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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it has a fan
 
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It sounds like a Winnowing machine but they are usually staitonary, i know
they have a fan.
 
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It was in a 2004 issue of The New York Times Magazine
 
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hypatia said:
It was in a 2004 issue of The New York Times Magazine

Is the sail a ,sail board, and the wing some thing to direct the grain ?
 
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I have made this one really tough so suffer :smile:

You will not be able to push this car made by a russian bell maker, is that
true or just sour grapes ??
 
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I though it would be to hard :smile:
 
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Swedish designer Monica Förster said she often stares at clouds outside her airplane window and wonders what it would be like to step inside one. After learning that cumulus clouds form in the morning, then dissipate at night, she decided to create a nylon "cloud" that could serve as a quiet meeting space by day and collapse at night. Förster's Cloud is 8 ft. tall and 18 ft. long. A fan inside its carrying case inflates it in 3 min. It weighs 33 lbs.

In 2004 Time Magazine.
 
  • #2,258
I got an idea... how about teams competing? That would be interesting, we could use telephone, PMs and instant messaging to communicate between teams, and stuff and awesome!
 
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Mk said:
I got an idea... how about teams competing? That would be interesting, we could use telephone, PMs and instant messaging to communicate between teams, and stuff and awesome!

Erm, MK there is only three or four of us :rolleyes: There seems to be a dearth
of brains in this forum :cool:
 
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Of course after the draft is set in play, there will be hundreds... thousands... millions! MOO HOO HAHAHAHAH :devil:
 
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Ok, I need one small tiny hint. :frown:

Does it have to do with Schilovsky?
 
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Mk said:
Ok, I need one small tiny hint. :frown:

Does it have to do with Schilovsky?

2 tsars. together
 
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Clue me! (extra characters)
 
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matthyaouw said:
Clue me! (extra characters)

big bang ?
 
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This is too hard :frown:
 
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what''s the clue?
 
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You will not be able to push this car made by a russian bell maker, is that
true or just sour grapes?
 
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does it have to do with Aleksandr Freidman?
 
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yomamma said:
does it have to do with Aleksandr Freidman?

Change one letter and you have the answer.
 
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No one get it :frown: :bugeye:
 
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Aleksandr Friedmann!
 
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Aleksandr Freidmann!

Aleksandr Friedman!
 
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Alexander Friedman?
 
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If that's right, I got it first!
 
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I got it first, but I'll let you have it.


I figured it out :mad:
 
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Alexandr Friedman
Alexander Friedmann
Alexandr Freidman
Alexandr Freidmann

(I got the name right!)
 
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So where the hell is Wolram?

Ok...someone go!

We can't wait for wolly...
 
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okay...

This popular game was developed in the 15th century, back then, it was simaler to croquet
 
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yomamma said:
okay...

This popular game was developed in the 15th century, back then, it was simaler to croquet

Golf...
 
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nope. that would be WAY too easy
 
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yomamma said:
nope. that would be WAY too easy

I figured but decided I might as well get the obvious out of the way...

So how about shuffleboard?
 
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wrong again
 
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Billiards...
 
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you win. too easy :redface:
 
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yomamma said:
you win. too easy :redface:

I can't think of anything good... :frown:

Anyone who wants to go can...
 
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Documented evidence of tsu chu found in a Chinese military manual written about 2nd century BC describes a practice known as ?? or ?? (on the right track: American ________). The Dublin University Club was founded in the same year what instrument was patented? (on the right track: secant is the extension of the second syllable). What was it?
 
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Townsend said:
So where the hell is Wolram?

Ok...someone go!

We can't wait for wolly...

Sorry, i thought the thread had died, the ansewer was.
Tsar Pushka (Царь-пушка in Russian) is a huge cannon, founded in 1586 by a Russian founding master Andrey Chokhov. Weight - 40 tons, length - 5,34 m, calibre - 890 mm, external diameter - 1200 mm.
Andrey Chokhov, was also a bell maker.
Sour grapes = grape shot.
 
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Documented evidence of tsu chu found in a Chinese military manual written about 2nd century BC describes a practice known as ?? or ??. The Dublin University Club of this was founded in the same year what musical instrument was patented? What was it?
 
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Its over 100 meters long
could travel over 400 km/hr
weighed 540 tons fully loaded
had 10 engines
could travel over land, water, snow, ice.

WHAT WAS IT??
 
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It is the most successful Canadian invention of its kind and is known world-wide.
 
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The circle-shaped bacon? Maple syrup? The tree?

The dildo? All were pretty successful.
 
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Kerosene? Electron microscope?
 
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no no no...well, maybe the tree. :biggrin:
 
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no no... ...
 
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first one sold for a sixty dollar loss
 
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The Television!
 
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NO!

:biggrin:
 
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WTF! Television wasn't a good enough invention? What do you want? The wheel? Coke?
 
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first conceived of in 1979

Television was invented in about seven places at once.
 

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