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Title: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Mark [lodle] on March 23, 2009, 01:32:27 am
Well Scott and i went hunting for some australian beer yesterday for the ubi soft meeting he is having (he didnt think to bring any beer from home) so we went charging around San Fran looking for some. In total we travled around 20 odd blocks going in and out of liqure stores and the only thing they had is fosters. Really, who the fuck drinks that shit? Australians have so much good beer and the best we can export is fosters? Makes me angry.

However, we found a rather huge store which had some coopers and james boags but then they also manage to munt up the label and put kangaroo images all over it. Another huge sigh, but its the best we could find.

The traffic in the usa is crazy. At first i didnt understand the crossing the road method (i was looking around for a button to press which makes the beep beep beep noise meaning you can cross) and just blindly following others across the road. It freaked me out that turning cars where going on a red light (thats ment to be legal here, who would of known) and i kept stopping to let them go and they stopped to let me go (deadlock). However i worked out whats goes on, basically you can cross when the traffic is going parallel to you, this is better in some ways than the button and beeper but you cant cross diagonally which means you have to wait on the other side again.

I think san fran is the first place i have been to where it was sunny out side (my uv glasses went really dark) but it still was frikin freezing.

I also went to the computer museum in  Mountain View (it didnt cause scott and ryan to jizz and there paints like me so they didnt come) and it was fuckn wikid. There was this massive manically machine (see video when its ready) that could calculated 7 degree binomials which was designed in 1850's. It rocked. Also it was good to see what shaped computing during the 1970's, 80's and 90's. Some of the computers they had on display had over a 1500 meters of copper wiring in them (mr cray im looking at you!) and its amazing how complex some of them where. One of the fist memory devices was a mercury sound tube, i was like wtf.

I walked passed the gdc hall on my way home and public registrations where open, media registration (what moddb has) happens tomorrow so i didnt get to see any cool stuff yet.

Well i have to go buy some pants (shorts really dont cut it here) and get some dinner.

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1048.JPG)
First internet router

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1043.JPG)
Apple II

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1042.JPG)
Apple Macintosh

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1047.JPG)

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1051.JPG)
Cray internals

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1055.JPG)
Mercury Image Store

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1054.JPG)
10mg hdd (size of a table)

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1053.JPG)
First raid array

(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/161/160045/IMG_1056.JPG)
Enigma

http://www.moddb.com/media/embed/141790
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: drukqaddik on March 23, 2009, 02:09:08 am
i remember those old macs :) so how was the states overall? never been to san fran myself but i been to san diego (best place on earth). and that router, WOW, thats some crazy stuff. weve come a long way.
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Mike [fourtecks] on March 23, 2009, 02:27:35 am
kangaroos!
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Wake[of]theBunT on March 23, 2009, 02:35:06 am
I like me some binomials with mah kangaroo beer!
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Mark [lodle] on March 23, 2009, 02:35:45 am
Its good, really liking it, but ill always call Australia home :P
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Sp1nn3y on March 23, 2009, 03:16:55 am
Bud Ice.. Win..

cool man love the pics that video is wtf too lol
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: CCsaint10 on March 23, 2009, 06:34:06 am
crazy stuff man, thanks for sharing. San Fran is pretty awesome. :) Did you get to go to alcatraz or even get some good bread? How bout Cable cars?
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Mark [lodle] on March 23, 2009, 08:36:18 am
Well sight seeing time is over, the cable car starts out side my hotel so I might go on them.
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: drukqaddik on March 23, 2009, 11:19:15 am
dude find a malt liquor called steel reserve. its got 211 on the side
best shit ever. or High Life(http://blogs.citypages.com/food/Steel-Reserve-Can.jpg)

so good i got it tattooed on me
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/66/l_1439777b4b6995d4f8618173399306ae.jpg)

that tat is a product of meth use. y so crappy LOL ;)
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: SPECTRE v7 on March 25, 2009, 05:39:06 am
dude find a malt liquor called steel reserve. its got 211 on the side
best shit ever. or High Life(http://blogs.citypages.com/food/Steel-Reserve-Can.jpg)

so good i got it tattooed on me
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/66/l_1439777b4b6995d4f8618173399306ae.jpg)

that tat is a product of meth use. y so crappy LOL ;)
Man oh man...Steel reserve is some nasty stuff man...Get yourself some good brews like becks, or newcastle
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: drukqaddik on March 25, 2009, 09:11:35 am
you have no idea man. steel is the best. my fave. 1 40oz is all it takes
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Sp1nn3y on March 25, 2009, 03:25:20 pm
you have no idea man. steel is the best. my fave. 1 40oz is all it takes

No way 211 is some of the nastiest crap out there.. i cant bear that shit personally
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Kujo on March 25, 2009, 07:32:49 pm
No way 211 is some of the nastiest crap out there.. i cant bear that shit personally

I concur
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: drukqaddik on March 26, 2009, 01:37:08 am
just dont have what it takes.... try bongin em, lol my record is 9
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Loafie, Hero of Dreams on March 27, 2009, 03:29:50 am
should try some of the local beers like anchorsteam, prohibition or laguniats. fat tire is also the bomb.com
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: SPECTRE v7 on March 27, 2009, 06:44:06 am
should try some of the local beers like anchorsteam, prohibition or laguniats. fat tire is also the bomb.com
I drank a Fat Tire today New Belgium style beer, Karl Strauss is also a good micro brewed beer from San Diego
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Kinky on March 27, 2009, 03:54:35 pm
yea man fat tyre is awesome stuff... used to drink it all the time at my dads house in CO
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: SPECTRE v7 on March 29, 2009, 01:17:44 am
yea man fat tyre is awesome stuff... used to drink it all the time at my dads house in CO
Fat Tire cost around 8 bucks for a six pack over here...Don't know why it needs to cost so damn much, oh well i still get it anyways
Title: Re: Crazy Things and Old Stuff (GDC Blog 2)
Post by: Kujo on March 29, 2009, 10:29:12 pm
I've actually had that some of that Karl Strauss beer while visiting some friends in San Diego a year or so ago. It its pretty good stuff, I would have to agree.  Not so much on the fat tire, tried some of that the other night, and I'm not a fan  :P