The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Ivan Seeking]

I was thinking along the lines of the frequency modulation in radio waves..lol so I must be wayyyy off.

No, not FM.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Wolram can have this turn, I got my answer from his idea.

that yes was for Danger, not you.

...he called me a tease.

 

[Danger]

de Broglie's matter waves?

 

[mattmns]

Ohh lol, sorry about that!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

de Broglie's matter waves?

No.

Okay, I came up with an abstract clue:

In the sense of this "what was it", in order to see how we got the cat, you first have to think like a dog.

 

[Gokul43201]

Whatever you do (Ivan), don't give the answer away. I'm going to give this a serious shot when
I'm freer, if it's still alive then.

 

[Danger]

you first have to think like a dog.

Jasper Krenshaw's 'butt-sniffing waves'?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Whatever you do (Ivan), don't give the answer away. I'm going to give this a serious shot when
I'm freer, if it's still alive then.

Okay. This is a good one. I'll hold out for a correct answer.

No, not butt-sniffing waves, but I almost used that one!

 

[hypatia]

lol@not butt-sniffing waves

dang weather sirens are on...but I don't want to shut this down

 

[Ivan Seeking]

dang weather sirens are on...but I don't want to shut this down

Ummm, I promise not to delete anything. Please take shelter now.

 

[wolram]

Wolram can have this turn, I got my answer from his idea.

How nobel.

A place in the uk that sounds like a star wars character, and a void

best i can come up with at short notice.

 

[brewnog]

Clue me again wolram!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I have to leave for a while, so here are all of the clues given for my question thus far.

This may have contributed fundamentally to the evolution of Quantum Mechanics. We will never know for sure to what extent this is true, but it does seem that the cat is out of the bag.

Keywords:
Coupled
time-dependence
Snow
Wave
Brrrrrrrrr...
Bed
Inspiration
Alps
Christmas and New Year's, 1925-26.
Couple

This preceeded Schrodinger's famous paper. To say that his paper was the effect of this is not really accurate. I should have said that his paper followed. A direct cause and effect determination is not possible. But many suspect...

an abstract clue: In the sense of this "what was it", in order to see how we got the cat, you first have to think like a dog.

 

[Mk]

Teh Bohr Festival?

 

[Mk]

Erwin Schrodinger, one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, used sexual activity as an arousal device for inventing "thought experiments." Schrodinger took his mistress and ascended into the Alps over Christmas and New Year's, 1925-26, to think about a wave equation for matter and, reputedly, to spend all his time in bed. When he descended again in early January, he had developed wave mechanics, which, together with Werner Heisenberg's matrix mechanics, became the foundation of modern quantum theory. Schrodinger's paper on this subject is the most cited scientific paper of the twentieth century. He had apparently combined the physiological with emotional, and harnessed a brainstorm of heightened awareness. Schrodinger also wrote a book called What is Life?, a speculation on the physical basis of biology that is widely regarded among scientists as one of the most influential books of the century.

 

[Mk]

How'd we get the cat? Think dog!

 

[Gokul43201]

Nice, Mk. Guess it's your turn now ...

 

[Mk]

Someone take it, I'm leaving for a while.

 

[Gokul43201]

There's Wolram's hint :

A place in the uk that sounds like a star wars character, and a void

 

[Ivan Seeking]

A coupled couple. And I'll bet you were thinking of regular ole coupled oscillators.

Leon Lederman of Fermilab talks about this in one of The Discovery Channel science programs.

 

[wolram]

Clue me again wolram!

This place has a kitchen, and a canal.

 

[wolram]

A watery axe.

 

[Danger]

A watery axe.

Is that a clue or an obscure answer? If a clue, the only thing that I can think of is a 'Jet Axe' (I think that's the brand name). It uses a high-explosive shaped charge to blast a water jet for cutting walls and such-like where straight explosives wouldn't be safe. Mostly used by fire rescue squads.

 

[arildno]

You are totally wrong, Danger; it is a reference to the place name Soggy Hatchet, a hill-billy town in Arkansas.

 

[Danger]

it is a reference to the place name Soggy Hatchet, a hill-billy town in Arkansas.

Dang! I knew that I shouldn't have slept so much during Geography class.

 

[arildno]

Dang! I knew that I shouldn't have slept so much during Geography class.

In case you didn't know, the leading family in Soggy Hatchet is the Hogfnorts, with the Dungbottoms as a close second.

 

[Danger]

In case you didn't know, the leading family in Soggy Hatchet is the Hogfnorts, with the Dungbottoms as a close second.

It's coming back to me now, but not from Geography. It seems to me that the cover blurb on one of my 'Molly Hatchet' albums refers to their home town...

 

[arildno]

Yep, Molly was the daughter of Sally and Burt Hogfnort. She had to run away when her parents found out she carried on with Terry Dungbottom. A sad story, really..

 

[wolram]

Its a place in the uk.
it has a kitchen.
it has a canal.
it has a parlour.
it sounds like a star wars character and a void.
watery axe.

 

[honestrosewater]

Hm, do you pronounce Bath like Hoth? Oh, how 'bout Leek?