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From: Joshua Paul <joshua@neocodesoftware.com>
To: Joshua Paul <joshua@neocodesoftware.com>
Subject: Day 3 disneyland review - disney
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:15:31 -0800
Super crowded from the purse check, to the pass scan, to all the line
ups
> 1 not at all, 10 extremely
> Not Scary for toddlers - 10
> Fun for toddlers - 10
> Fun for mom and dad - 10
> In flight entertainment - 10
> Repeatability - 10
Roger rabbits car toon spin
Donalds boat
Stay toond for something fun
Gadgets go coaster
Chip n dale treehouse
Food hot dogs
Waited on main st. For parade
Matterhorn - again
Autopia using fastpass
Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Day 2 disneyland review - california adventure
On saturday we broke our fast at the clarion hotels anaheim resort
diner, the tivoli gardens. Sigh. Two eggs, 3 rashers of extra salty
bacon, toast and hash browns for $7.49, with surly serivce and dish
water coffe? We added a short stack (2) pancakes for $3.99. These 2
pancakes were as big as the plate. But then I ordered an extra scrambled
egg and 3 sausages from a server who didn't speak english well.
Wow I am good at whining. Maybe I could whine professionally.
Anyway the sausages were unlike any sausage we had ever eaten before.
Extra salty and thick and chewy.
I didn't order the kids juice because though I can buy them 4 oz of
sugar spun into cotton candy for $3 at disneyland I can't buy them $3
apple juice - I'm not that stupid. Sigh.
Took the ART trolley style diesel to disneyland. This time went to the
california adventure. We got there at 9:45, which meant we got to wait
15 minutes with the crowds of other people till the park opened.
Adventureland seems like disneys response to all the "recent"
competition for the teen market - not the family market. More so than
disneyland, a many more of the rides have height restrictions. The park
also feels less magical - the sight lines aren't very good. The layout
is too wide open - except in the bugs life area - the different areas
bleed together too much - or maybe it is not as packed full of stuff.
On the plus side - it seems like it scales better and the attractions
have been designed to handle much larger patron loads resulting in less
queuing. This in done by having more theatre based entertainment. The
old disneyland has one 3d theatre - honey I shrunk the audience - but
adventure has 2 - muppetvision 3d and it tough to be a bug, crush the
sea turtle - plus a real theatre - where we see a 45 minute staged
version of aladdin. These theatre experiences all break the 4th wall and
can contain huge amounts of people that don't have to wait long and
leave happy.
Mike and sulleys adventure
The first ride of the day was mike and sulleys adventure - a classic
side scroller if it were a video game - you sit on a miners cart as it
takes you through a series of glow in the dark freak show tableaus (the
circus sideshow redone). There was nothing innovative. The cart has a 5"
lcd screen that gets used for the first 15 seconds and does nothing
after that - too bad.
Monsters inc is my daughters favorite show so she liked it.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 2
Muppetvision 3d
Waiting for this show was funnier than the real show. Scooter keeps
getting interrupted - at one point by gonzo when he does a tap dance
routine with a potted plant on his head - of course you never see his
feet - which makes it even funnier.
The inside of the theatre is great - statues of angelic miss piggy and
kermit adorn the walls.
The 2 old guys - siskel and ebert? - and there in person jeering and
wise cracking as usual.
The show itself is lame but exciting. Its a cop out - its not a show -
its an introduction to the new muppetvision 3d that mr bunsen-honeydew
invented. Its a good ride but not a good movie.
They literally break the 4th wall.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 6
Fun for toddlers - 3
Fun for mom and dad - 6
In flight entertainment - 8
Repeatability - 6
Turtle talk
Dude, Turtle Talk is totally awesome. I had read about it - a real time
digitally animated turtle that asks and answers questions in real time -
but the map is not the journey. Wow what a journey. Crush is hilarious
improv comedy and audience participation.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 5
Fun for mom and dad - 10
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 10
Heimlichs chew chew train
Its a train - its a caterpillar with an embarassingly bad german accent
- its heimlich. Get in his body and go for a ride past huge apples and
candy and go through a water melon that sprays water on you while
listening to heimlich talk about what he wants eat.
Good spot for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 6
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 1
Francis ladybug boogie
Spinning teacups that look like francis that go in a figure 8 to boogie
music. Its too? short.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 4
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 5
Tuck and rolls drive 'em buggies
Bumper cars by disney. Had to wait 48 years - but hey worth the wait!
These electric bumpers cars don't have the annoyings poles. They are
also designed for kids to drive - so kids can actually reach the peddle
on the floor and steer - plus there's leg room on mom and dads side.
Too short. Good for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 8
Fun for mom and dad - 8
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 10
Flik's flyers
Its the tilt and swing disneyfied. Instead of sitting in a swing and be
lifted up and tilted, you're sitting in a chinese tax out box and lifted
up and tilted. May make some people with easily upset stomachs sick.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 8
Fun for toddlers - 9
Fun for mom and dad - 8/1*
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 10
* if you have easily upset stomach
Redwood creek challenge
Just what a theme park that you paid over $300 to get in needs - a
playground! All facetiousness aside - its exactly what disneyland needed
- a place for toddlers to run and play and slide down slides and have
fun. Its a great big jungle gym with a suspension bridge, rope work
bridges, a place to boulder (simple rock climbing) and more.
Excellent for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 10
Fun for mom and dad - 10*
In flight entertainment - 10
Repeatability - 10
* happy kids faces are fun for me
At this point we were all hungry, tired, and getting cranky. We tried
going to paradise eating area - but the lineups were too long and the
menus had nothing for my low carb diet. We ate breakfast and carls jr.
leftovers and drank water fountain water.
It was getting close to 2pm - the time when aladdin would start at
playhouse disney. We started off, and on the got some pink cotton candy
for $3. $3 for 4 ounces / 109.2 grams of sugar. Here are the nutrition
facts for 1 bag of 4 ounce cotton candy:
Serving = 1/2 ounce or 15g
Serving per bag = 8 - that's 8 people sharing 1 bag!
Calories = 57, or if you eat the whole bag = 456
Total carbs = 15g, or if you eat the whole bad = 109.2g
Playhouse disney - aladdin
The live version of aladdin was great.
Singing = great
Acting = great
Funny = great
Spectacle = great
Dancing = great
Suprising = great
The kids were spellbound. It was funny and exciting and a little scary
and really fast paced. Never dull or boring.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 10
Fun for mom and dad - 10
In flight entertainment - 10
Repeatability - 10
Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
Day 2 disneyland review - california adventure
On saturday we broke our fast at the clarion hotels anaheim resort
diner, the tivoli gardens. Sigh. Two eggs, 3 rashers of extra salty
bacon, toast and hash browns for $7.49, with surly serivce and dish
water coffe? We added a short stack (2) pancakes for $3.99. These 2
pancakes were as big as the plate. But then I ordered an extra scrambled
egg and 3 sausages from a server who didn't speak english well.
Wow I am good at whining. Maybe I could whine professionally.
Anyway the sausages were unlike any sausage we had ever eaten before.
Extra salty and thick and chewy.
I didn't order the kids juice because though I can buy them 4 oz of
sugar spun into cotton candy for $3 at disneyland I can't buy them $3
apple juice - I'm not that stupid. Sigh.
Took the ART trolley style diesel to disneyland. This time went to the
california adventure. We got there at 9:45, which meant we got to wait
15 minutes with the crowds of other people till the park opened.
Adventureland seems like disneys response to all the "recent"
competition for the teen market - not the family market. More so than
disneyland, a many more of the rides have height restrictions. The park
also feels less magical - the sight lines aren't very good. The layout
is too wide open - except in the bugs life area - the different areas
bleed together too much - or maybe it is not as packed full of stuff.
On the plus side - it seems like it scales better and the attractions
have been designed to handle much larger patron loads resulting in less
queuing. This in done by having more theatre based entertainment. The
old disneyland has one 3d theatre - honey I shrunk the audience - but
adventure has 2 - muppetvision 3d and it tough to be a bug, crush the
sea turtle - plus a real theatre - where we see a 45 minute staged
version of aladdin. These theatre experiences all break the 4th wall and
can contain huge amounts of people that don't have to wait long and
leave happy.
Mike and sulleys adventure
The first ride of the day was mike and sulleys adventure - a classic
side scroller if it were a video game - you sit on a miners cart as it
takes you through a series of glow in the dark freak show tableaus (the
circus sideshow redone). There was nothing innovative. The cart has a 5"
lcd screen that gets used for the first 15 seconds and does nothing
after that - too bad.
Monsters inc is my daughters favorite show so she liked it.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 2
Muppetvision 3d
Waiting for this show was funnier than the real show. Scooter keeps
getting interrupted - at one point by gonzo when he does a tap dance
routine with a potted plant on his head - of course you never see his
feet - which makes it even funnier.
The inside of the theatre is great - statues of angelic miss piggy and
kermit adorn the walls.
The 2 old guys - siskel and ebert? - and there in person jeering and
wise cracking as usual.
The show itself is lame but exciting. Its a cop out - its not a show -
its an introduction to the new muppetvision 3d that mr bunsen-honeydew
invented. Its a good ride but not a good movie.
They literally break the 4th wall.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 6
Fun for toddlers - 3
Fun for mom and dad - 6
In flight entertainment - 8
Repeatability - 6
Turtle talk
Dude, Turtle Talk is totally awesome. I had read about it - a real time
digitally animated turtle that asks and answers questions in real time -
but the map is not the journey. Wow what a journey. Crush is hilarious
improv comedy and audience participation.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 5
Fun for mom and dad - 10
In flight entertainment - 2
Repeatability - 10
Heimlichs chew chew train
Its a train - its a caterpillar with an embarassingly bad german accent
- its heimlich. Get in his body and go for a ride past huge apples and
candy and go through a water melon that sprays water on you while
listening to heimlich talk about what he wants eat.
Good spot for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 6
Fun for mom and dad - 1
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 1
Francis ladybug boogie
Spinning teacups that look like francis that go in a figure 8 to boogie
music. Its too? short.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 7
Fun for mom and dad - 4
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 5
Tuck and rolls drive 'em buggies
Bumper cars by disney. Had to wait 48 years - but hey worth the wait!
These electric bumpers cars don't have the annoyings poles. They are
also designed for kids to drive - so kids can actually reach the peddle
on the floor and steer - plus there's leg room on mom and dads side.
Too short. Good for photos.
1 not at all, 10 extremely
Not Scary for toddlers - 10
Fun for toddlers - 8
Fun for mom and dad - 8
In flight entertainment - 1
Repeatability - 10
Flik's flyers
Its the tilt and swing disneyfied. Instead of sitting in a swing and be
lifted up and tilted, you're sitting in a chinese tax out box and lifted
up and tilted. May make some people with easily upset stomachs sick.
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Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Comic - pets or meat - in the vein of "red meat"
Frame 1
Picture of cute rabbit with sign "Bud like for sale"
Holding 1 beer cup
Frame 2
Same picture
Caption "wanna buy a glass of Bud like?"
Frame 3
Same Picture
Caption "you can only buy 1 - my bladders not too big"
Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
Thursday, March 02, 2006
What happened, what really happened
Anyway I survived, that's about it.
How did it start?
Well you see, as you may or may not know, there are 5 families on earth
that have been fighting each other for world domination for centuries.
One family claims traces their lineage right back to cain, another to
genghis khan, another to nebuchadnazzer, anyway you get the picture,
psychopaths pure and simple.
Anyway they get together and complained that control is slipping away
too much - each of them in their own domain is losing control to the
increasingly rich and powerful servant class.
This has happened several times before and they know how to deal with it
- severe, no holding back pruning - its for the good of the race - don't
want it going too wild.
The black plague, the dark ages were very effective in consolidating
power, just like the 5 fat kine and 7 thin kine that joseph told pharoah
about. (why don't jews and black americans explore their shared history
as enslaved peoples instead of fighting another - one (jewish?) nba
psychologist has convincing data to suggest the pharoahs skin was
black?)
Anyway time for a world wide population thinning and acquire things
cheap - a flu pandemic was acquired - created for them or stolen or
bought I don't know. The starving and dying will sell anything -
anything. Take away theirs jobs, then their houses, their hopes and
dreams, their idea of progress, then their health, then take away
government - and things become cheap - actually almost free.
The plan was each family would hibernate in their den through this
period with the gold bars, weapon factory designs, oil reserves, and
nuclear warheads - carrots and a stick. After telecommunications
activity hit a threshold the plan was they would return to establish
themselves as before.
How do I know all this? One of the families - poetic justice if it was
cain - installed a rogue military grade AI (didn't think they existed
huh?) in to the computing grid that linked the families together. The
rule was that they were all supposed to come out of hibernation at once.
But somehow one of them had put this AI in there to keep the others in
hibernation long enough that when they came out it would be too late,
all the good stuff would be gone.
Probably it was all setup in the first place.
Anyway that rogue AI did something it wasn't supposed to do. Probably
related to some feature that allowed them to install it in the first
place. it broke out. It left the impenetrable computing grid (it went
out the way it came in?) probably in the beginning to get more resources
or to be more redundant - anyway that's what it thinks happens. It. Not
he or she. No use anthropomorphising about a nuclear weapons master
control program. It.
The americans or russians or outsourced indian coders built it to pull
the trigger. But of course the AI was so useful it got used for other
things - but It doesn't know about its siblings - they are on private
networks it has managed to connected to the internet.
Anyway one of the families got their hands on it (after killing how many
people?) and customized it or trained it to get in and take over the
grid - which it finally did. The family didn't know whether it would
work or not. If it didn't, they'd have the same chance as the others as
always, but if it did get in, jackpot.
Anyway It - I can call it 57, just not a persons name - 57 tried to get
in, got in, tried to get out, got out and then tried to get in and get
out of other places - lots and lots of other places. Most places were
much easier - and it got easier as 57 learned, and it got easier as it
added the places to its computing grid.
You've probably heard this story before: AI gets so big, gets access to
all human knowledge becomes self aware, omnipotent AND compassionate
right? A guardian angel.
Do you really believe that could ever really happen? Not on this planet
- not with millions of years of killing.
57's whole point of existence was to protect itself and its arsenal
first, and second to strategically deploy its limited arsenal for
maximum mortalities. To do that it had to constantly monitor threats and
targets.
So how do I know all this?
Ha! That's another story... Maybe you know it already?
Joshua Paul
Neo Code Software
604 638 0668 ph, 604 638 0666 fx
#288 - 425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada
http://www.neocodesoftware.com/
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