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.
  • #1,551
Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.
 
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  • #1,552
does it have anything to do with faries? because that's what google told me
 
  • #1,553
yomamma said:
does it have anything to do with faries? because that's what google told me
Um, no...
 
  • #1,554
honestrosewater said:
Um, no...
hmm... hints...?
 
  • #1,555
honestrosewater said:
Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.

Are these hills the hills of Rome? Just a random guess.
 
  • #1,556
matthyaouw said:
Are these hills the hills of Rome? Just a random guess.
No. In the US. The hills aren't the biggest clue, more like confirmation.
 
  • #1,557
hills in the us...
 
  • #1,558
yomamma said:
hills in the us...
The hills are in the US...
 
  • #1,559
I'm going to abandon this thread for now and go to the "where is it?" thread
 
  • #1,560
Polaris...
 
  • #1,561
the north star
 
  • #1,562
yomamma said:
the north star
Correct. That's a clue.
 
  • #1,563
wait, the north star is a clue?
 
  • #1,564
Just popped in, honestrosewater, love the "what was its". I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thank you wolram for starting it!
 
  • #1,565
Do I have to repeat everything? :-p Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?
 
  • #1,566
the northern lights...? :biggrin:
 
  • #1,567
yomamma said:
the northern lights...? :biggrin:
No.

Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.
the north star
 
  • #1,568
honestrosewater said:
Do I have to repeat everything? :-p Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?
Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. :cry: I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer. :confused:
 
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Evo said:
Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. :cry: I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer. :confused:

:frown: Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.
 
  • #1,570
Ivan Seeking said:
:frown: Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.
Part is allergies, part stress, part "old Evo is dying". :cry:
 
  • #1,571
Okay, I have to leave. Here are what the clues meant:
two hills: Holmes Hill Farms and Cedar Hill.
Became his own master: He was born a slave, escaped, and helped to abolish slavery in the US.
"The North Star" was the original name of his newspaper.
Frederick Douglass.[/color]
 
  • #1,572
K...I'm going to go now...ummmm...Evo, you can go...
 
  • #1,573
Although the original from 1927 was lost, the 1928 version survived. It was brought back to life in the eighties with a technology beyond its time.

Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable
 
  • #1,574
Ivan Seeking said:
Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable
Are these clues to the thing, or to the "technology beyond it's time?"
 
  • #1,575
Those are key words associated with the thing.
 
  • #1,576
honestrosewater said:
:smile: An A for creativity.
Thanks, Rosie. I was starting to think that nobody was going to get that.
 
  • #1,577
Ivan Seeking said:
Those are key words associated with the thing.
Mercury? As in messenger?

Ant? As in underground worker?

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?
 
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Danger said:
Thanks, Rosie. I was starting to think that nobody was going to get that.
What did it mean?
 
  • #1,579
Mercury? As in messenger?
No

Ant? As in underground worker?
No

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?
Holy cow, I should have said Hel, I think.

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?
yes
 
  • #1,580
Ivan Seeking said:
Mercury? As in messenger?
No

Ant? As in underground worker?
No

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?
Holy cow, I should have said Hel, I think.

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?
yes
All very biblical. But not Adam and Eve. Instead, Adam and Fred, No?
 
  • #1,581
Another clue

Robot
 
  • #1,582
Ivan Seeking said:
Another clue

Robot
Check my last post. I already know the anser.
 
  • #1,583
zoobyshoe said:
Check my last post. I already know the anser.


:smile: Yep, sorry, I missed that.
 
  • #1,584
zoobyshoe said:
What did it mean?
Jimmy Hoffa... Teamsters boss... UAW... 'Detroit Iron'... ends up in a cement overcoat...
 
  • #1,585
Ivan Seeking said:
:smile: Yep, sorry, I missed that.
I knew as soon as I saw the dates. You've also mentioned this a couple times as a "favorite". For reasons that should be clear, the clues took some research.
 
  • #1,586
So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.
 
  • #1,587
Danger said:
Jimmy Hoffa... Teamsters boss... UAW... 'Detroit Iron'... ends up in a cement overcoat...
"Found cement" makes sence, but I don't see "Went looking for iron" really applying.
 
  • #1,588
Ivan Seeking said:
So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.
Correct! Your turn.
 
  • #1,589
Ivan Seeking said:
So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.
What the hell you talkin' about, Willis? Freddy and Adam's parents weren't born when that movie came out, and it was a silent anyhow. 1923 or some such.
 
  • #1,590
zoobyshoe said:
Correct! Your turn.

I'm sorry, was this going to be our little secret? :smile:
 
  • #1,591
Ivan Seeking said:
I'm sorry, was this going to be our little secret? :smile:
I didn't want to spring the right answer cause I don't have a good clue ready, but I wanted you to know I had the right answer. Go ahead and post another, I forfeit my turn due to being too lazy to come up with something.
 
  • #1,592
Wow zooby, I didn't know you were such a great dancer!
 
  • #1,593
Mk said:
Wow zooby, I didn't know you were such a great dancer!
What does this mean?
 
  • #1,594
zoobyshoe said:
What does this mean?

Is that your question? :biggrin:

If anyone else want to go, please proceed. Otherwise I'll be back with a question shortly, but I can't stick around too long.
 
  • #1,595
Well, I got caught up watching a TV show and now I have to go.

What was it?
 
  • #1,596
zoobyshoe said:
"Found cement" makes sence, but I don't see "Went looking for iron" really applying.
In the street-rod scene, at least up here, US-built cars are called 'Detroit Iron'. In 1969, the Teamsters under Jimmy Hoffa took over the United Automobile Workers. (They called it a 'merger', but you know how power-mad Hoffa was...)
 
  • #1,597
zoobyshoe said:
What does this mean?
Function: pronoun
Inflected Form(s): plural these /'[th]Ez/
Etymology: Middle English, pronoun & adjective, from Old English thes (masculine), this (neuter); akin to Old High German dese this, Old English thæt that
1 a (1) : the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned <these are my hands> (2) : what is stated in the following phrase, clause, or discourse <I can only say this: it wasn't here yesterday> b : this time or place <expected to return before this>
2 a : the one nearer or more immediately under observation or discussion <this is iron and that is tin> b : the one more recently referred to

Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): plural these
1 a : being the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned <this book is mine> <early this morning> b : constituting the immediately following part of the present discourse c : constituting the immediate past or future <friends all these years> d : being one not previously mentioned -- used especially in narrative to give a sense of immediacy or vividness <then this guy runs in>
2 : being the nearer at hand or more immediately under observation or discussion <this car or that one>

Function: adverb
: to the degree or extent indicated by something in the immediate context or situation <didn't expect to wait this long>
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A villain in a fairytale, there are four in the neighborhood.
 
  • #1,598
This may have contributed fundamentally to the evolution of Quantum Mechanics. We will never know for sure to what extent this is true, but it does seem that the cat is out of the bag.


Coupled
time-dependence
Snow
Wave
 
  • #1,599
Was it a thought experiment?
 
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