That Shit Cray

1. Cray-zee computing power and a sectional sofa all in one! What a bargain!

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   1. That’s what I’m talking about. I don’t want to have to run a server that isn’t padded and upholstered in fine Corinthian pleather.

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2. I admit; this is probably either some pop culture reference I, in my pop-culture illiteracy, don’t get. Like maybe its a line from a song, or sitcom / movie character. Or maybe its an Internet meme I missed. Or else it’s just cool, “That Shit Cray.” Which is, poetically, a cool combination of three words. None the less, I admire a man who can match shoe color to funky metallic gray pants.

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   1. I am in agreeance with you, with everything.
      But I especially agree with your admiration for the man in the image with “impeccable” taste!

      p.s. Congrats on the FP, MT!

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3. Ha ha!

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4. Wow, those machines were so imposing. I would not mind having some of the old Cray seat panels to stick around the place and force my guests to sit on. They would most certainly walk around and say, That shit Cray, yo!

   It would be a bonus to have the series of operator manuals for it.
   Just for geeky pleasure.

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   1. If I’m not mistaken those seat where covers for the batteries used by the ups systems. It’s been a couple hundred years so I’m not really sure:)

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5. Better late than never, right?

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6. It wasn’t long ago that whole floors of businesses were devoted to computers… and now you carry them in your pocket! Thanks for the reminder!

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7. Im Mathieu Thomas ;)

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8. Hmmm. I didnt get it when Kanye sang it. I still don’t get it here. Did Freshly Pressed get hacked or something? LOL.

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   1. Not hacked, but possibly taken over by my Kanye- and pun-loving boss Matt. :)

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9. Nice… :)

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10. i don’t get it.

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11. It is over my head, but not over the Freshly Pressed editors heads….Congrats!

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12. Shit Bitchin! Fond memories there mate! Used to work for “Massive Dynamics” (lol) back in the late ’80s where we’d just gotten the shiny new XMP. They sent all us FORTRAN programmers to Mondota MN to the CRAY headquarters for “Cray Training”! Now, i believe it’s all been replaced by racks of boring looking Linux clusters, lol. Love the photo. Thanks for sharing!!

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    1. I agree… I remember we have some vax 11-780s next to ours :)

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13. Hahahahaha!

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14. I know a man named Cray and he is, indeed, a ****. Thought perhaps you knew him as well…

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15. Wut’d she order, fish fillet?

    Thanks for the laugh!

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16. You’ve gotta be kidding… those shoes are AWSOME!!!!

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17. That guy is probably making loads of money right now.

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18. I’m laughing! How in the world did you get this on the front page? Well done!

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19. Haha! Love the photograph quality even though that isn’t what it’s all about :D

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20. I just don’t get it. Can you please explain….

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21. What’s that jacket? Margiela?

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    1. Best response of all.

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22. I. DONT. GET. IT.
    ??????????????????????????

    but i did read about the line from “Niggas in Paris” … it’s “Kray” related to infamous murderous Kray brothers.
    but … hmmm, can you explain this joke? (and why it’s on freshly pressed!?)

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23. did i miss something?

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24. Totally don’t get it, it’s probably for the best. I thought people who are in charge of the freshly pressed section of the homepage had better sense than this.

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    1. They usually do, but they’re also suckers for a good pun. :)

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25. It’s actually a reference to the Kray Twins who were leaders of organized crime in London back in the day in the 50’s. They were also kinda ‘cray cray’ themselves which adds to the reference. HIPHOPNERDALERT

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26. too funny :)

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27. hahaha i dont get but i still laughed, therefore i like it. haters gunna hate

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    1. Indeed.

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28. i am confused!! haha

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29. I don’t either, but then I’m past my prime “hipness” years.

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30. Too funny. Haven’t seen one of those in decades. Damn I’m old. :(

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31. Page 1. First, plug your computer in.

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32. Ha ha great!
    Better late than never !!!

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33. Awesome.

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34. What did they do with all that liquid nitrogen coolant? Maybe they used it to freeze fish!
    Back in 74, I had a pair of those shoes lol

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    1. Freon was used on some and liquid nitrogen on others. The seats where called power wedges.

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    2. This comment thread has been really educational for me. I didn’t realize the seats had any practical purpose.

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    3. evaporated I guess.

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35. Ok …Look.. Its part of a “cray” super computer from the 70’s, it’s covered with cooler padding to keep it from over heating, thats why the guy is kicking it there, because its “air conditioned”. Duh… (that may even be Seymour himself!)

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36. Better Late than never.

    We hardly noticed the font, over how bizarre a situation was in the picture. We would love a booth/seat just like that in our own living room!

    Now THAT shit is cray!

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37. this pretty much MADE MY DAY. love it so much!

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38. Reblogged this on rabbits & foxes and commented:
    This blog post just made my day. After reading it, I couldn’t stop giggling for a while.

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39. Blimy I haven’t seen a picture of one of those in a million years.

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