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BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[url=http://www.ece.auckland.ac.nz/~gbig005/gallery/iros04]Look where I am![/url]
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  • Congrats but why go all the way up north head to Tokyo :D
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    Ahh Japan, one of the most interesting of countries you'll ever visit.

    Biggles, where is Sendai?

    I spent about a month in Yokahama several years ago.

    Jake
  • Damn you biggles....

    Make shure to take pictures of any hot chicks, and share them with us.
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Freejack [/i]
    [B]Ahh Japan, one of the most interesting of countries you'll ever visit.

    Biggles, where is Sendai?

    I spent about a month in Yokahama several years ago.

    Jake [/B][/QUOTE]
    Sendai is north of Tokyo, think 50-100 miles sount of the northern tip of Honshu (the mainland).
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I had wondered if you had made it Geoffrey!

    I heard that some flights were cancelled to Japan because of the threatening Cyclone off shore...

    ;)

    Have fun dood!

    :cool:
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    You there for vacation or a conference or something?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Conference, aka "excuse to travel." Once I finish up in Sendai at the end of this week I'm off to Kyoto and then Tokyo to meet some friends.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]... I'm off to Kyoto and then Tokyo... [/B][/QUOTE]

    Man, I had to read that several times...

    Both looked the same to me...

    :p
  • Speaking of Japanese what would Battleship Yamato look like in Kanji?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
    [B]Man, I had to read that several times...

    Both looked the same to me...

    :p [/B][/QUOTE]

    Actually, in Japanese they share a kanji:
    東京 = Tokyo
    京都 = Kyoto

    More pictures up now.
  • Oh yeah. are you going to be Recording any Anime on TV while you are there Biggles?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    You have such a polarised and distorted view of the world, Simmonds...
    What the hell would I record anime with? Why would I take photos of "hot chicks" in Japan in particular? Contrary to what you seem to believe, anime isn't the only thing on TV in Japan (and in fact isn't anywhere near the most popular either), and Japan isn't the only place where you will find "hot chicks," asian or otherwise.

    And for RC, since he kept asking in IRC and I never got around to answering properly: not that many robots are on display. This is a conference, not a convention nor an exhibition. There are a grand total of 4 robots on display, the actual point of the conference is the 3 days of 13 parallel streams of technical paper presentations. That means research and learning.
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    Yeah, many of us have a distorted view of Japan as a place full of robots, automatic doors, teenage girls in plaid skirts and anime...

    Well at least it does have a lot of automatic doors...oh yeah and beer in vending machines...

    Jake
  • Ya gotta get on the bullet train!
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]You have such a polarised and distorted view of the world, Simmonds...
    What the hell would I record anime with? Why would I take photos of "hot chicks" in Japan in particular? Contrary to what you seem to believe, anime isn't the only thing on TV in Japan (and in fact isn't anywhere near the most popular either), and Japan isn't the only place where you will find "hot chicks," asian or otherwise.
    [/B][/QUOTE]

    ............... Damare(or Urusai??) Biggles.


    I know there more then anime on Japanese TV biggles, how fucking stupid do you think I am..... I figured scince you like anime you mite record some.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Captain,Simmonds [/i]
    [B]...how fucking stupid do you think I am? [/B][/QUOTE]

    Oh oh! This is just too good to pass up!

    *raises hand*

    :D
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
    [B]Oh oh! This is just too good to pass up!

    *raises hand*

    :D [/B][/QUOTE]
    *tries to push JackN's hand down while raising his own hand higher*
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Captain,Simmonds [/i]
    [B]............... Damare(or Urusai??) Biggles.


    I know there more then anime on Japanese TV biggles, how fucking stupid do you think I am..... I figured scince you like anime you mite record some. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I won't even bother replying to the first point. Jack and Curz can have fun with that. As for the second point, I once again ask, how the hell would I record it? Not to mention that recording a single episode in the middle of a series would be rather pointless, and that if I really want to I could just watch it (although that would require staying up way too late).
    I really hate it when people pidgeon-hole a country so much...
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Captain,Simmonds [/i]
    [B]how fucking stupid do you think I am..... [/B][/QUOTE]

    Oh oh oh! This must be multiple choice!

    (A) Stupider then a rock
    (B) Stupider then stupid
    (C) Just plain really fucking stupid

    :D
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Ways to tell you're at a conference full of geeks, #195: People walk past the (very long) lunch line saying, "This is very serial processing."

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The Cabl3 Guy [/i]
    [B]Ya gotta get on the bullet train! [/B][/QUOTE]

    I did get on the bullet train. I took it from Tokyo to Sendai. The bullet train system is amazing, even more so than you've probably heard. It's like a country-wide metro system.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Well, the conference is over now. The closing "reception" is in process, ie, free food and drink. This conference rocks so much. They scheduled one reception, and because attendance was so much higher than expected they've had enough money to have 2 more, plus free food all day every day (we exhausted Sendai's supply of donuts on the first day).

    I'm off to Kyoto tomorrow. Expect a [b]lot[/b] of photos from a city full of ancient stuff. (Old buildings = cool.)
  • TRy & see if you can get some pics of the various castles. I've seen a few but theres nothing like brand new digital ones.
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CurZ [/i]
    [B]*tries to push JackN's hand down while raising his own hand higher* [/B][/QUOTE]*Jumps onto a table, waving both arms wildly into the air*

    [Edit]Holy crap, when was I titled?
  • LMAO @ exile. :D

    I still want my title changed to something else....like Narn Batsquad member...
  • Your title seems to change a lot. :p
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The Cabl3 Guy [/i]
    [B]TRy & see if you can get some pics of the various castles. I've seen a few but theres nothing like brand new digital ones. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I got over 500. Will that be enough? :)

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]*Jumps onto a table, waving both arms wildly into the air*

    [Edit]Holy crap, when was I titled? [/B][/QUOTE]

    A few weeks ago, when I was both bored and playing Final Fantasy Tactics (for those that don't know, "kupo" is what moggles are always saying in FF games).
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Erm... it's "moogles," isn't it?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Sorry, typo.

    Anyway. Today I went to Akihabara. Bekenn, Melkor. [url=http://www.ece.auckland.ac.nz/~gbig005/gallery/random/124_2417]This one's for you[/url].

    Tomorrow I'm going back to buy a hell of a lot more nifty stuff. Going to pick up a camera, a new mp3 player, some models of things like the VF-19, the Xenosaga 2 soundtrack, and some manga ("kanji practice"), as well as anything else I happen to fancy at the time.
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    Glad your having a good time Biggles.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Need... game....
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