The World's Largest Computer in 1951

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In summary, the ENIAC was a massive machine weighing 30 tons, occupying 1,000 square feet of floor space, and containing over 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 switches, and 18,000 vacuum tubes. It required 150 kilowatts of power to run, which was enough to light a small town. The final machine was less powerful than a $5 pocket calculator. The Russian Ekranoplan, also known as the Caspian Sea Monster, was a ground effect vehicle that could travel over 400 km/h and weighed 540 tons fully loaded. It was used as a high-speed military transport and could transport over 100 tonnes of cargo. The
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zoobyshoe said:
Just write down the initial of his first name. That will be a clue for Honestrosewater, and will probably confirm to me you know the answer.
If i am right it is D
 
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honestrosewater said:
Maybe a Civil War era vessel? :redface:
No, the vessel wasn't commissioned till long after he died.

He is so famous, you'll be amazed when you find out. This cement/ iron thing that he pursued for 20 years was basically a money pit and financial failure for him. Precious few people know of this chapter of his life.
 
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wolram said:
If i am right it is D
No...Sorry! You have had the wrong person in mind.
 
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Lincoln? Eh, I have given up the not thinking out loud thing. :tongue2:
 
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honestrosewater said:
Lincoln? Eh, I have given up the not thinking out loud thing. :tongue2:
No. You're back to being too early.
 
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david o saylor was my guess
 
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Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt

Little note: Edison's submarine had a piano on it. Hah.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Thomas Edison,
Yes!
 
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See, if you just guess enough... :rofl:
 
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I think people should have a clue ready when they answer the question
 
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Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.
 
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does it have anything to do with faries? because that's what google told me
 
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yomamma said:
does it have anything to do with faries? because that's what google told me
Um, no...
 
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honestrosewater said:
Um, no...
hmm... hints...?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.

Are these hills the hills of Rome? Just a random guess.
 
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matthyaouw said:
Are these hills the hills of Rome? Just a random guess.
No. In the US. The hills aren't the biggest clue, more like confirmation.
 
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hills in the us...
 
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yomamma said:
hills in the us...
The hills are in the US...
 
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I'm going to abandon this thread for now and go to the "where is it?" thread
 
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Polaris...
 
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the north star
 
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yomamma said:
the north star
Correct. That's a clue.
 
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wait, the north star is a clue?
 
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Just popped in, honestrosewater, love the "what was its". I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thank you wolram for starting it!
 
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Do I have to repeat everything? :tongue2: Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?
 
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the northern lights...? :biggrin:
 
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yomamma said:
the northern lights...? :biggrin:
No.

Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.
the north star
 
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honestrosewater said:
Do I have to repeat everything? :tongue2: Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?
Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. :cry: I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer. :confused:
 
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Evo said:
Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. :cry: I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer. :confused:

:frown: Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
:frown: Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.
Part is allergies, part stress, part "old Evo is dying". :cry:
 
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Okay, I have to leave. Here are what the clues meant:
two hills: Holmes Hill Farms and Cedar Hill.
Became his own master: He was born a slave, escaped, and helped to abolish slavery in the US.
"The North Star" was the original name of his newspaper.
Frederick Douglass.
 
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K...I'm going to go now...ummmm...Evo, you can go...
 
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Although the original from 1927 was lost, the 1928 version survived. It was brought back to life in the eighties with a technology beyond its time.

Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable
Are these clues to the thing, or to the "technology beyond it's time?"
 
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Those are key words associated with the thing.
 

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