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CoffeeJedi
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1327 Location: Charlotte NC, USA
[UPDATE]new 404, second round of questions answered (9/3) wandering angela is the wiiner
a new story:
http://ilovebees.com/404
MORE axons!!!! (sheesh!)
http://ilovebees.com/recipe3.html
edit: discuss here- http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6266
look for red balloons on the site, those are the SP's markers for us
go!
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 12:59 pm
Last edited by CoffeeJedi on Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:13 am; edited 2 times in total
Sep7imus
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Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 149
Gah! You just beat me to it!
So? Balloons, eh?
I'll just go out there with the obvious theory:
The story of Perdita is an allegory of the experience of the Sleeping Princess. She was separated from her parents (lured away by the promise of balloons) and then left the balloons as signposts to show the way. So, what are the balloons?
And, the obvious connection from lookinglass.html:
Quote:
I mean, why not:
Seek balloons!
Behold balloons!
Reveal balloons!
That is the law, or at least 10/6ths of the law in this size!
-Sep7imus
_________________"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:06 pm
Crashless
Boot
Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 19
WoHoo! I got a question in. I feel so loved.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:17 pm
onyxw1
Boot
Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 11
[Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter allright this is gonna decrease the signal to noise ratio briefly, but my spec is that the sleeping princess' former name was Nina, and she's going to be leaving 99 red balloons around the website.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:17 pm
CoffeeJedi
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1327 Location: Charlotte NC, USA
Re: [Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter
onyxw1 wrote:
allright this is gonna decrease the signal to noise ratio briefly, but my spec is that the sleeping princess' former name was Nina, and she's going to be leaving 99 red balloons around the website.
omgwtfbbq!!!1 taht meeens that teh speeling prinzez is german!!! james james is a nazi!!!! master cheef is hitler!!!!!! omgwtfsw:anh!!!!!thx1138
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:20 pm
Crashless
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Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 19
Re: [Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter
CoffeeJedi wrote:
onyxw1 wrote:
allright this is gonna decrease the signal to noise ratio briefly, but my spec is that the sleeping princess' former name was Nina, and she's going to be leaving 99 red balloons around the website.
omgwtfbbq!!!1 taht meeens that teh speeling prinzez is german!!! james james is a nazi!!!! master cheef is hitler!!!!!! omgwtfsw:anh!!!!!thx1138
From anyone else I'd be annoyed. But that was funny.
On to the future axons.
Do you guys think these phones will ring? If they're not built yet, does that mean the web page, or the link to the phone. I'm going to guess the web page, because that would allow people to go to those phones and get information early, hence spying.
I'm not resourceful enough to post these on the net with links to maps and such, so I'll post them here.
[edited out coordinates because they shouldn't be in this thread]
It would only give me 4 different images. I'm sure there's a better place for me to put these, so trout me if I deserve it.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:21 pm
Last edited by Crashless on Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:42 pm; edited 1 time in total
CoffeeJedi
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1327 Location: Charlotte NC, USA
thanks crash
but the new axons are going here
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6266
check to see if that batch was put up yet, and if not, move 'em on over
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:38 pm
Crashless
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Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 19
Fixed that post.
So what do you guys think about that story? Kinda obtuse if you ask me.
We have parallels to Snow White and Hansel and Gretle (kinda).
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:43 pm
Anton P. Nym
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 550 Location: London, Canada
On the off chance that the reason it hasn't been brought up yet is that it's not brutally obvious, "Perdita" means "lost". It also appears to be an alegorical reference to the Sleeping Princess... especially if we start seeing red balloons around the site.
-- Steve is awaiting trout, but a search on "perdita lost" came up blank.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:49 pm
onyxw1
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Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 11
Re: [Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter
CoffeeJedi wrote:
onyxw1 wrote:
allright this is gonna decrease the signal to noise ratio briefly, but my spec is that the sleeping princess' former name was Nina, and she's going to be leaving 99 red balloons around the website.
omgwtfbbq!!!1 taht meeens that teh speeling prinzez is german!!! james james is a nazi!!!! master cheef is hitler!!!!!! omgwtfsw:anh!!!!!thx1138
Mmmm...I get the sense I'm being ridiculed as a noob...too bad I'm not, but whatever.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:55 pm
johnny5
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Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 995 Location: Elysian Fields
Anton P. Nym wrote:
On the off chance that the reason it hasn't been brought up yet is that it's not brutally obvious, "Perdita" means "lost". It also appears to be an alegorical reference to the Sleeping Princess... especially if we start seeing red balloons around the site.
-- Steve is awaiting trout, but a search on "perdita lost" came up blank.
Perdita is also the name of the mother dog in 101 Dalmatians.
--john--
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:55 pm
CoffeeJedi
Unfictologist
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1327 Location: Charlotte NC, USA
Re: [Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter
onyxw1 wrote:
CoffeeJedi wrote:
onyxw1 wrote:
allright this is gonna decrease the signal to noise ratio briefly, but my spec is that the sleeping princess' former name was Nina, and she's going to be leaving 99 red balloons around the website.
omgwtfbbq!!!1 taht meeens that teh speeling prinzez is german!!! james james is a nazi!!!! master cheef is hitler!!!!!! omgwtfsw:anh!!!!!thx1138
Mmmm...I get the sense I'm being ridiculed as a noob...too bad I'm not, but whatever.
no no.... i appreciated the joke... i was just building off of it (come on, how can i possibly ridicule you for referencing 80's pop culture?) relax man, i actually did laugh out loud when i read your post
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:57 pm
onyxw1
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Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 11
Re: [Spec/Humor] superhightechjetfighter
CoffeeJedi wrote:
no no.... i appreciated the joke... i was just building off of it (come on, how can i possibly ridicule you for referencing 80's pop culture?) relax man, i actually did laugh out loud when i read your post
sorry...wasn't entirely sure... the 1337 speak kind of threw me as some people have gotten snubbed that way at the start of this...just didn't want to see ARGers devolve into that anti-new people track again.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:05 pm
onyxw1
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Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 11
Crashless wrote:
Fixed that post.
So what do you guys think about that story? Kinda obtuse if you ask me.
We have parallels to Snow White and Hansel and Gretle (kinda).
Definitely see the Hansel and Gretel. Not entirely sure of the snow white if you're referring to the Perdita story...but for sleeping princess then yes.
So any specs on the upcoming Chapter 2 and the clockwork rat...maybe a reference to the Hickory Dickory Doc nursery rhyme?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:12 pm
Crashless
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Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 19
onyxw1 wrote:
Definitely see the Hansel and Gretel. Not entirely sure of the snow white if you're referring to the Perdita story...but for sleeping princess then yes.
So any specs on the upcoming Chapter 2 and the clockwork rat...maybe a reference to the Hickory Dickory Doc nursery rhyme?
From Story wrote:
She was not a bad girl, but she was very vain, and spent hours every day preening in front of her mirror.
It seems like a reference to the Queen as a little girl. Remember "mirror mirror on the wall" and the Queen's vainess. Also the Queen/Melissa IS lost in a way.
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:15 pm
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