its back
[14:05] Simeon Beresford: would have heard if it had shut up shop
[14:05] Serene Bechir: is a podcast live?
[14:05] Jago Constantine: no recorded
[14:05] Serene Bechir: oh thats good
[14:05] Kellan McKenna: drat....thunderstorm has moved right over me >:-E bye for now
[14:05] Serene Bechir: so is there a page you can go find them if you miss one?
[14:06] Jago Constantine: http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP177_Usurpers.mp3
[14:06] Serene Bechir: ty
[14:06] Simeon Beresford: http://escapepod.org/
[14:07] Serene Bechir: is the stream skipping for anybody else?
[14:07] Jago Constantine: not me
[14:12] Serene Bechir: it didnt cut off for a few secs just then for yall? / grrr must be me
[14:13] Jago Constantine: nope
[14:13] Mayda Darkrose: not me
[14:13] Jago Constantine: you might be lagging today
[14:13] Serene Bechir: lag shouldnt affect stream hell even if i crash i stil hear it for ages
[14:13] Jago Constantine: hmm unless its lag with your ISP
[14:14] Serene Bechir: oh it best not be that . i spent a day from hell getting my ISP issures reolved / they are just gonna have to come over here and fix it / cos SL isnt lagging at all to me right now
[14:23] Jago Constantine: cool :) / let me know when the story finishes for you all
[14:24] Mayda Darkrose: Its over
[14:24] Jago Constantine: simeon, eppi?
[14:24] Eppie Shoreman: yes / bye everyone
[14:25] Jago Constantine: bye eppie :)
[14:25] Mayda Darkrose: bye Eppie
[14:25] Jago Constantine: see you next time / So what did you both think of the story? / I liked it, except for a few points ...
[14:25] Mayda Darkrose: I'll have to listen again, to make more sense of it.
[14:25] Jago Constantine: the terse style
[14:25] Mayda Darkrose: I guess he was racing clones? / bioengineered bodies
[14:26] Jago Constantine: not clones, but they had their DNA modified to become better runners / gene therapy in china
[14:26] Mayda Darkrose: Was he older than the other runners?
[14:26] Jago Constantine: no, I don't think so / I think the constant references to his name being king were annoying
[14:27] Mayda Darkrose: I like audio books, but miss being able to go back to get a point I missed.
[14:27] Jago Constantine: heh yeah / oh, and him being the only black kid in the race was a little heavy-handed / well, maybe he wasn't / but it seemed that way
[14:28] Mayda Darkrose: Oh, I forgot that. I thought he won because he had greater willpower. Some people might think he won cause he was just stronger physically
[14:28] Jago Constantine: I think it was the willpower / it reminded me of that section of the movie gattaca / where the non GM hero is in the swimming race with his GM brother
[14:28] Mayda Darkrose: Great movie.
[14:28] Jago Constantine: and he wins because he doesn't save anything for the swim back to shore
[14:28] Simeon Beresford: i have not seen it
[14:29] Jago Constantine: its basically the same story: human willpower beats genetic modification / inspiring but implausible lol
[14:29] Mayda Darkrose: I'm not sure the premise is valid. Why couldn't the gm kids have equal willpower?
[14:29] Simeon Beresford: because the genetically modified have no will power ?
[14:29] Jago Constantine: well they didn't need it most of the time / they are good enough to beat most competitors / so don't need to push themselves
[14:29] Simeon Beresford: ah they live the easy life
[14:30] Mayda Darkrose: Ah, like the pretty girl (or boy) not having to try.
[14:30] Jago Constantine: yeah / complacent / I wonder what would have happened if King's sponsor had offered to pay for gene therapy though lol / actually now that I think of it / he was sponsored by asics / in their training program / but it mentioned that he stole and was wearing nikes identical to the other kids / I might have to go back and check that / ok so next week we'll be having a book discussion ... its been a while / so think about what you've been reading lately and be ready to discuss it :)
[14:32] Mayda Darkrose: Have you decided on the book yet?
[14:32] Jago Constantine: oh we just talk about whatever we each have read / whether we recommend it or not
[14:33] Mayda Darkrose: Oh, good. I'd like to hear what others are reading.
[14:33] Jago Constantine: what we liked about it / yeah / ok I have to finish up early this week ... I am have to go in to work for a couple of hours
[14:33] Simeon Beresford: ok / thanks Jago / I need to head off too
[14:33] Jago Constantine: see you all next week, same time :)
[14:34] Mayda Darkrose: Thanks. See you then.