The World's Largest Computer in 1951

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The discussion centers around two significant machines: the ENIAC, an early computer that was 10 feet tall, weighed 30 tons, and required 150 kilowatts of power, and the Russian Ekranoplan, a ground effect vehicle that could travel over 400 km/h and weighed 540 tons. The ENIAC utilized a vast number of electronic components but had less processing power than a modern pocket calculator. The Ekranoplan, developed by the Soviet Union, operates just above water using a shock wave principle, allowing it to travel over various terrains. The conversation also touches on trivia and historical facts about these machines, highlighting their unique engineering and capabilities. Overall, the thread showcases a blend of technical details and engaging quiz-like interactions.
  • #451
brewnog said:
Danger said:
Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.

Moonbear?

Oh no wait, accident. Hmm...

Mantrap?

:mad: I rescind my offer of a bed for you to sleep in when you visit the U.S.!

I can think of lots of things with teeth that don't bite, but can't think of anything that bites only by accident. :rolleyes:
 
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  • #452
brewnog said:
Moonbear?
I so wish that I'd thought of that before I posted the question, but I've already made up my mind what the answer is. :biggrin:
 
  • #453
Gears? ...
 
  • #454
A saw? Me?

Ok, so we know its not alive (right?), but it has somewhat a mind of its own (more like a computer), or is diffucult to control. It has teeth.
 
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  • #455
Zoobyshoe is walking around in the beautiful Alaskan summer, when he unexpectadly steps in... a bear trap?
 
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  • #456
I have lots of teeth and only bite myself accidentally.
 
  • #457
The human mouth. Lots of teeth, but you only bite your tounge accidentally.
 
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  • #458
Danger, we need some feedback here...
 
  • #459
Mk said:
Danger, we need some feedback here...
Sorry. I love PF, but pool comes first. (Incidentally, we skunked them.) Anyhow, you're all off the track. You are correct that it's not alive. Parts include, but are not restricted to, hooks and hollows.
 
  • #460
Danger said:
Sorry. I love PF, but pool comes first...
Ah, zip yer pie hole...hey! That's it!


zipper
 
  • #461
Zipppeeerrrrr
 
  • #462
zoobyshoe said:
Zipppeeerrrrr
Yeah. Sorry, I was preoccupied somewhere else for a while. 'Tis indeed the old turtle choker.
 
  • #463
Patented in 1972 this was the beginning of a now ubiquitous form of entertainment.
 
  • #464
Odyssey

The game of Pong
 
  • #465
Too fast!

Yer tern.
 
  • #466
About 30 meters long and 4 meters high, and mounted on 4 wheels, this was built with the hope that the signal to noise ratio of transoceanic radio-telephones might be improved.
 
  • #467
First radio telescope?
 
  • #468
Danger said:
First radio telescope?

DARN!

:biggrin: Yerrrrrrrrr up.
 
  • #469
Ivan Seeking said:
DARN!

:biggrin: Yerrrrrrrrr up.
That was just an educated guess. Anyhow, as I just mentioned in your new thread, I severely have to hit the springs now. I've got a double shift tomorrow, and about 4 hours left to get some sleep first. Fire up another one on me. I'll sneak back into line some time tomorrow night. Give Tsu an extra one for me, and I'll see you tomorrow.
 
  • #470
It's too late for me, so the floor is open to a new question.
 
  • #471
This man's work rid us of a dangerous crank.
 
  • #472
The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. This design promises smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine; however Wankels are criticized for poor fuel efficiency and exhaust emissions.

Correct? I'm not so sure about this one.
 
  • #473
No, sir. Nice guess, though.
 
  • #474
In 1903, the first U.S. patent for an automobile electric self-starter was issued to Clyde J. Coleman of New York City (No. 745,157). He invented the self-starter in 1899, but the invention was impractical.

The license was purchased by the Delco Company, which was taken over by the General Motors Corporation. Charles Kettering at General Motors modified the self-starter, and made it practical. It was first installed on Cadillac cars in 1911. By 1920, nearly every car had a self-starter.

The self-starter is a necessity for internal-combustion engines, because the Otto cycle requires the pistons already be in motion before the ignition phase of the cycle. This means that the engine must be started in motion by an outside force before it can power itself. Originally a hand crank was used to start the engine, but it was inconvenient and rather hard work to crank the engine up to speed. For the self-starter an electric motor, called a starter motor or sometimes just plain starter, is used in place of the hand crank to put the engine into motion.

I'm more sure about this one, but not positive.
 
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  • #475
George Bush
 
  • #476
I do not riddle out, or riddle up, or riddle down, i do not riddle to the left, or to the right. But i may save your life.


What am i
 
  • #477
I'm the son of rage and love,
The Jesus of suburbia,
From the bible of "none of the above",
On a steady diet of soda pop and ritalin...

Not mushrooms, but ritalin!
 
  • #478
Shrimp is the main food source of the mostly South American and African leggy bird, but there's one species that lives in southern Europe. It has secondary wing feathers that are the same color as a hex triplet, that consists of 6 charachters, what is it?
 
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  • #479
Greater Flamingo
#000000

my question is


I am partner's with a needle. I am on this website. and have a title
What is it?
 
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  • #480
Thread. What was it?

Apple sells a software product that provides aadvanced digital compositing. When you add milk what do you get? You can make it in your blender, or buy it from McDonalds.

Goodnight, its 12:30 here, you'll know if you get the answer or not.
 
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  • #481
Mk said:
Thread. What was it?

Apple sells a software product that provides aadvanced digital compositing. When you add milk what do you get? You can make it in your blender, or buy it from McDonalds.

Goodnight, its 12:30 here, you'll know if you get the answer or not.


Shake?

Just a hunch!
 
  • #482
It's the world's largest one of its type, and it's twice as big as the next-largest one, which is in Georgia, USA. It contains 53 miles of cabling just to support itself.
 
  • #483
brewnog said:
It contains 53 miles of cabling just to support itself.
Suspension bridge?
 
  • #484
Danger said:
Suspension bridge?

No, but I was hoping you'd say that :smile:


It's covered in Teflon!
 
  • #485
brewnog said:
No, but I was hoping you'd say that :smile:
You set that whole bridge thing up on the other thread just to fake me out here, didn't you?

brewnog said:
It's covered in Teflon!
My next guess would have been Moonbear's bra, until you mentioned the Teflon.
 
  • #486
brewnog said:
Shake?

Just a hunch!

I stayed up, shake is half of it. add milk. It is milkshake. Good job.
 
  • #487
Is it the longest cable car system?
 
  • #488
Mk said:
Is it the longest cable car system?

Nope, I wouldn't make it that easy!

Danger said:
You set that whole bridge thing up on the other thread just to fake me out here, didn't you?

Yeah, and it worked. Hurrah!
Danger said:
My next guess would have been Moonbear's bra, until you mentioned the Teflon.

Heh, good guess, but no.

Ironically, it's probably more similar to half of moonbear's bra, with a scaling factor taken into account. The heating system is probably still there though...
 
  • #489
brewnog said:
Ironically, it's probably more similar to half of moonbear's bra, with a scaling factor taken into account. The heating system is probably still there though...
Sports dome?
 
  • #490
Danger said:
Sports dome?

Getting there...

It's got 12 masts.
 
  • #491
brewnog said:
Getting there...

It's got 12 masts.
A sports boat? :biggrin:
 
  • #492
Danger said:
A sports boat? :biggrin:


Hah, no.

But it could fit an Eiffel tower inside it (if you turned the Eiffel tower on its side, and moved it a bit).
 
  • #493
brewnog said:
Hah, no.
Well, I got to go work a 10-hour shift now. I'll ponder this all day, come up with a truly brilliant solution, then come back and find out how humiliatingly wrong I am. Later, bud.
 
  • #494
The Millenium Dome? I believe the Georgia Dome in Atlanta is another fabric roof.
 
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  • #495
FredGarvin said:
The Millenium Dome? I believe the Georgia Dome in Atlanta is another fabric roof.


Correct!

The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London, consisting of a PTFE-coated GFRP roof supported by twelve steel masts, is the largest dome in the world. Designed by the Richard Rogers partnership, it was full of crap until it was closed due to having less than a quarter the number of visitors it was supposed to have.
 
  • #496
Incidently, that was correct about the "self starter" back there. Sorry I wasn't awake to confirm it.
 
  • #497
Fred? Fred! Your go!

I fianlly got back on line and there's nothing to do here!

[tap tap tap]
 
  • #498
Here's an easy time filler till Fred gets back:

It shatters when struck, but oozes slowly into a puddle when left alone.

What is it called, and what is it made from?
 
  • #499
Ice, and water?
 
  • #500
brewnog said:
Ice, and water?
An answer that fits the clue exactly, so, you're right, but that isn't the substance I had in mind. The one I mean doesn't exist in Nature.
 

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