The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Ivan Seeking]

This is a logical anecdote - one that can be deduced.

 

[zoobyshoe]

No

Now wait, did I tell you about the leveling system, or was that a fortuitous joke?

You mentioned it along with several other engineering accomplishments in a thread I started last year about those people who scam inventors. You talked about the guy you know who was involved with the creation of the Biodome in the desert in the same thread IIRC.

 

[zoobyshoe]

This is a logical anecdote - one that can be deduced.

Oh, I bet the thing with the strap hanging off is some ferrous object that was sucked into the magnet.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh, I bet the thing with the strap hanging off is some ferrous object that was sucked into the magnet.

http://img106.echo.cx/img106/3733/mriscrubber7ro.jpg

The janitor ain't supposed to go in there with the scrubber.

Something similar happened to me. Someone had mixed in a chair with iron in the frame, with the identical stainless steel chairs used in the MRI lab. That particular magnet was 0.95T as I recall, and I was literally taken off my feet with my arm slung through the chair. I had to winch it out! We had another guy who was a WWI vet who had some really low grade stainless pins in his leg from the war. They were virtually sucked out of his leg.

 

[brewnog]

That's fantastic!

I thought they made damn sure that stuff like this didn't happen, but that picture is brilliant!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

You talked about the guy you know who was involved with the creation of the Biodome in the desert in the same thread IIRC.

Oh, him.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

That's fantastic!

I thought they made damn sure that stuff like this didn't happen, but that picture is brilliant!

Oh, then you would be amazed at what goes on.

 

[wolram]

retained a short section of wing about six feet in length?

 

[zoobyshoe]

retained a short section of wing about six feet in length?

The autogiro?

 

[wolram]

The autogiro?

I thought this one might have lasted a bit longer, but Zooby gets it in one

 

[wolram]

Earth quake ,bird, dam. who?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Cleansed by fire, or so legend says, this was made of the same material as some Egyptian burial cloths, and modern gaskets as well.

This came in handy if the Franks were messy.

 

[wolram]

Asbestos, But were did this thread come from

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Asbestos is not the answer.

Re thread: It died so I brought it back.

 

[JamesU]

along time ago.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

yes, a long time ago

 

[honestrosewater]

Oh, Ivan ROCKS! I've been meaning to resurrect this thread, but I hate coming up with clues...
It's not asbestos?!? Wild guess: Fiberglass?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Not fiberglass.

Be sure to read the question and rejected answers carefully.

 

[wolram]

I can only think of Paper.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Wolram, you were much closer the first time.

 

[honestrosewater]

Doh! Charlemagne's tablecloth.

 

[honestrosewater]

I can only think of Paper.

That must get pretty boring after a while...

 

[Townsend]

Thin strips of gold?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Doh! Charlemagne's tablecloth.

Asbestos (Greek a-, "not"; sbestos, "extinguishable") is a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals. The name is derived for its historical use in lamp wicks; the resistance of asbestos to fire has long been exploited for a variety of purposes. It was used in fabrics such as Egyptian burial cloths and Charlemagne's tablecloth, which, according to legend, he threw in a fire to clean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos

You're up.

Oh yes

Charlemagne (c. 742 or 747 – January 28, 814) (or Charles the Great, in German Karl der Große, in Latin Carolus Magnus, giving rise to the adjective form "Carolingian"), was king of the Franks from 771 to 814

 

[honestrosewater]

Crapola. Okay.

They don't snuggle but eat each other, and they aren't fish.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Crapola. Okay.

They don't snuggle but eat each other, and they aren't fish.

snugglefish?

 

[honestrosewater]

Close... when men want to fall asleep, women want to...

 

[Townsend]

Black Widow?

or

Praying mantis?

Or a female hamster if you touch her offspring ?

Or a tom cat killing off a litter...

How many guesses are we allowed to post cause I could go on for quite a bit?

 

[Townsend]

cuddlefish...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Close... when men want to fall asleep, women want to...

Talking snuggle fish?

 

[wolram]

Close... when men want to fall asleep, women want to...

I was going to say cuttlefish. but now________________-

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I was going to say cuttlefish. but now________________-

crap, cuttlefish, that's what I meant!

Oh wait, that was townsend's answer. All moving too fast again...

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, yeah, I guess Townsend's up. It's cuttlefish. I just discovered these critters and think they're the coolest... though neither cuddly nor fish.

Cuttlefish are animals of the order Sepiida, and are marine cephalopods, small relatives of squids and nautilus.
...
Cuttlefish eat small molluscs, crabs, shrimp, fish and other cuttlefish.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Domestic cuttlefish are very reminiscent of domestic cats, even exhibiting cat-like habits such as resting, pouncing on moving prey, begging owners for food, and even begging for more food than they need or is healthy for them. Like cats, cuttlefish are not truly tame, but rather tolerate and cooperate with their owners to live a comfortable life. But unlike cats, cuttlefish will try to eat other cuttlefish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish

Interesting...

It looks like Townsend is up.

 

[wolram]

While Townsend is AOL.

This cat spins round and round, go man go.

 

[Townsend]

While Townsend is AOL.

This cat spins round and round, go man go.

take it...I need some sleep...

 

[honestrosewater]

While Townsend is AOL.

This cat spins round and round, go man go.

Eh, the thingamabobbers spin, right? The Cat's Eye Nebula?

 

[wolram]

Eh, the thingamabobbers spin, right? The Cat's Eye Nebula?

I am not sure this is a good clue.

But the cat part is a clue to a persons name.

 

[honestrosewater]

Cat Stevens?

(I guessed the nebula because I've seen you in the astronomy et al forums.)

 

[Mk]

What happened to the thread after it died?

Cat Glover I will guess.

 

[wolram]

Cat Stevens?

(I guessed the nebula because I've seen you in the astronomy et al forums.)

Think of a pet name for a cat, that will give you some one, and an invetion.

 

[Mk]

Baudrons... Kitty... kitty...

I dunno.

Here's an interesting answer that is not yours.
Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball, the kitty, than one's opponent is able to do.

 

[wolram]

A cartoon cat, and this thing goes round and round.

 

[honestrosewater]

Sylvester Howard Roper, inventor of the first motorcycle??

 

[wolram]

Sylvester Howard Roper, inventor of the first motorcycle??

Close wrong cartoon, and his went round and round, not up and down.

 

[honestrosewater]

Ahh... my brain is broken - I cannot think of any more cartoon cats! I'll look some more. Don't worry, this is a good clue.

 

[Mk]

A cartoon cat, and this thing goes round and round.

I thought it was a person!

 

[wolram]

I thought it was a person!

The cat part of the clue is inventor name, the round and round the invention.

 

[Mk]

Recently after James GARFIELD was shot, a poor, uneducated spinner and weaver, James Hargreaves conceived the idea for the machine when he observed a spinning wheel accidentally overturned; as the spindle continued to revolve while upright, he reasoned that many spindles could be so turned, and went on to construct the first spinning jenny (patented 1770) with which one person could spin several threads at once.

Probably not, but it [doesn't work] well.

 

[Mk]

In 1891, Thomas Edison (as in Tom and Jerry) built a Kinetoscope, which spins around. This device was installed in penny arcades, where people could watch short, simple films. This was especially important to Thomas Edison because he had been searching for a way to entertain customers that were listening to music on his phonograph, which spins around.

yay! I got the 2,000th post!