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.
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Wow, I was sure it was the folding table. I guessed canned beer, but that wasn't until later, and you said it wasn't food. I hope the meat thermometer wasn't close.
 
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Oh, folding chairs!? Brody & Surgwar, June 11, 1889. :biggrin:

If that's it, TheStatutoryApe can have my turn if you want it.
 
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  • #1,153
a skyewer?
 
  • #1,154
The disposable paper plate.
 
  • #1,155
zoobyshoe said:
The disposable paper plate.
Guessed already.
 
  • #1,156
honestrosewater said:
Oh, folding chairs!? Brody & Surgwar, June 11, 1889. :biggrin:

If that's it, TheStatutoryApe can have my turn if you want it.
That's it! Bravo!
 
  • #1,157
it has to be a skewer... poke[/color]er

edit: nvm
 
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honestrosewater said:
Oh, folding chairs!? Brody & Surgwar, June 11, 1889. :biggrin:

If that's it, TheStatutoryApe can have my turn if you want it.
Oh wow. I tried that and didn't find it.
You can go ahead, are you logging off or something?
 
  • #1,159
honestrosewater said:
I hope the meat thermometer wasn't close.
It wasn't, but I was having a good laugh thinking about what new meaning it brought to the game "poker." :smile:
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Oh wow. I tried that and didn't find it.
You can go ahead, are you logging off or something?
No, but your guess gave me the idea. If you don't want it, I did just think of a clue.

It has four legs and is as tall as it is wide.
 
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honestrosewater said:
It has four legs and is as tall as it is wide.
Hmmmm... is it a living thing? Lol... can we change this to twenty questions?! :-p
 
  • #1,162
micheal moore?
 
  • #1,163
Eek, a clue already? You don't really need one; You only need to think inside of the box on this one. :wink:
 
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honestrosewater said:
Eek, a clue already? You don't really need one; You only need to think inside of the box on this one. :wink:
Is it a square?
 
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It was a square. How did it get legs?
 
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it had birth defects
 
  • #1,167
it needed to square dance?
 
  • #1,168
Okay, I'm leaving now and don't want to hold things up. It's a square cut on the diagonal, the legs being the legs of the right triangles. I guess TheStatutoryApe is up. Have fun!
 
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:mad: that was a trick-ish question
 
  • #1,170
Sorry, I'm getting impatient. Seems I'm on an odd sleep cycle with everyone else in this forum. Let's just remember that statutoryApe is up, but in the meantime, here's a googleable one:

Kahiltna
Muldrow
Ruth
 
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denali national park? with glaciers kahiltna Muldrow and ruth?
 
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Specifically, "Glaciers of Denali." S'where I want to be right now.
 
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Oh no, yomamma's up...
 
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That was only a stop-gap. StatutoryApe has an opportunity here...


we're waiting...

...jeez, I bet another forty pages go by as soon as I go to sleep.
 
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Oh sorry... I had to leave work.
Lets see... This should be an easy one.

It is a plastic capsule containing nitrogen and is an acutrament to the packaging of a particular food product. What is it called and what is the name of the food product?
 
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What's an "acutrament"?
 
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Widget
Guinness Beer
 
  • #1,178
That should have been 'accoutrement', meaning 'accessory'.

The thingy in the question could be a beer widget (I've seen it only in some beers though).
 
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rachmaninoff said:
What's an "acutrament"?
He has simply misspelled "accoutrement".
 
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Oh, nevermind...this thread is crazy fast...
 
  • #1,181
Ivan got it.
And sorry about the misspelling. That's what I get for using google for a spell check.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
And sorry about the misspelling.
"Accoutrement" is a very commonly used word in the Northeast US. Do you have origins there?
 
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Over 27,000 of these led the monk to the new laws. Genesis 1:20-27.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Over 27,000 of these led the monk to the new laws. Genesis 1:20-27.
The monk would be Gregor Mendel, the new laws; the laws of inheritence, or genetics, but I don't know what the 27,000 refers to. (The Genesis clue didn't help with that, that I can see.)
 
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Yesssssssss...
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Yesssssssss...
But what numbered 27,000?
 
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The Genesis passage is obviously the opposite view to the "new laws". Were there 27,000 pea plants ?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Yesssssssss...
Over 27,000 ssssssssssssnakes?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
"Accoutrement" is a very commonly used word in the Northeast US. Do you have origins there?
No. I'm not sure where I picked it up. I also spell colour with a "u" among other things.

Your turn Zoob.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
No. I'm not sure where I picked it up. I also spell colour with a "u" among other things.
In NH you hear someone say "accoutrement" at least once a day in the course of normal conversation. When I left there, I found I had to drop it from my vocabulary. Most people hadn't heard the word, and the ones who had thought I was being pretentious when I threw it so casually around.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
Were there 27,000 pea plants ?

You are correct!
 
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This american designed a machine that could rule 20,000 straight lines to an inch on glass with absolute precision.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
This american designed a machine that could rule 20,000 straight lines to an inch on glass with absolute precision.
Fresnel? 10
 
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Danger said:
Fresnel? 10
Right idea. Wrong person. This man also did some elegant electrical work. Not a well known person, though.
 
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oooh! I think I saw this guy on TV! now I can't remember his name... :frown:

EDIT : nvm...I din't know it had to be american
 
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Henry A. Rowland
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Henry A. Rowland
Correct!...
 
  • #1,198
Hmmmm...

A favorite game of both Winston Churchill and Henry Kissinger.
 
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Diplomacy?
 
  • #1,200
Ivan Seeking said:
Diplomacy?
Correct.
I don't think I'm coming up with anything too hard here.
Your turn Ivan.
 

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