The World's Largest Computer in 1951

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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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  • Understanding of electronic components such as resistors and capacitors
  • Familiarity with the concept of Ground Effect Vehicles
  • Knowledge of military transport technologies
  • Basic historical context of computing technology development
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  • Research the technical specifications and historical significance of the ENIAC
  • Explore the design and operational principles of Ground Effect Vehicles
  • Investigate the military applications of the Ekranoplan
  • Learn about the evolution of computing technology post-ENIAC
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This discussion is beneficial for historians, technology enthusiasts, and engineers interested in the evolution of computing and transport technologies, particularly those focused on military applications and early electronic devices.

  • #751
Ivan Seeking said:
Nope, nope.

Lets see if this kills it.

discovered June 3, 1858.

Aaaaahhhh!

Got it, but this time I feel like I cheated.


Edit: No wait, I don't. Carry on...
 
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  • #752
brewnog said:
Got it,

Edit: No wait, I don't. Carry on...
Your decisiveness is what makes you such a great leader. :-p
 
  • #753
How do you cheat on this thread?
\
 
  • #754
Danger said:
Your decisiveness is what makes you such a great leader. :-p

Why does nobody ever follow?!
 
  • #755
brewnog said:
Why does nobody ever follow?!
We will. Right now, we're all just milling around waiting for you to pick a direction.
 
  • #756
"...about 200 miles west of Carnarvon..."
 
  • #757
I'm outta this one, guys. My geography is almost as bad as my math.
 
  • #758
Ailsa Craig?!

Getting vague now, cos that's wrong wrong wrong too.


Some kind of oil field?
 
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  • #759
Kormoran? whatever that is?
 
  • #760
My clues came from the 1976 Guinness Book of World's Records, but this is the beast.

Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is about 850 kilometres from Perth and midway between the Great Northern and North West Coastal highways. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 717 metres above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland—dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas—and is clearly visible from the air for more than 160 kilometres.

The rock itself, which culminates in a small peak on a plateau, is about eight kilometres long and covers an area of 4,795 hectares. At about twice the size of Uluru [Ayers Rock] it is the biggest 'rock' in the world...
http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/national_parks/previous_parks_month/mount_augustus.html

I defer to anyone who wishes. Gotta go for now.
 
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  • #761
Ok, this one is a bit vague.

In April 1982, the number "392" got into the Guinness Book of Records. Why?
 
  • #762
Your backyard (assuming you have one) is plagued by these lobster cousins.

What are they?
 
  • #763
DaveC426913 said:
Your backyard (assuming you have one) is plagued by these lobster cousins.

What are they?
Brew noggin already posted a quetion.
 
  • #764
Indeed I did, but I'll take a guess at Dave's anyway.

Earwigs?
 
  • #765
Tallest woman Zeng Jinlian (China) measured 8 ft. 1.75 in. (2.48 m) when she died on February 13, 1982.
The tallest woman in the world?
 
  • #766
Huckleberry said:
The tallest woman in the world?

Nope. Another decent guess and you can have clue 2.
 
  • #767
A peak discharge of daily rainfall in massawipi of 392 m/s took place in 1982


too much googleing
 
  • #768
Wow, I'm impressed, but no. Did you make that up?!


Clue 2: You might find one of these leading a tribe of Native American Indians.
 
  • #769
c-can-nt...d-d-d-do..a-anymo-ore...g-g-goo-ogli-ing-g
 
  • #770
Heheheh.

The 392 record is a score.
 
  • #771
I CANT!£▬±bÑV I'm
Going INSANE![/size]
 
  • #772
The Kansas City Chiefs, outgained the Pittsburgh Steelers 392-235 in 1982.
 
  • #773
Oh, that was in 1997.
But the highest score in a single move in Scrabble was made by Karl Khoshnaw from Manchester, UK, CAZIQUES (West Indian Chiefs). He made 392 points in 1982.

Should've known, brewnog's from Manchester.
 
  • #774
Whoever wants to do one can do one.
 
  • #775
Who ate el paso barbecue tonight, is full, and had to go go to lowes?
 
  • #776
Your mom, whose total rest mass is approximately equal to that of a neutron star traveling at (1-(10^-1000))c.
 
  • #777
No, my cat's rest mass is approximately equal to that of a neutron star traveling at (1-(10^-1000))c. I was the one who did all that NEW QUESTION!
 
  • #778
Your mom

Convient proof the universe is expanding exponetially.
 
  • #779
Over 400 prisoners were intentionally infected with this parasite in the 1940's. Name the parasite and the city they were in.
 
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  • #780
In the mid-1980s a company famous for making small replicate non-flammable automobiles, manufactured a "magic" puzzle that was not a cube. Who was the inventor? Name one other famous puzzle/toy that he invented.
 

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