The discussion centers on the ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer, which stood 10 feet tall, occupied 1,000 square feet, and weighed approximately 30 tons. It utilized over 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 switches, and 18,000 vacuum tubes, consuming 150 kilowatts of power. Additionally, the conversation shifts to the Russian Ekranoplan, a Ground Effect Vehicle developed by Rostislav Alekseev, which could travel over 400 km/h and weighed 540 tons fully loaded. The Ekranoplan was designed for military transport and could carry over 100 tonnes of cargo.
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Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?zoobyshoe said:This man's invention made his name synonymous with quality. Name the man, and the invention.
That's the Canadian hallmark of quality? TV dinners?Danger said:Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?
My what year old great grandmother?! I thought you said that you're older than me. My mother is 91. If my dad were still around, he'd be 104 next month. My great grandparents would be somewhere around 200.zoobyshoe said:"Sort of" is what you say to your 97 year old great grandmother
No, the clue isn't meant to say the man merely made a quality product.Nereid said:Karl Benz, the car (aka automobile) ... along with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
(despite what the English, Americans, and yes, even the French say!)
I'm not McCoy. I'm the captain, and you are the WINNER!Mk said:McCoy, sorry, I went out for a snack.
Better than one for baseball players, I guess.Huckleberry said:Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.
No, I'm not Grampa McCoy, I'm Peppito, and you are the WINNER!Huckleberry said:Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.
You may not hear the phrase "That's the real McCoy" over there. It means "That's a quality machine, thing, etc". or that it's authentic.Nereid said:Dr. W. Edwards Deming - TQM (aka Total Quality Management), a management technique (duh!)
OK. We'll give it to MK.Huckleberry said:What, me. I just googled McCoy after MK posted it. I wanted to know the invention.
Huckleberry said:is it Viagra?
Looks like you have to be Japanese to win.Nereid said:Hey, MK, Huckleberry ... you guys won it.
However, the http://www.deming.org/demingprize/ is 'synonymous with quality' (well, to some folk anyway!)
Or from Japan.zoobyshoe said:Looks like you have to be Japanese to win.
Huckleberry said:I figured that anything that made a billion dollars had to be intimately tied to our biology. People can be so predictable.
Okay, I got one. Just a minute to check the reference.