The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Mk]

Nicéphore Niépce?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Nicéphore Niépce?

Before him, even.

 

[Mk]

Johann Zahn?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Johann Zahn?

Nein!
...

 

[Mk]

No hablamos Español.

 

[zoobyshoe]

No hablamos Español.

Nein! Es: "No se habla Español."

 

[Mk]

"No se habla Español."

That probably would have been better fitting, but I was feeling especially <insert word here> and I decided to go for "We do not speak spanish." Was I right?

 

[zoobyshoe]

That probably would have been better fitting, but I was feeling especially <insert word here> and I decided to go for "We do not speak spanish." Was I right?

"No hablamos Espanol" doesn't mean "We don't speak Spanish." It means: "We are not speaking Spanish." The verb "to speak" is reflexive in that language: se hablar: to be spoken. When a Spanish speaker want to convey the information they speak Spanish it is done by saying: "Spanish is spoken" or "Se habla Espanol". The opposite, "I/we don't speak Spanish" is "No se habla Espanol."

 

[Mk]

The verb "to speak" is reflexive in that language: se hablar: to be spoken. When a Spanish speaker want to convey the information they speak Spanish it is done by saying: "Spanish is spoken" or "Se habla Espanol". The opposite, "I/we don't speak Spanish" is "No se habla Espanol."

Mmmm thank you/.

You sound like you could be a Spanish teacher.

 

[Mk]

Jeez this is hard.

 

[Mk]

I give up, I don't know!

 

[tarbag]

1946: Creation of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) by P. Eckert and J Mauchly.The programming of this calculator is carried out while recablant between them, its various elements. Composed of 19000 tubes, it weighs 30 tons, occupies a surface of 72 m2 and consumes 140 kilowatts. Clock: 100 Khz. Speed: approximately 330 multiplications a second :

http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/mauchly/jwm0-1.html

 

[Mk]

Anybody get deja vu?

 

[NoTime]

It was 10 feet tall, occupied 1,000 square feet of floor- space, weighed in at approximately 30 tons, and used more than 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 switches, and 18,000 vacuum tubes. The final machine required 150 kilowatts of power, which was enough to light a small town.
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what was it?

For all of that, it didn't have the horsepower of a programable hand calulator today.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

As claimed, it was a cross between that of Catherine Hepburn, Truman Capote, and Hal, the computer from the movie, 2001. What was it?

 

[zoobyshoe]

As claimed, it was a cross between that of Catherine Hepburn, Truman Capote, and Hal, the computer from the movie, 2001. What was it?

"Hello Clarice."

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Correct! It was the voice of Hannibal Lecter.

Personally, I think he should have thrown in a little Tom Snyder.

 

[zoobyshoe]

This natural object gave someone the idea for parallel processing.

 

[Mk]

This natural object gave someone the idea for parallel processing.

The brain?