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.
  • #301
Or, a kinetograph!
 
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  • #302
That's what I thought, but there's no U in it.
 
  • #303
The first electric telescope?
 
  • #304
Moonbear said:
Oh, wait, you said it has to have a U in it, then how about a thaumatrope?

No, but that is another good guess. I didn't realize that there are so many related concepts, but this was considered an essential technical concept.
 
  • #305
Did Edison invent it?
 
  • #306
Paul Nipkow's mechanical television thingy
 
  • #308
Moonbear said:
Or, a kinetograph!

Whewwwww, uncle!

I call that one close enough, but what I was looking for was the Nipkow disk

In 1884, university student Paul Nipkow of Germany proposed and patented the world's first electromechanical television system. Nipkow proposed a disc camera, that contained a disc which was perforated. To capture a moving image the disc was rotated before an image and had the effect of dividing the picture into lines. Light sensitive selenium behind the perforated disk would capture the moving image.

The camera became known as the Nipkow disk.
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/TV_HIST_FORTNER.html

Also. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blnipkov.htm
Also: http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/NIPKOW_DISK.html

It is considered to be the first rasterizer, and was part of the first mechanical television, patented in 1884.
 
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  • #309
Uh oh, I guess Zooby got it first! :biggrin:
 
  • #310
Ivan Seeking said:
Uh oh, I guess Zooby got it first! :biggrin:
What was the clue about the U all about?
 
  • #311
T U V --> TV :biggrin:

Danger, you picked up this didn't you? I thought you did.
 
  • #312
Ivan Seeking said:
T U V --> TV :biggrin:

Danger, you picked up this didn't you? I thought you did.
I'm drawing a blank.
 
  • #313
Tenants Union of Victoria?
 
  • #314
Ivan Seeking said:
T U V --> TV :biggrin:

Danger, you picked up this didn't you? I thought you did.
:confused: Tel-Uh-Vision? :rolleyes: :smile:
 
  • #315
Moonbear said:
:confused: Tel-Uh-Vision? :rolleyes: :smile:

:smile: :smile: :smile: No, even worse!


...QRSTUVWXYZ
 
  • #316
Oh, that one sure is tricky...
 
  • #317
Ivan Seeking said:
:smile: :smile: :smile: No, even worse!


...QRSTUVWXYZ
Let's everyone of us agree never to mention the badness of this clue to anyone outside this thread.
 
  • #318
Ivan Seeking said:
:smile: :smile: :smile: No, even worse!


...QRSTUVWXYZ

:smile: :smile: :rolleyes: :smile: :smile:
 
  • #319
Ivan Seeking said:
T U V --> TV :biggrin:

Danger, you picked up this didn't you? I thought you did.
Sort of. That's the thing that I was thinking of when I said kinescope. I thought that the name was used for that before it was for picture tubes. :redface:
 
  • #320
You brought up UFOs! You asked for it! :biggrin:
 
  • #321
Danger said:
Sort of. That's the thing that I was thinking of when I said kinescope.


See! :biggrin: :smile:
 
  • #322
zoobyshoe said:
Let's everyone of us agree never to mention the badness of this clue to anyone outside this thread.
No problem! I can't stop laughing long enough to say anything to anyone! I'm such a sucker for bad jokes. :smile:
 
  • #323
Ivan Seeking said:
See! :biggrin: :smile:
"Sort of" is what you say to your 97 year old great grandmother when she asks if her sweater buttons are all lined up.
 
  • #324
Ivan Seeking said:
No, but as a clue, U lands right in the middle.


I make no apologies! :-p
 
  • #325
Ivan Seeking said:
See! :biggrin: :smile:
Oh, you mean did I get the gag about the 'U' in the middle of 'TV'. Yeah. Loved it. :biggrin:

Loved Zoob's blankness even more. :-p
 
  • #326
I seem to remember a reference to an ellemeno. Should have guessed there would be a TUV somewhere nearby.
 
  • #327
zoobyshoe said:
"Sort of" is what you say to your 97 year old great grandmother when she asks if her sweater buttons are all lined up.

I was allowing for your age. :confused:
 
  • #328
Ivan Seeking said:
I make no apologies! :-p
Course not, gramma, that was a helpful, helpful clue! Now, let's just get your buttons buttoned up a little neater here.
 
  • #329
Huckleberry said:
I seem to remember a reference to an ellemeno. Should have guessed there would be a TUV somewhere nearby.


See again, Huckleberry gets it - the big picture! :approve:
 
  • #330
Ivan Seeking said:
See again, Huckleberry gets it - the big picture! :approve:
Course he gets the big picture, Gramma. Certainly he does! We all guessed it right away, we were just teasing Gramma! Why who couldn't guess it with a clue like that?
 
  • #331
Okay now, if you're all done whining, its Zooby's turn.

ZOOBY! WAKE UP!
 
  • #332
Lemme think a bit.
 
  • #333
MK had a question. And we had parallel questions running before.

Go ahead Mk.
 
  • #334
This man's invention made his name synonymous with quality. Name the man, and the invention.
 
  • #335
zoobyshoe said:
This man's invention made his name synonymous with quality. Name the man, and the invention.
Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?
 
  • #336
Danger said:
Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?
That's the Canadian hallmark of quality? TV dinners?
 
  • #337
Karl Benz, the car (aka automobile) ... along with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
(despite what the English, Americans, and yes, even the French say!)
 
  • #338
McCoy, sorry, I went out for a snack.
 
  • #339
zoobyshoe said:
"Sort of" is what you say to your 97 year old great grandmother
My what year old great grandmother?! I thought you said that you're older than me. My mother is 91. If my dad were still around, he'd be 104 next month. My great grandparents would be somewhere around 200.
 
  • #340
Nereid said:
Karl Benz, the car (aka automobile) ... along with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
(despite what the English, Americans, and yes, even the French say!)
No, the clue isn't meant to say the man merely made a quality product.
 
  • #341
Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.
 
  • #342
Mk said:
McCoy, sorry, I went out for a snack.
I'm not McCoy. I'm the captain, and you are the WINNER!

Except you forgot to tell us what the original "real McCoy" was.
 
  • #343
Huckleberry said:
Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.
Better than one for baseball players, I guess.
 
  • #344
Dr. W. Edwards Deming - TQM (aka Total Quality Management), a management technique (duh!)
 
  • #345
The thing was a lubricator for steam engines, mostly used for boats and locamotives.
 
  • #346
Huckleberry said:
Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.
No, I'm not Grampa McCoy, I'm Peppito, and you are the WINNER!

The automatic lubricating cup was "The Real McCoy."

We have two winners!

I guess you colaborate on a quetion via PM.
 
  • #347
What, me. I just googled McCoy after MK posted it. I wanted to know the invention.
 
  • #348
Nereid said:
Dr. W. Edwards Deming - TQM (aka Total Quality Management), a management technique (duh!)
You may not hear the phrase "That's the real McCoy" over there. It means "That's a quality machine, thing, etc". or that it's authentic.
 
  • #349
This DRUG was originally developed for treating a heart condition known as Angina pectoris, it was patented in 1996, and since then, made over a billion dollars. What is its technical and marketing name?
 
  • #350
Huckleberry said:
What, me. I just googled McCoy after MK posted it. I wanted to know the invention.
OK. We'll give it to MK.

Now, I pass the baton to the Island of Guam...
 

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