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.
  • #1,451
OK. Argentum's clue was the firing order of some sort of V-8 engine.
 
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  • #1,452
wasn't that one already done?
 
  • #1,453
yomamma said:
wasn't that one already done?

Yeah, he said it was a re-hashed pearoast.
 
  • #1,454
zoobyshoe said:
OK. Argentum's clue was the firing order of some sort of V-8 engine.

You are on the right track.

yomamma said:
wasn't that one already done?

Yes like I said it was for kicks and giggles while we hashed on brewnog's question. I'm on my lunch break so I'll have an actual question later tonight, just need to cheeck some facts, obfuscate, and google proof it. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,455
obfuscate
Thats tricky, be careful
 
  • #1,456
I'm off work so here is my clue for this fun and exciting game...

I was painted with a dope.

Have fun. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,457
Silicon semiconductor?
 
  • #1,458
You think I'd make it that easy? IOW nope. It dose fall inbetween the discovery of the semiconductor and it's mass production.
 
  • #1,459
Urrm, a ruby rod for a diode laser?
 
  • #1,460
nope and think along other lines, If you want in a bit I'll float another clue
 
  • #1,461
Sure, go and wreck it by including a time frame. I was thinking of fabric aircraft fusilages.
 
  • #1,462
LSD blotter paper
 
  • #1,463
Ivan Seeking said:
LSD blotter paper
So that's why you have that glazed look all the time...
 
  • #1,464
Danger said:
So that's why you have that glazed look all the time...


That's nice of you to notice, but no, I get my complexion from one of my mothers.
 
  • #1,465
Ivan Seeking said:
I get my complexion from one of my mothers.
Yeah, I imagine that a guy like you must have gotten passed around a lot as an embryo. Which one got stuck with giving birth?
 
  • #1,466
Is anyone around??


I need someone to entertain me! Entertain me!
 
  • #1,467
This is why I keep pushing to keep two questions running. This helps to keep the thread active.

I think Moonbear is due a question.
 
  • #1,468
honestrosewater said:
I need someone to entertain me! Entertain me!
Yes, Audrey... :rolleyes:
 
  • #1,469
Sorry for taking so long to respond.

Danger said:
Sure, go and wreck it by including a time frame. I was thinking of fabric aircraft fusilages.

how dose including a time frame wreck it, you might be onto something, hint hint.

Ivan Seeking said:
LSD blotter paper.

Wow that came in from left field.

And I do have an easy intermediary question (post 1438)
 
  • #1,470
Argentum Vulpes said:
how dose including a time frame wreck it, you might be onto something, hint hint.
A model aeroplane?
 
  • #1,471
It keeps changing, and keeps getting longer, and is used for human entertainment all around the world. What is it? :-p
 
  • #1,472
Danger said:
A model aeroplane?

Right track, wrong scale
 
  • #1,473
SOS2008 said:
It keeps changing, and keeps getting longer, and is used for human entertainment all around the world. What is it? :-p
It's either the 'Thread Killer Thread' or that thing you keep in the closet.

Argentum Vulpes said:
Right track, wrong scale
I am becoming perplexed. :confused:
I also have to get my ass in gear or I'll be late for my pool match. I'll check back in when I get home (about 3-5 hours).
 
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  • #1,474
Out of the mist... The second and third clues.

The Second clue (even it has been rendered somewhat moot I'm not wasting it)

Phil Hartman cut a commerical for what my skin was essentially, the solid version of course, DAMM!

Drum roll please

The third clue is,

I was going to float on but went down in a blaze of glory.

I'll check tomorrow to see if there is any right answers, I've got an early day at the desk tomorrow :cry:
 
  • #1,475
The Hindenburg?
 
  • #1,476
dose dope damm semiconductors Phil Hartman. I have no idea.
 
  • #1,477
hypatia said:
The Hindenburg?

Yep you are right.

Since there is some confusion about my clues let me explain them

Argentum Vulpes said:
I was painted with a dope.

This was just a broad question to get people thinking about things that are doped, like semiconductors, plane skins, ect.

Argentum Vulpes said:
It dose fall inbetween the discovery of the semiconductor and it's mass production.

For this my research the semiconductor was discovered in the lab the 1830's ( http://www.micron.com/k12/semiconductors/history.html ) and went into mass production in the 1950's, the Hindenburg went down in 1937.

Argentum Vulpes said:
Phil Hartman cut a commerical for what my skin was essentially, the solid version of course, DAMM!

This was referring to Phil's character on News radio (Bill McNeal) and in a commerical he got all uppity about was For Rocket Fuel malt liquor (went something like "rocket fuel malt liquor DAMM!"). The doping on the skin of the Hindenburg was cotton base fabric painted with a mixture of cellulose nitrate, and aluminum powder. Bamm basic solid rocket fuel.

Argentum Vulpes said:
I was going to float on but went down in a blaze of glory.

The Hindenburg was just going to make a stop in Lakehurst NJ but during the docking procedure caught fire and was no more.

Hope that clears up some missunderstanding.
 
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Argentum Vulpes said:
For this my research the semiconductor was discovered in the lab the 1830's ( http://www.micron.com/k12/semiconductors/history.html ) and went into mass production in the 1950's, the Hindenburg went down in 1937.

I read this to mean the discovery and mass production of the transistor, when I knew better!
 
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  • #1,479
My name consists of baby goats and what volcanos make. What's the name I was born under?
 
  • #1,480
SOS2008 said:
It keeps changing, and keeps getting longer, and is used for human entertainment all around the world. What is it? :-p
I don't know if this is a serious one or not... but I know the answer:

FRANZBEAR!
 
  • #1,481
lol you are Kid Rock?
 
  • #1,482
Mk said:
My name consists of baby goats and what volcanos make. What's the name I was born under?
Val kidman
 
  • #1,483
hypatia means Robert James Ritchie.

Time for the next question! :biggrin:

Ooh, or maybe Billy Idol. If they were baby boy goats... and people have worshipped volcanoes... In that case, William Broad.
 
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  • #1,484
point to Henry Faulds not this way.
 
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  • #1,485
SOS2008 said:
It keeps changing, and keeps getting longer, and is used for human entertainment all around the world. What is it? :-p
matthyaioyuaieuoaaouw's name.
 
  • #1,486
wolram said:
point to Henry Faulds not this way.
Is this a clue? Fingerprint?
 
  • #1,487
honestrosewater said:
Is this a clue? Fingerprint?
A clue yes, finger print no.
 
  • #1,488
Point to him not with your finger? :smile:
 
  • #1,489
BTW, a fingerprint is usually a clue. :-p
 
  • #1,490
Hint, blood.
 
  • #1,491
Point to him not with a bloody finger? :rolleyes: Yeah, I've got nothing.
 
  • #1,492
Another unique feature.
 
  • #1,493
DNA...
 
  • #1,494
honestrosewater said:
DNA...

nope

thats two out of three?
 
  • #1,495
Flower? maybe
 
  • #1,496
two out of three- RNA...
flower- you are mean.
I will think.

toe, nose, petal, root, stem, leaf, pollen, stamen, filament, anther, a kind of flower?
 
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  • #1,497
A way i input a picture to PC
 
  • #1,498
scan... okay... thinking.
 
  • #1,499
retinal scan?
 
  • #1,500
But how does that work with the first clue or flowers or blood? I really don't get the first clue if it isn't something to do with fingers or prints...
Or maybe with him not getting credit? I don't get the clues together. :confused:

Oh, flower could be iris...
 
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