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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Yep yep, some good work there!
 
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We bicyclists simply call them chain tools or chain breakers. You can see millions of them here if you have a sharp eye:
images.google.com/images?q=bike+tools
 
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In this land you'll find a crownless king, a wingless wasp, and a stone that just isn't. But they all have one more thing in common.
 
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Ireland? sounds cooky enough.
 
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Ach naw, laddie. :smile: Or something like that...

The 3 things actually have a lot in common, but the clues are just where they all live and one more rather special thing.
 
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I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand
 
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wolram said:
I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand
Wow, there is a place called Sealand. It's wrong though. Stonefish is correct. Not king fish. I didn't mean the name included 'land'.

The wasp is also a box with no lid. The king is black but not by name.
 
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Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?
 
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brewnog said:
Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?
Nope. Is there anything special about a stonefish? Something you should maybe know before you step on one?

Other than them being totally wicked-looking- have you seen some of those fish? Yikes.
 
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It's got a poisony spikey thing!

So do wasps...

(And kingfish?)
 
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venom, yes. kingfish, still no.
 
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brewnog said:
It's got a poisony spikey thing!
Don't get so technical, dude. We're not all marine biologists here.
 
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Coral reefs maybe.
 
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So...
A crownless king that is black but not by name.
A wingless wasp that is also a box with no lid.
You have stonefish, which are venomous.
They all live in the same place.
 
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wolram said:
Coral reefs maybe.
Um, not no but not yes. Warm.
 
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Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?
 
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wolram said:
Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?
I was at the bottom of something, but damned if I can remember what. It's quite possible. (I tipped a couple back myself.)
 
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Bikini atoll just a guess.
 
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Danger said:
(I tipped a couple back myself.)
Did they fall?
Actually, nevermind.
 
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wolram said:
Bikini atoll just a guess.
No. You were warmer with just reef. What other kinds of reefs are there? Atolls, fringing, ...
 
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Barrier reef, is that how you spell barrier?
 
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wolram said:
Barrier reef, is that how you spell barrier?
Yes and yes.
Any barrier reefs spring to mind? The first one should do...
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yes and yes.
Any barrier reefs spring to mind?

No not much ever springs in my mind, all my guesses have come from watching
the discovery channel.
 
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Hang on, the great barrier reef just sprang ouch.
 
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wolram said:
No not much ever springs in my mind, all my guesses have come from watching
the discovery channel.
You've probably heard of this barrier reef- it's a great one. And when I say great, I mean great.
 
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Okay, great. So where is the Great Barrier Reef?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Okay, great. So where is the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia i think.
 
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wolram said:
Australia i think.
Right. The place is Australia. All of these things are venomous. Stonefish is one. You just need:

A crownless king that is black but not by name.
A wingless wasp that is also a box with no lid.

If you don't already know them- and if you know about venomous things in Australia, you should know about these two things- google should turn them up.
 
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Snakes? king cobra wasp snake. or crate snake.
 
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wolram said:
Snakes? king cobra wasp snake. or crate snake.
No but king cobra is the right idea. ...the other clue about the king?

I think all the cobras are in Africa? Nope, I was wrong.
 
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Did you ever google the wasp and box?
 
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Spiders, i am really guessing now.
 
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Or jelly fish, i was stung by one but not in australia.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Did they fall?
Actually, nevermind.
:-p ..
 
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wolram said:
Or jelly fish, i was stung by one but not in australia.
Yes, the box jellyfish a.k.a. sea wasp.

The last one is a snake. Part of its name is 'king'. Part of its name is a color other than black. It also goes by another name rhyming with... nothing much.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yes, the box jellyfish a.k.a. sea wasp.

The last one is a snake. Part of its name is 'king'. Part of its name is a color other than black. It also goes by another name rhyming with... nothing much.
That was a guess so i don't deserve a win, anyone have a clue? if not i
will have to research one.
 
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wolram said:
That was a guess so i don't deserve a win, anyone have a clue? if not i
will have to research one.
Hold on speedracer. You still need the name of the snake. :-p
 
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Where is everyone? never a brain about when you need one :redface:
 
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Are you not googling anymore? Okay, you can guess it. The name is two words: king [color other than black]. If you watched US football and were from Cleveland you could guess the color...
 
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Ive been through the rainbow and the only one that fits is kingbrown but I am not sure if it is venemous.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yes, the box jellyfish a.k.a. sea wasp.

The last one is a snake. Part of its name is 'king'. Part of its name is a color other than black. It also goes by another name rhyming with... nothing much.

King Brown, Pseudechis australis, also known as a Mulga, actually one of the Black snake family.

At first I was going for Scarlet Kingsnake, until I found the poisonous clue. It's close though, it does have black on it and it "pretends" to be poisonous.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Are you not googling anymore? Okay, you can guess it. The name is two words: king [color other than black]. If you watched US football and were from Cleveland you could guess the color...
Cleveland brown socks?
 
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wolram said:
Cleveland brown socks?
:smile: Cleveland Browns. The sock teams are in baseball.
 
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DocToxyn said:
King Brown, Pseudechis australis, also known as a Mulga, actually one of the Black snake family.

At first I was going for Scarlet Kingsnake, until I found the poisonous clue. It's close though, it does have black on it and it "pretends" to be poisonous.
Oh, this is correct, BTW.

I wonder how many other poser snakes there are. There are snakes that pose as rattlers. That's all I can think of.

Well, I guess wolram was right first and got the other clues... you want it wolram?
 
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The major find was in the gap between the putty layers. A cement vault was discovered. The vault itself was 7 feet high with 7 inch thick walls. Inside the vault the drill first struck wood, then a void several inches high and an unknown substance. Next a layer of soft metal was reached, then almost 3 feet of metal pieces, and then more soft metal.
 
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honestrosewater said:
:smile: Cleveland Browns. The sock teams are in baseball.
Well I am not very sporty :redface: but what blooper :biggrin:
 
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wolram said:
The major find was in the gap between the putty layers. A cement vault was discovered. The vault itself was 7 feet high with 7 inch thick walls. Inside the vault the drill first struck wood, then a void several inches high and an unknown substance. Next a layer of soft metal was reached, then almost 3 feet of metal pieces, and then more soft metal.
What do you want to know?
 
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wolram said:
The major find was in the gap between the putty layers. A cement vault was discovered. The vault itself was 7 feet high with 7 inch thick walls. Inside the vault the drill first struck wood, then a void several inches high and an unknown substance. Next a layer of soft metal was reached, then almost 3 feet of metal pieces, and then more soft metal.

This is the money pit on Oak Island. they'd given up digging, and started boring by this point.
 
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Actually, they seem not to have given up at digging through. This was in 1897, after the flooding of the pit.
 

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