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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I wonder how they keep it on.
 
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honestrosewater said:
I wonder how they keep it on.

Fish glue, i think.
 
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Another quickie.

What connects, 1968 organ, 1986 motorhead.
 
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Bye, bye thread :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
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I'm still here. Does it have something to do with pipes?
 
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Ooh, 1973 Sleeper?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Ooh, 1973 Sleeper?

A certain lady was just satisfied :rofl:
 
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Or was she ?
 
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or was shee?
 
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Mk said:
or was shee?

there was an
o:) Mk, HRWwb is getting slow :biggrin:
 
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Who's slow?

In accounting, this is the standard way of recording transactions.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Who's slow?

In accounting, this is the standard way of recording transactions.
 
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Did you get it??
 
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By Rose, In accounting, this is the standard way of recording transactions.

:confused: Ahh, i missed this post :grumpy: Your looking for some thing
:!) sexy.
 
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So did anyone get it? I think it's pretty easy.
 
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honestrosewater said:
So did anyone get it? I think it's pretty easy.
I built one a few years back, it is still un tested. :rofl:
 
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:rofl: Ahhh... I'm so lost. Was 1973 Sleeper wrong? Your clue was the Orgasmatron, right?
 
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honestrosewater said:
:rofl: Ahhh... I'm so lost. Was 1973 Sleeper wrong? Your clue was the Orgasmatron, right?

Just pulling your plonker Rose, you are correct :biggrin: next one please.
 
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wolram said:
Just pulling your plonker Rose, you are correct :biggrin: next one please.
Okay, did you get this one:
In accounting, this is the standard way of recording transactions.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Okay, did you get this one:
In accounting, this is the standard way of recording transactions.

double entry...?
 
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No, thank you. I'm not into that kind of thing. :blushing: :grumpy:

Oh... yes, that's the answer. :biggrin:
 
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honestrosewater said:
No, thank you. I'm not into that kind of thing. :blushing: :grumpy:

:bugeye:...is your mind always in the gutter?

Oh... yes, that's the answer. :biggrin:

oh...didn't expect that. Seemed too easy for it to be right. Does this mean I get to post one or has this just become a free for all? And I don't mean a free for all in the way you might be thinking either... :bugeye:
 
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you have to post one
 
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yomamma said:
you have to post one

Oh..geez...guess that will teach me to answer questions...

This will probably be way too easy for the people here...

What do MIT, princeton and electro-shock therapy have in common?
 
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Townsend said:
What do MIT, princeton and electro-shock therapy have in common?
Is it dirty? :devil: Bah, I'm too tired. John Nash?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Is it dirty? :devil:
:bugeye:

You need to find a partner...

Bah, I'm too tired. John Nash?

Yes...I would say it was too easy but I wouldn't want you to feel like I was putting down your intelligence...

So, how about I say...that was too easy for someone soo smart :smile:
 
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Townsend said:
Yes...I would say it was too easy but I wouldn't want you to feel like I was putting down your intelligence...

So, how about I say...that was too easy for someone soo smart :smile:
Yes, I know you're easy, but who's putting what where? :eek:

You can go again. I don't like thinking of clues. Make it hard this time. :wink:
 
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Sorry, I don't want to scare you away. I'll be good. o:)
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yes, I know you're easy, but who's putting what where? :eek:

You can go again. I don't like thinking of clues. Make it hard this time. :wink:

oh geez...(I will pretend to ignore the make it hard comment)

Umm...ok...

What does an apple, a mollusks, a rose, and Frank Lloyd Wright have in common?

If you get this one easy then you are a genius...
 
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Pearl (and Perl)?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Pearl (and Perl)?

nope...it is not going to be easy...not at all.
 
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Let me know when you need some hints...I don't want to spoil it for you if you don't need any...
 
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Shell?

Is it more than one thing? Like one thing connects two of them, another thing connects two more, etc.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Shell?

Is it more than one thing? Like one thing connects two of them, another thing connects two more, etc.

There is ONE thing they all have in common.
 
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Oh, yeah, this has to be it: RED?!?
 

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