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.
  • #2,351
No, not quite.

You see, I think you are looking at the wrong Tripoli. I meant the one in Tanzania. :frown:

Ha ha, just kidding. You win!
 
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  • #2,352
It is right in front of you.
 
  • #2,353
Ivan Seeking said:
It is right in front of you.
Are you watching me again?

Something on our computer screens?

Another trick question? A LASER mouse?
 
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  • #2,354
no
maybe, maybe not.
no

Quick definitions (telekinesis)

noun: the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force.

I would end the sentence after "by thinking about it", but the defintion given works well enough in this case.
 
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  • #2,355
I can type better by thinking about it, then trying.

The little mouse on the screen, I can move that like by thinking about it.
 
  • #2,356
Okay, close enough. A quadraplegic first moved a cursor on a computer screen by thinking about it[correctly]. Of course, in principle that's all that you need to connect to physical systems and control them with thought; hence artificial telekinesis.

Mk, what do you mean that you can move the cursor by thinking about it?
 
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  • #2,357
What's going on here? It looks like you congratulated me, then asked what I meant.
 
  • #2,358
Ivan Seeking said:
Okay, close enough. A quadraplegic first moved a cursor on a computer screen by thinking about it[correctly]. Of course, in principle that's all that you need to connect to physical systems and control them with thought; hence artificial telekinesis.

Mk, what do you mean that you can move the cursor by thinking about it?
Oh, I should have gotten that; I even saw a show about those sensor implants. Cool stuff.

Someone else can go while I think of a clue from Mk's. :smile:
 
  • #2,359
No, no no. Honestrosewater gets a turn. I didn't know the answer anyway.
 
  • #2,360
I don't have anymore clues. Okay, you must wear masks and can't play the same way twice. What do you call a follower of the theological system developed by the person who the boy who this game is named after is named after?
 
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  • #2,361
What kind of culture is this game played in?

I need a hint.
 
  • #2,362
I imagine it helps to play at least partially in your imagination. Ball appears in game's name.
 
  • #2,363
The boy is Confucius, and the religion is Confucianism, the followers are Confused, and the game is Confusing-ball.
 
  • #2,364
Hee hee. Okay, random bits of info...

1985
male child of russ watters
tiger
Job 41
 
  • #2,365
:frown: Did anyone look up Job 41? It's about something pretty rare. The striped friend of the boy who the game is named after is named after a guy who wrote a book about the creature in Job 41 ... or the COMMONWEALTH... uh... or STATE... (in Latin, CIVITAS), which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which the sovereignty is an artificial soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body; the magistrates and other officers of judicature and execution, artificial joints; reward and punishment (by which fastened to the seat of the sovereignty, every joint and member is moved to perform his duty) are the nerves, that do the same in the body natural; the wealth and riches of all the particular members are the strength; salus populi (the people's safety) its business; counsellors, by whom all things needful for it to know are suggested unto it, are the memory; equity and laws, an artificial reason and will; concord, health; sedition, sickness; and civil war, death... :zzz:
 
  • #2,366
Huh? You lost me at "Today, 3:37, honestrosewater"
 
  • #2,367
Mk said:
Huh? You lost me at "Today, 3:37, honestrosewater"
You're only 3 hours ahead of me?
 
  • #2,368
Oh, right, the clue. :-p

It's in a friggin comic strip... a comic strip about a boy's adventures with his doll... er, stuffed tiger... fierce, stuffed tiger...

Erm, you did realize that Job is a book of the Bible? And 41 refers to the chapter of the book... ?? I thought that was a pretty big clue...
 
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  • #2,369
I haven't tried since I asked you for a hint :redface:

If you are on the East Coast, then I am 15 hours ahead of you. It was 3:35 PM, on Tuesday here.
 
  • #2,370
What do you call a follower of the theological system developed by the person who the boy who this game is named after is named after?
Calvanist.
 
  • #2,371
No, Calvinist. :wink:
 
  • #2,372
Why isn't anyone else participating? Do we need to make the questions easier? Its not as much fun without competition, both racing to get the answer! That's the thrill!

Of the 8 great Neolithic founder crops, one of which's oil was boiled for a paint binder or wood finisher. Approximately how many kilojoules of food energy does the oil store per 0.1 kilograms?

Wow this thread is very informative. I've learned so many things I didn't know.
 
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  • #2,373
Clue: Linaceae
 
  • #2,374
Mk said:
Why isn't anyone else participating? Do we need to make the questions easier? Its not as much fun without competition, both racing to get the answer! That's the thrill!

Of the 8 great Neolithic founder crops, one of which's oil was boiled for a paint binder or wood finisher. Approximately how many kilojoules of food energy does the oil store per 0.1 kilograms?

Wow this thread is very informative. I've learned so many things I didn't know.

No idea about the food energy value, but i think flax was used for just about every thing way back then.
 
  • #2,375
Ooooh, not played this thread for ages!

Linseed?
 
  • #2,376
Yes, you are both on the right track.
 
  • #2,377
I give up, i can not find any site that gives energy values.
 
  • #2,378
Linseed oil, 1880 kilojoules of energy per 100g.

Do I win?
 
  • #2,380
Brewnog wins! Post a question.
 
  • #2,381
Woop!

I must confess, I'm not a human nutritional information bank, it was from Wiki in the end. But I did know it was Linseed, partly thanks to Wooly ruling out flax itself.

I'll have a quick think and be back with something tip top.

On second thoughts, Wooly can have a go since he sparked my train of thought for the last one (and I can't think of anything good at the moment).
 
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  • #2,382
Thanks Brewy, try this, hope you like it MK.

Add an Egyptian god to tubular bells to get a fire breathing monster, found in 1553.
 
  • #2,383
Chimeria. .
 
  • #2,384
Mk said:
Chimeria. .

Your supposed to at least scratch your head for while :biggrin:
 
  • #2,385
lol. I figured the Egyptian god and tubular bells were too vague to use, so I looked for dragons and 1553.
 
  • #2,386
A fill in clue.

Type 39 was fitted with a full range of computer banks, which at the time were not fully miniaturised due to cost-saving measures. The isomorphic control mode did not work, and the control console was not fully developed.

What machine developed from this?
 
  • #2,387
Is it some kind of motor vehicle?
 
  • #2,388
jimmy p said:
Is it some kind of motor vehicle?

Hmmmm, well not in a conventional sence, but very loosely.
 
  • #2,389
Is it some kind of missile or torpedo... or a radio controlled unmanned vehicle?
 
  • #2,390
jimmy p said:
Is it some kind of missile or torpedo... or a radio controlled unmanned vehicle?

None of the above, no wheels or jet engines.
 
  • #2,391
? Is it real? It has to be. Why would someone go into so much detail over sci-fi. BLAST!
 
  • #2,392
TARDIS, the TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~abr/drwho/tardis/type40/node5.html
 
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  • #2,393
Mk said:
TARDIS, the TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~abr/drwho/tardis/type40/node5.html [/

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:cry: correct,my next go will be much, much more difficult:smile:
 
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  • #2,394
One from me: What was the date that the anthropomorphsim article in Wikipedia was started, and who did it?
 
  • #2,395
Mk said:
One from me: What was the date that the anthropomorphsim article in Wikipedia was started, and who did it?

28th oct 2001 ?
 
  • #2,396
Yes. And some guy that started it's name was Lilith.
 
  • #2,397
Mk said:
Yes. And some guy that started it's name was Lilith.

Will you go again MK, i am all out off ideas for the moment.
 
  • #2,398
I'll take my go now, should fill in some time.

At over 330 metres tall, this structure covers around 10,000 square kilometres. What is it?
 
  • #2,399
brewnog said:
I'll take my go now, should fill in some time.

At over 330 metres tall, this structure covers around 10,000 square kilometres. What is it?
/
some sort of aerial array?
 
  • #2,400
What was the world's first working computer called and who built it.
 

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