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peeveen1
Boot
Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 51
"MARK but this flea, and mark in this"
"The Flea" by John Donne
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:24 am
peeveen1
Boot
Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 51
More literary references. This person certainly does "read, much of the night".
"That I shall never look upon thee more"
is from
When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be
John Keats
"unimaginable filth and stench; and disease"
is from
"The Mysterious Stranger"
by Mark Twain
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:28 am
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1328 Location: The People's Republic of Dork
Well, I just forwarded the email to Dana, with the message (essentially) that I think she needs to try to communicate with this Princess, and that we think it's a benevolent force, even if the SPDR or Queen or whatever are malevolent forces... Hoping to help. Anyone got a clue on the T-U-R-T-L-E P-O-W-E-R part? I mean, I used to have that song (read my name, dude)... one of my first CDs back in the day....
_________________"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." - PJ O'Rourke
"ACADEMY, n. A modern school where football is taught." - Ambrose Bierce
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:28 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
"*** END: FULL LICENSE ***"
searching at google, with this in quotes, gives you the top ten or so links to projectghutenberg.com(sp?)
wasnt there already a reference to the ghutenberg bibles somewhere?
boon
[EDIT]
sorry, not projectgutenberg.com. but alot of projectgutenberg sites... my mistake
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:29 am
Last edited by BoonIsha on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:31 am; edited 1 time in total
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1328 Location: The People's Republic of Dork
yeah, Dana had it in her blog early on.. the release of the gutenberg bible on Aug 24th... or something (am I right?)
_________________"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." - PJ O'Rourke
"ACADEMY, n. A modern school where football is taught." - Ambrose Bierce
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:30 am
LordSaryon
Veteran
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 77
Didnt email I got the email, but I never emailed her from the email I got it on. The one I got it was one I registered here, and at the blogsite.
Quote:
The History of Dana
by
The Sleeping Princess
It is the object of this to present The news
Chapter I. The Sleeping Princess friendless and alone
The Sleeping Princess friendless and alone
the queen wishes
The Sleeping Princess
sealed into an airtight container
hiding from the queen
Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, just can't get my poor old self together
The Widow
the blues walked in and met me
The Widow will get me
the sleeping princess are in hiding
One must be so careful these days.
the "pious flea" and "sleeping princess" (?)
MARK but this flea, and mark in this
don't like it
I can't help it
a proper fool
a bad banana
unimaginable filth and stench; and disease
he can't write his name or read a book
I read, much of the night
Chapter II. Dana friendless and alone
Dana a friend/good guy.
Dana is not an artificial being. nor is she a program. She is human. She is flesh and blood.
Dana
You're as cuddly as the cat
You're as charming as the butterfly
the favorite of the plebeian masses
Being the friend
you and I together allies, and if the queen pleased thrown into a condition of extreme danger
"Of course I will stick.
I'll stick by you
though thin and though thick!"
best friend
This one means you're happy:
Chapter IV
The Sleeping Princess passed through a great variety of scenes, and met with many extraordinary adventures and narrow escapes, which, however, can not be here particularly detailed.
I found
a secret was revealed
I should not be able to make any one understand how exciting it all was.
I brought it home and hid it in a secret place
Chapter V need help right quick, on the double
when I feel
That I shall never look upon thee more
Her name is Dana.
the house is so sad and lonesome
Dana
being persuaded to
come back
to talk
to me
Well, I will tell you
that secret
I found
maybe you can help me (?)
T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Power!
love
*** END: FULL LICENSE ***
Just re-posted it with no formatting to be sure that I didnt miss any differences.
Same colors, same everything
_________________The Lost Experience
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:31 am
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1328 Location: The People's Republic of Dork
Ok, what do people make of this? Anything? Codes? coincidence? (I put in that "*** END OF LICENSE ***" and turtle into google, and got this:
http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/1/0/6/11065/11065.txt
_________________"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." - PJ O'Rourke
"ACADEMY, n. A modern school where football is taught." - Ambrose Bierce
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:33 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
more stormy weather...
"the blues walked in and met me"
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:34 am
cedmond
Veteran
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 112
the only other bright green text i'm finding on the ilovebees site is
Quote:
At this time, I am unable to sell honey because of an infestation of varrao mites in my hives. I hope to be back in business soon!
hmmm
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:35 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
you missed some then....
theres the innocent bystander text, thats bright green....and i want to say on the contact page theres some green
[edit]
From contact page:
"problem quite interesting"
and from the innocent bystander text...
"I was looking at your site a little awry
and have found an innocent bystander.
Can you (?)"
[/edit]
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:36 am
Last edited by BoonIsha on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:39 am; edited 1 time in total
alaranth
Decorated
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 151 Location: Rochester, NY / Albany, NY
Two quotes --
Quote:
favorite of the plebeian masses
and
Quote:
thrown into a condition of extreme danger
are from The Project Gutenberg eBook, History of Julius Caesar, by Jacob Abbott, found here
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:36 am
migraineboy
Greenhorn
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 9
Project Gutenberg
BoonIsha wrote:
"*** END: FULL LICENSE ***"
searching at google, with this in quotes, gives you the top ten or so links to projectghutenberg.com(sp?)
wasnt there already a reference to the ghutenberg bibles somewhere?
boon
[EDIT]
sorry, not projectgutenberg.com. but alot of projectgutenberg sites... my mistake
Also, Traxus <traxus@bungie.org> wrote an email to the ladybee777 address with the text of the Project Gutenberg text of History of Julius Caesar, by Jacob Abbott.
My guess is that this e-mail is almost entirely constructed from emails sent to ladybee777. Some one also sent the text of The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot and that was used in this latest e-mail.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:38 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
anyone want to own up to sending stormy weather? promise not to make fun...come on....go ahead, speak up
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:40 am
theodred
Boot
Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 10
Perhaps we are supposed to seperate out the Project Gutenburg quotes from the text extracted from the emails that we have sent. If we did that would we wind up with two seperate messages?
(And as I was typing that I recieved a copy of the email - therefore it appears to be sent to emails sent to ladybee777SPLAT hotmail.com and not random people on the forum as this is my first post).
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:41 am
peeveen1
Boot
Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 51
"he can't write his name or read a book"
is from the song "Swinging On A Star"
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:42 am
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