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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  • #1,261
Mk said:
Uhm, more hints? Is it a machine?

No.

Rod, perch, chain, I am missing something
whatever it is this thing is usually on top.
 
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  • #1,262
And it has to be a specific thing, not just anyone will do.
cabbage and grass and go will tell you which.
 
  • #1,263
Something about money... silver dollar?
 
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  • #1,264
It can fly but has no wings
it is singular
cabbage, grass, go, tells you which
rod perch chain something is missing---------
it is specific not anyone will do
salute
mad leader?
 
  • #1,265
wolram said:
It can fly but has no wings
it is singular
cabbage, grass, go, tells you which
rod perch chain something is missing---------
it is specific not anyone will do
salute
mad leader?
A Green Beret?
 
  • #1,266
A Green Beret?

warm

Mad leader? It can fly, specific
 
  • #1,267
The Green Lantern?
 
  • #1,268
The Green Lantern?

still warm

Others can be different colours.

Mad leader?
 
  • #1,269
wolram said:
The Green Lantern?

still warm

Others can be different colours.

Mad leader?
Ugh, I'm thinking Stalin, Hitler types of mad leaders (Green Lantern came from Stalin). what flies without wings- flags, stripes, colors, squirrels... eh...
 
  • #1,270
This leader is still alive, only some think he is mad
 
  • #1,271
He may be more than a cad.
 
  • #1,272
Green Fever? Green bombs, green monkeys, green stuff AHHH
Saddam, Kim Jong-il, Bush
 
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  • #1,273
Something green that can fly colonel
 
  • #1,274
Okay, you won't believe what I found- it's very short.
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/character/bio/1119028.html
 
  • #1,275
Oh no your going cold, its a thing a green thing that can fly
the colonel is a clue as to where it comes from.
mad colonel more than a cad.
 
  • #1,276
Pinochet? Something from Chile?
 
  • #1,277
Pinochet? Something from Chile?

no

this guys been seen in a tent.
 
  • #1,278
yeah, I just thought that was a funny coincidence...

Is Mad Mike the leader?
 
  • #1,279
Is Mad Mike the leader?

no

He is MORE than a CAD
 
  • #1,280
fly fishing?
 
  • #1,281
Do you have to be British to get these clues? :-p
 
  • #1,283
Do you have to be British to get these clues?

I don't think so.
You have the green, you have said what it is a few posts back, in your list.
now all you have to do is say which specific one it is.
 
  • #1,284
fly fishing; the caster (is that what it's called?) flies and has no wings.
no

Cad+more, not an anagram, leader, colonel
 
  • #1,285
The flag of Libya?
 
  • #1,286
"Colonel Qadhafi"
 
  • #1,287
The flag of Libya?

YES
 
  • #1,288
You said your question was easy! :eek: :approve: That's the hardest question I've seen. Phew. Lots of fun though. Okay, now I need to think...

Ah, great, I have to leave. Someone else can take over.
 
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  • #1,289
Very good wolram, very good!

Honest, Europe.
 
  • #1,290
Very good wolram, very good!

Honest, Europe.

Thanke kind sir, is that a clue?
 

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