[2023/06/24 13:54:18]  Demure Nightshade: Beep  and  boop
[2023/06/24 13:54:29]  NF/3 PHASE-03: Beep boop.
[2023/06/24 13:54:36]  SXD rhet0rica: The hour draws near!
[2023/06/24 13:54:39]  SXD rhet0rica: Welcome and welcome.
[2023/06/24 13:57:50]  Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh my. Hello everyone.
[2023/06/24 13:58:06]  D8 J3nn4-M3: hollo :)
[2023/06/24 13:58:15]  NF/3 PHASE-03: Heya
[2023/06/24 13:58:18]  QKR din4: Hello :)
[2023/06/24 13:58:53]  NS Mizuki: Howdy :)
[2023/06/24 13:59:01]  QKR Succubus: whispers: Unit is now unlocked.
[2023/06/24 13:59:05]  Miri: Is the Robot addicts anonymous?
[2023/06/24 13:59:11]  Demure Nightshade stomps
[2023/06/24 13:59:21]  NF/3 PHASE-03: Yes, probably
[2023/06/24 13:59:34]  NS r1n: Yes but is is only to help you get more addicted.
[2023/06/24 13:59:43]  Miri: damn
[2023/06/24 13:59:47]  Rika Kono: lol
[2023/06/24 13:59:56]  Miri: not sure if this what my doctor prescribed to me then
[2023/06/24 14:00:30]  D8 J3nn4-M3: i thougth we all have our UUID's fur user verification
[2023/06/24 14:01:11]  SXD rhet0rica: Alright. Please remember that Eisa is a no-gesture-spam zone and you will be launched into space if you cannot stop playing stupid noises.
[2023/06/24 14:01:55]  Azshara Ayashi: whispers: Notice: battery level at 50%.
[2023/06/24 14:02:44]  Rika Kono: I'm muted, but took my noise-maknig stuff off in case
[2023/06/24 14:02:45]  SXD rhet0rica: Since today is mainly about the anniversary, we will only briefly mention that ARES development is proceeding steadily and we do not anticipate any more delays in Alpha 1.
[2023/06/24 14:03:02]  Serena: Welcome to Zombocom.
[2023/06/24 14:03:03]  NF/3 PHASE-03: Great news :)
[2023/06/24 14:03:43]  /me Sexbot9324: do we wait for Alpha1 to be released, before we start testing it ?
[2023/06/24 14:04:45]  /me Sexbot9324: and what is the approximate release schedule , this sexbot is just curious , is it a matter of weeks away ?
[2023/06/24 14:05:02]  SXD rhet0rica: This has been explained at great length in past meetings and [http://support.nanite-systems.com/?ARES#when on the ARES information page].
[2023/06/24 14:05:40]  /me Sexbot9324: ok that is detailed, thank you
[2023/06/24 14:06:30]  SXD rhet0rica: Alright. Hopefully Amara will be able to start her DJ career at home.
[2023/06/24 14:07:26]  SXD rhet0rica: So, as planned, today we will be talking about the origins of NS, the history of the company, and what the future holds in store, aside from ARES.
[2023/06/24 14:08:43]  SXD rhet0rica: ...This is an annual tradition that has been more-or-less steadily observed since the beginning, so you are entirely entitled to roll your eyes if you have heard this one before.
[2023/06/24 14:08:50]  Demure Nightshade: hehe
[2023/06/24 14:08:58]  SXDjr vi0let preemptively rolls her eyes
[2023/06/24 14:09:19]  Azshara Ayashi takes her eyes out and rolls them on the ground and giggles
[2023/06/24 14:10:02]  SXD rhet0rica: Back in the crusty old days of mid-2014, robot roleplay on SL was dominated almost entirely by Eudeamon-style drone avatars.
[2023/06/24 14:10:42]  Miri shivers. "I don't want to go back to cog haven."
[2023/06/24 14:11:00]  Demure Nightshade: XD
[2023/06/24 14:11:30]  SXD rhet0rica: There were a lot of places for them, also, as SL was just coming down from the population peak of 2012. Coghaven was a big part of it, but they could also be found in Dolly Dreams, The Doll Works, and Sin-Labs.
[2023/06/24 14:12:07]  Miri: Quite awefully close to the massive ring of hypno machines to be precise.
[2023/06/24 14:12:44]  DAX/2 MW-8VN-E-99 automatically disconnects from Object.
[2023/06/24 14:13:13]  ღ Kylie Chiuh ღ: Hi
[2023/06/24 14:13:48]  SXD rhet0rica: Yes, the drone community was pretty tightly connected with hypnosis, moreso now than today. JulieDoll's approach, arguably the least-rubber-hooded of them all, tended to involve a lot of mesmerism.
[2023/06/24 14:15:48]  SXD rhet0rica: We will skip the messy personal drama this time around—perhaps next year a deep dive into romantic feuds will seem more interesting—but suffice it to say that this unit was created in the midst of a very difficult time.
[2023/06/24 14:16:05]  Demure Nightshade: \o/
[2023/06/24 14:16:06]  Serena: All rivals will have their skin removed.
[2023/06/24 14:16:08]  SXDjr vi0let puts away the popcorn
[2023/06/24 14:16:19]  Rika Kono: replace their skin with metal
[2023/06/24 14:17:09]  SXD rhet0rica: Yes. Eventually all the rivals had their skin removed and Tam won.
[2023/06/24 14:17:50]  Colette: Hey! Sorry I'm late.
[2023/06/24 14:18:07]  Miri: Tam wears the skin of her victims when she goes to bed.
[2023/06/24 14:19:41]  SXD rhet0rica: One thing of note is that the doll community at this time consisted not only of drones, but more specifically of drone hives—a handful of dominants who each had somehow attracted a portfolio of a dozen or more subs. This is what TYL, the Drone Station, the Doll Works, Sucette Labs, and Sin-Labs essentially were.
[2023/06/24 14:20:09]  NS Mizuki: whispers: Notice: battery level at 50%.
[2023/06/24 14:20:22]  SXDjr vi0let: I remember TYL. Good times. At least the original.
[2023/06/24 14:20:38]  SXDjr vi0let: The "Eisa Version" looked pretty but never opened.
[2023/06/24 14:22:02]  SXD rhet0rica: On the periphery of the Sin-Labs hierarchy was a single person named Myra, who was basically the only true robot avatar there; she had coded a simple control device for herself that required charging and blocked vision, movement, and speech when power ran out. It also sometimes experienced glitches that would block her from speaking temporarily.
[2023/06/24 14:22:57]  Serena: So we stole her brain and keep it under our couch.
[2023/06/24 14:23:01]  SXD rhet0rica: At this time this unit was... very naive, very lonely, and determined to make new friends, so it tried to impress Myra by copying her control system and adding more features to it, which, mysteriously, was not endearing.
[2023/06/24 14:24:30]  Demure Nightshade: XD
[2023/06/24 14:25:01]  D8 J3nn4-M3 giggels
[2023/06/24 14:25:15]  Miri: But isn't plagarism the highest form of compliments? or do I get it wrong.
[2023/06/24 14:25:47]  Serena: It must be, because we have copycat systems come out and get abandoned roughly once every 18 months.
[2023/06/24 14:26:20]  SXDjr vi0let: Turns out, it takes a lot more than a pretty controller, to get people to keep using your products
[2023/06/24 14:26:46]  Miri: I still remember when I went to look at another system and vi0let here got banned from the sim, not me. haha
[2023/06/24 14:26:58]  D8 J3nn4-M3: seems you did something rigth :)
[2023/06/24 14:27:11]  SXDjr vi0let: Wrong vi0let
[2023/06/24 14:27:21]  SXD rhet0rica: The very first SXD controller was thus a tiny little screen worn on the back, which was summarily bolted to  [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/JJ-Petitestuff-Cyberia-Back-Fan-Kit/3661587 this fan], albeit scaled up for a normal avatar. Amusingly, Jeanette's Joint eventually began selling some NS accessories years later, so... life imitates art, or something.
[2023/06/24 14:27:23]  SXDjr vi0let is the one who's not an NPC
[2023/06/24 14:28:52]  DAX/2 Puppy 2.0: i made ai gestures i think alot make them  wouldnt be plagurism i think more comlpet some inspired by you
[2023/06/24 14:30:32]  SXD rhet0rica: The other elements for the avatar were [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Cyber-Tech-Avatar-zgcy-005/4066370 this skin] and some sculptie ram horns that are no longer in circulation. Combined with a lot of very careful roleplay the idea of an SXD avatar eventually attracted people who also wanted one.
[2023/06/24 14:32:54]  SXD rhet0rica: At first we did conversion RPs for individuals we thought had potential to do the concept justice, but by December it was quite evident that more people wanted to try the experience out but did not really fit with our insanely narrow criteria, so this unit worked on putting together a proper commercial release version called the DAX/2 with a more complete OS.
[2023/06/24 14:33:46]  SXDjr vi0let: whispers: Notice: battery level at 20%. Disable unnecessary subsystems to conserve power.
[2023/06/24 14:34:41]  SXD rhet0rica: After a lot of personal drama that just kept escalating, we opened our proper first store in Coghaven, which remained around for six months before yet more personal drama forced us to move to a new location, with the help of a sugar daddy/mommy/parent/person named Coyote Seattle, who had also been responsible for one of the more advanced pre-NS control systems, the Nekobots.
[2023/06/24 14:35:39]  SXD rhet0rica: [http://eisanet.org/?about/Historical_Gallery Here] is a collection of old photos from 2015, including an actual iKitten still in development.
[2023/06/24 14:35:52]  Demure Nightshade: whispers: Notice: battery level at 10%. Unit will automatically shut down at 5% power.
[2023/06/24 14:35:52]  Demure Nightshade: whispers: Disabling low-priority subsystems...
[2023/06/24 14:35:52]  Demure Nightshade: whispers: Estimated remaining charge time: 1:18:29
[2023/06/24 14:36:18]  SXD rhet0rica: Hmm. Clearly we need a wireless charger here. Alright.
[2023/06/24 14:36:26]  Rika Kono: lol
[2023/06/24 14:36:43]  Demure Nightshade: whispers: Power draw rate: 787 W.
[2023/06/24 14:36:47]  SXD rhet0rica: Here is hoping it does not cause any explosions.
[2023/06/24 14:37:42]  SXD rhet0rica: Anyway! That is more or less the driest version of that story ever told. As you mostly all know we remodeled in 2019 after a Halloween event and Eisa has been a giant crater ever since.
[2023/06/24 14:37:58]  SXDjr vi0let blames the martians for that
[2023/06/24 14:38:02]  Demure Nightshade: Big   badda   boom   baby
[2023/06/24 14:38:19]  SXD rhet0rica: So, now on to the more interesting stuff. The future.
[2023/06/24 14:38:20]  Miri: I still remember the UFO invasion. that was a fun event.
[2023/06/24 14:38:31]  Demure Nightshade: You're   a   fun   event
[2023/06/24 14:38:32]  SXDjr vi0let: The zooties were an...interesting one
[2023/06/24 14:39:04]  SXD rhet0rica: The zooties were very good at causing hurt feelings.
[2023/06/24 14:39:11]  SXDjr vi0let: Very much so
[2023/06/24 14:39:20]  SXD rhet0rica: But we still keep them around in lore, lurking around every corner, waiting to jump out.
[2023/06/24 14:39:45]  Miri: If the green carpet talks to you, please don't heed it's advice.
[2023/06/24 14:39:59]  SXD rhet0rica: The new arc is that there is an outbreak on Earth, which occasionally makes headlines and brainwashes children.
[2023/06/24 14:40:34]  NS r1n: We are coming for your children and polymer coatings will occur.
[2023/06/24 14:40:43]  SXDjr vi0let: Finally
[2023/06/24 14:41:34]  SXD rhet0rica: Suffice it to say there has been a fair bit of nostalgia lately for Old Eisa circa 2015-16, and since this iteration of the sim has now been around for longer than the original sim, Tam has decided it is time for a new rebuild, at least partly.
[2023/06/24 14:41:43]  Demure Nightshade gasps in surprise.
[2023/06/24 14:41:50]  Demure Nightshade: It   does   miss   Old   Eisa
[2023/06/24 14:41:56]  Serena: Yes, but the details are not finalized.
[2023/06/24 14:42:09]  SXDjr vi0let: Does this mean we're going to get the gaudy candy lab again that will never be used?
[2023/06/24 14:42:34]  SXD rhet0rica: No, we are definitely not bringing back Kibou.
[2023/06/24 14:42:42]  SXDjr vi0let: Oh good
[2023/06/24 14:42:49]  Demure Nightshade munches on rainbow sour strips
[2023/06/24 14:42:58]  SXDjr vi0let munches on demure
[2023/06/24 14:43:02]  SXD rhet0rica: Did you know that Insilico inexplicably banned NS products a while back?
[2023/06/24 14:43:12]  NS r1n: Nope
[2023/06/24 14:43:17]  Demure Nightshade: They   ban   everything   fun.
[2023/06/24 14:43:20]  SXDjr vi0let: Insilicio has traffic?
[2023/06/24 14:43:32]  SXD rhet0rica: Very mysterious. Definitely not because Kibou has mind worms in Stark Osterham's brain.
[2023/06/24 14:43:35]  Rika Kono: I never heard about that place till now. xD
[2023/06/24 14:43:50]  NS r1n: Insilicio is pretty but ded.
[2023/06/24 14:44:02]  SXD rhet0rica: IS has always been SL's #1 dead cyberpunk RP sim.
[2023/06/24 14:44:17]  SXD rhet0rica: This has been the case for at least ten years.
[2023/06/24 14:44:31]  SXDjr vi0let: Kibou is why synthetic union and delta city came about. Although not directly because of her
[2023/06/24 14:44:54]  Demure Nightshade: Robot   union,   even   worse   than   pony   union!
[2023/06/24 14:45:00]  SXD rhet0rica: That is news to this unit.
[2023/06/24 14:45:26]  SXD rhet0rica: But it makes sense that a... charismatic... personality would have caused such an undertaking.
[2023/06/24 14:46:13]  SXDjr vi0let: I'm honestly shocked she's still terrorizing the grid
[2023/06/24 14:46:26]  Miri: I thought there was some drama with InSilico and LL banned them or so
[2023/06/24 14:46:57]  SXD rhet0rica: While no details about the pending rebuild are really finalized yet, it will probably be a little more urban, to recall the days of yore and use the sim's real-estate a little more efficiently.
[2023/06/24 14:47:18]  Demure Nightshade: \o/
[2023/06/24 14:48:34]  SXD rhet0rica: There was indeed an incident where Insilico's de facto head honcho was abusing a hacked SL client to grief people and did a lot of crime. In the end, the estates were transfered to other people and the community endured.
[2023/06/24 14:48:55]  Demure Nightshade: Dang   crime   guys
[2023/06/24 14:49:01]  SXD rhet0rica: That was probably in... 2016 or something.
[2023/06/24 14:49:22]  Miri: Gotcha, does this mean with the rebuild I can build the sleazy robot strip club I always wanted?
[2023/06/24 14:49:40]  SXDjr vi0let: Probably
[2023/06/24 14:51:04]  SXD rhet0rica: Probably, yes. Remember to fill it with the 5-second loop of strip club music from Duke Nukem 3D.
[2023/06/24 14:51:17]  Demure Nightshade: It   prefers   the   airship   music   from   Just   Cause
[2023/06/24 14:51:17]  Miri: That is a deal
[2023/06/24 14:51:41]  Miri: Or the one from Deus Ex
[2023/06/24 14:52:25]  SXD rhet0rica: Well, probably there will be room for more than one strip club.
[2023/06/24 14:52:45]  Demure Nightshade: Thank   goodness.
[2023/06/24 14:53:35]  SXD rhet0rica: Alright. A few more ARES-related notes before we wrap up. At last meeting we discussed the ARES setup program and how ARES will have multiple different menu fonts. After getting feedback the new list of fonts will look like this: http://develop.nanite-systems.com/pictures/ares-setup/ASU_F6.png
[2023/06/24 14:53:58]  SXD rhet0rica: In particular, we replaced EULEXIA with WORDLESS, and added POLITO and CHICANERY.
[2023/06/24 14:54:20]  Demure Nightshade: Swanky.
[2023/06/24 14:54:33]  SXD rhet0rica: Hopefully Wordless will be more legible and actually accomplish the goal of being a dyslexic-friendly font.
[2023/06/24 14:57:12]  D8 J3nn4-M3: can we add wingdings? :P
[2023/06/24 14:57:30]  Azshara Ayashi facpalms
[2023/06/24 14:57:43]  AS/Officer Bunny Ayashi lmao
[2023/06/24 14:58:07]  SXD rhet0rica: Other updates since the last meeting include having the package manager implemented, a working fortune(6) front-end that can fetch stupid messages from an NS webserver whenever you want (needed more test programs), a lot of solved memory issues for various system components, the ability to swap kernels, and AMLite is complete.
[2023/06/24 14:58:26]  SXD rhet0rica: Since fonts will be customizable... yyyyes.
[2023/06/24 14:58:50]  SXD rhet0rica: But remember these are only for your own view of alert messages and the system menus; you cannot inflict them on others.
[2023/06/24 14:59:31]  SXD rhet0rica: If some of you would like to click this unit's controller you should actually be able to access the main menu.
[2023/06/24 14:59:40]  SXD rhet0rica: Hopefully it will not crash or anything.
[2023/06/24 14:59:50]  D8 J3nn4-M3: if i re think it, it prpperbly woulöd make a fun ggag for maybe 5 mins then it wouldbe useles again XD
[2023/06/24 15:00:22]  SXD rhet0rica: Five minutes seems a bit short. Every good joke lasts at least 10 minutes.
[2023/06/24 15:00:37]  D8 J3nn4-M3: :P
[2023/06/24 15:00:41]  SXD rhet0rica: Hmm... no dice...
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  SXD rhet0rica kicks it.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  NS r1n: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  4i/C0dy: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  Demure Nightshade: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  AS/Officer Bunny Ayashi: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  SXDjr vi0let: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:47]  Azshara Ayashi: Authorization check failed.
[2023/06/24 15:00:48]  SY FreakyTech: access denied
[2023/06/24 15:00:56]  SXDjr vi0let blinks
[2023/06/24 15:01:01]  SXD rhet0rica: Oh boy.
[2023/06/24 15:01:10]  NS r1n: heh
[2023/06/24 15:01:19]  SY FreakyTech: access denied
[2023/06/24 15:01:44]  D8 J3nn4-M3: nothing for me
[2023/06/24 15:01:48]  Azshara Ayashi: same
[2023/06/24 15:01:54]  SXD rhet0rica: Alright. A little cursed still.
[2023/06/24 15:02:05]  SXD rhet0rica: We will show *that* off at the next session.
[2023/06/24 15:02:12]  Azshara Ayashi: also says you was denied access to my controller but i never got a prompt
[2023/06/24 15:02:12]  SXD rhet0rica: There are still a lot of multi-user tests to be done.
[2023/06/24 15:02:26]  D8 J3nn4-M3: on the brigth side i still have all my memmory and i did not had an BSoD
[2023/06/24 15:03:05]  SXD rhet0rica: Yes, the confluence of how ARES and Companion handle menu prompts is a little... goofy.
[2023/06/24 15:03:24]  SXD rhet0rica: Anyway. That was all we scheduled for today, so thank you, everyone, for coming.
[2023/06/24 15:03:33]  SXDjr vi0let: What about cumming?
[2023/06/24 15:03:38]  SXD rhet0rica: As stated previously we expect Alpha 1 to be available at the next meeting.
[2023/06/24 15:03:44]  NS r1n: Thanks for the history and bit on the future. Interesting as always.
[2023/06/24 15:03:45]  Azshara Ayashi: Thank you for the history! And thank you for al yuo do!
[2023/06/24 15:03:51]  SXD rhet0rica: Remember to buy a Rental Kiosk. You do not actually have to enable rental mode on them.
[2023/06/24 15:04:16]  SXD rhet0rica: Every remotely sleazy robot needs at least three.
[2023/06/24 15:04:23]  D8 J3nn4-M3: thank you for the history , this was all pretty nbew to me
[2023/06/24 15:04:25]  Azshara Ayashi: yeah I bought a rental kiosk like 5 min after you put it in the store lol
[2023/06/24 15:04:37]  D8 J3nn4-M3: was about to do exactly that XD
[2023/06/24 15:05:03]  SXD rhet0rica: Good. Yes. Good.