The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[brewnog]

you just did

Nothing gets past you, does it?


Anyway. It looks like this one needs a superior mind to crack. Where's zoob and uncle Danger?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Is this a type of mine?

 

[brewnog]

Is this a type of mine?

No.

To be honest, I thought someone would get this within the first few goes. I feel kind of guilty for wasting peoples' time with such a stupid puzzle!

I'll give you another 10 mins or so before revealing, and then you can all cuss me and someone can post a proper one.

 

[Evo]

Nothing gets past you, does it?

I'm sharp as a tack.

Anyway. It looks like this one needs a superior mind to crack. Where's zoob and uncle Danger?

How about another clue?

 

[brewnog]

Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Missouri all have one of these.

Mississippi has a shedload of them.

Arkansas, Ohio, Oregon, California and New Jersey all have none.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Crud! I know this is something obvious but its not hitting me.

 

[brewnog]

Crud! I know this is something obvious but its not hitting me.

Mmm, I'll be, urrrrm, doubled up in laughter if you don't get it soon...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

double consonant

 

[brewnog]

double consonant

Close enough, double letter.

Sorry it was crap, I didn't think it would last this long.

 

[Evo]

We don't have a knife through the heart smilie?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Whoops, I forgot about Cameroon.

No, I thought that was pretty good... Maybe a few more clues would have helped. It is tough because you can hardly say anything without giving it away. I was definitely burning up Google:language and alphabet, politics, laws, geography, industry... and for six or seven countries .

back in a few minutes

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Measuring 600' X 100' X 50' [one significant figure], hush was the word. For a deeply held secret was at stake.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Neptune
Golf
CIA

 

[Huckleberry]

Philadelphia project, project rainbow USS Eldridge?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

No, this was real.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

In fact I have stood within a few hundred feet of this.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

An indirect clue:
How to catch a fly.

 

[Huckleberry]

The Eldridge was a real ship. It's just the project that is fictional. Hmm, I probably shouldn't guess Noah's ark either then.

Is it the world's largest bee hive?

 

[Evo]

World's largest fly swatter?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Is it the world's largest bee hive?

No

 

[Ivan Seeking]

World's largest fly swatter?

No, , that last clue has an exclusive context that cannot be extrapolated - unless you know exactly how it connects, don't guess because you won't.

 

[Evo]

Just think of the skill you would need to hit a fly with something this size.

 

[Andy]

ooh, this is a good thread, bit too clever for me though.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

ooh, this is a good thread, bit too clever for me though.

Ahh, come on Andy, put your google skills to the test.

Another clue
Benicia

 

[Evo]

I have a headache and can't google.

 

[Huckleberry]

The trash dump in Benicia, California?

You know, the one where they have that secret military base with all the black helicopters.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The trash dump in Benicia, California?

No...

You know, the one where they have that secret military base with all the black helicopters.[/QUOTE]

,,,but that answer finds a bit of a connection.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

but I can neither confirm nor deny whether records exist

 

[Andy]

anything to do with the neptune project with all those fibre optic cables?

 

[brewnog]

RAF Fylingdale?