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catherwood
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[NEW] Updated 404 page (8/27), results of the poll

some people have trouble refreshing the page...

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Paul P is the winner!

Q: Out of place, lost, alone. Where did you come from? What tools do you require to get back? Your stories intrigue me. Perhaps you could write another?

A: I came from a glass coffin in a hidden crypt under the floor of the deepest dungeon of the castle, Paul! And it would be very easy to go back there: I wouldn't hardly need any tools at all. Just let the Queen catch me, she'd pop me back in there lickety-split.

Unless you mean before.

Here is the honest truth: I can't remember anything from before. I try and try, but I just can't. But there must have been a before. I mean, you don't just get born a Sleeping Princess, do you? There must have been a me, before I fell asleep.

There are things I know, even if I can't remember them, the way you know which way is up, or whether somebody likes you. I know I belong somewhere else. There are people who love me, who knew me before I fell asleep. And I want to get out of this dark castle, and find them, and ask them all about myself, and find out even my own NAME, for heaven's sake, 'cuz a girl can't go around calling herself the Sleeping Princess forever, can she?

So the tools I would look for first is, I would try to figure out how come I got HERE. That's where I would start.

As for the other thing, Paul asked for a story, so I will tell you about what I did just now to get him a prize.

She likes high places, the Queen does, so she has moved all her stuff up into the Tower. The Tower is a tricky place for me to go. The only way up there is a pair of spiral staircases that wind around one another, with no rail and a very scary drop down the middle. Plus there's nowhere to hide, really, on a staircase.

So I waited until the Castle seemed quiet and then I snuck up the stairs on my softiest feet, tip toe tip toe, stair after stair, turn after turn, until I finally came to the top. There's a room up there and the Queen was in it: I could hear the hum and buzz of her. I knew she would be standing at the window, because that's nearly all she does these days.

I scrunched up real small on the next to last stair and I put on my listening ears and I listened super hard. I could hear the Flea whispering to her. Finally I stuck my head up above the top stair and then I could hear the Flea telling her to build some little teeny roads. Secret paths.

But just then I saw that on the wall next to her, the Queen had hung a HUGE mirror. She must have put it there on purpose to catch me spying! She spun around like a top, WHIZZ, and lurched toward me. I skedaddled back down the stairs lickety-split and tumbledy-thump, wishing I was made of fluff, bump, bump, bump, and at the bottom I put on my speediest feet and zoomed off while she buzzed and roared and squealed all through the castle trying to catch me.

WHEW!

But girls like me, we take some catching.

I do this when I am insufferably pleased with myself , ho ho! :-0

So: once I knew there were little teeny secret paths, I snooped all around until I found a hidden passageway behind the kitchen where YOU could spy on them. And that's my prize for you all, brought to you by Paul P.

Yay Paul!

...And also yrs truly,

(curtsies)

Okay! That was fun! Let's play again!

Here are seven more people, as 'cause you guys seem VERY INTERESTED in seven-y things�.

Sophia
What would your kingdom be like, if you got to make one or fix up the one you're in now?

Sara B
Do you have any dragons in your dungeon? Do you like dragons? If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Grey B
How can you hear and see so much? Most importantly, how can we trust you?

Wandering Angela
We've been wondering about your relationship with the Queen. Are you her daughter? Or are you a visiting Princess from another kingdom? Do you have a name other than Princess?

Matias D
What do you see? What are you afraid of seeing? What would make you smile?

James L
How old are you? Do you have a job? If you're lost, a good idea is often to retrace your steps. What were your old friends like?

Smooth Jack
How do you feel about human beings? I mean, are you human? Do you work with or relate to humans in any significant way? If so, how so?

[url=http://www.ilovebees.com/onceuponatime.html]
Once upon a time...
[/url]

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:06 pm

CoffeeJedi
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1327
Location: Charlotte NC, USA

Sleeping Princess wrote:

But girls like me, we take some catching.

she's another walkaway girl..... interesting

could there possibly be... some conection... somehow? before you answer... please THINK.... AI's created from human brains are VERY rare.... how could it have happened?

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:11 pm

Kahnawake
Boot

Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 22

The "hidden passageway behind the kitchen" is http://www.www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html

New Axons, woo-hoo!

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:15 pm

Extrasonic
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Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 233
Location: Suburban Chicago

Behind the kitchen

The Sleeping Princess wrote:

So: once I knew there were little teeny secret paths, I snooped all around until I found a hidden passageway behind the kitchen where YOU could spy on them. And that's my prize for you all, brought to you by Paul P.

Behind the kitchen == recipe 3

http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html

Four more axons.

EDIT: Dangit, Kahnawake beat me to it. So here's some more info:

Code:

hello 0/1

12:16 PDT
38.898893 -077.039445

troy 0/1

13:19 PDT
33.850229 -117.998190

receipt 0/1

14:28 PDT
29.423388 -098.487180

goodbye 0/1

15:08 PDT
45.526083 -122.698358

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:19 pm
Last edited by Extrasonic on Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:20 pm; edited 1 time in total

Kahnawake
Boot

Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 22

CoffeeJedi wrote:

Sleeping Princess wrote:

But girls like me, we take some catching.

Not altogether true. Cortana is modeled directly on Dr. Halsey. But I think the connection between princess and Jan is tenuous at best.

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:19 pm

Jets Connor
Boot

Joined: 28 Jul 2004
Posts: 11

Haha!

Oh, this is great:

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I do this when I am insufferably pleased with myself , ho ho! :-0

I love that. The little smart-alec!

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:21 pm

Extrasonic
Decorated

Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 233
Location: Suburban Chicago

Coords

Coords are D.C, California, San Antonio, and Portland. They are all many, many miles from me. Any takers?

Oh, and woo hoo for Paul P!

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:24 pm

Flashbolt7
Greenhorn

Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 6
Location: Raleigh, NC

Did anyone else catch the emphasis placed on the word "YOU" in the princess' reply about spying on "them"

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:27 pm

Extrasonic
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Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 233
Location: Suburban Chicago

Actually, I thought her calling us wackos for being so fixated on the number 7 was the most amusing. Smile

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:33 pm

Nuriko
Decorated

Joined: 17 Aug 2004
Posts: 172
Location: NORTH COUNTY San Diego

http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

If this is a Trout, I'll turn it into Trout-ade!

Hi! Ignore the Pious Flea.
Play with me instead!
Making a mistake is a good way to start!

http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:36 pm

dut
Boot

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 12

is this the best place for spec?

Quote:

She likes high places, the Queen does, so she has moved all her stuff up into the Tower. The Tower is a tricky place for me to go. The only way up there is a pair of spiral staircases that wind around one another, with no rail and a very scary drop down the middle. Plus there's nowhere to hide, really, on a staircase.

^^ that, and --

Quote:

So the tools I would look for first is, I would try to figure out how come I got HERE. That's where I would start.

-- seem the most important to me. I know a lot about the internal workings of computers, and there's no component I can think of that I would describe as a double-helix stairway, so I don't think she means a physical tower. The DNA connections are obvious, but with the mention that the 'kitchen' is part of the castle, I think the 'tower' might be another page on the site we haven't found...

-- dut

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:36 pm

dut
Boot

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 12

Re: http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

Nuriko wrote:

If this is a Trout, I'll turn it into Trout-ade!

Hi! Ignore the Pious Flea.
Play with me instead!
Making a mistake is a good way to start!

http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

wow! I hadn't seen that before. "making a mistake" is probably just a reference to 404 pages though, for people who don't have the benefit of reading all about them here.

-- dut

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:38 pm

Brink
Boot

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 23

Where's the California one at. I never got the hang of translating the coords

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:39 pm

Extrasonic
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Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 233
Location: Suburban Chicago

dut wrote:

is this the best place for spec?

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^^ that, and --

Quote:

So the tools I would look for first is, I would try to figure out how come I got HERE. That's where I would start.

-- seem the most important to me.

No disrespect intended - because I do believe the things you've mentioned are important - but most important of all would be the files unlocked by those axons, correct? I mean, if The Sleeping Princess is to be trusted, then these transmissions are supposed to be not only secret, but at the direct urging of The Pious Flea. Perhaps they will give us insight into the "truth" he's trying to "reveal"?

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:43 pm

johnny5
Entrenched

Joined: 17 Aug 2004
Posts: 995
Location: Elysian Fields

Quote:

I came from a glass coffin in a hidden crypt under the floor of the deepest dungeon of the castle

[SPEC]
Glass coffin ==> silicon, NVRAM maybe, burned onto a custom ASIC?
Crypt ==> cryptography/encryption, she's been encoded. Why? To protect her or those around her?

What was she before? Human? Do human based AIs retain the memories of their human donor or just the thoughts/feelings?

--john--

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:48 pm

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