The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[wolram]

a piece of coke can be used in this equipment.

 

[Chi Meson]

a piece of coke can be used in this equipment.

You must be referring to the handlebars of my racing bike. How did you know I was using a Modolo bar with a Ritchie stem?

 

[wolram]

sorry CHEN, modolo bar? richie stem? its my fault i dont
get out enough.

 

[LURCH]

Aha! Sense of smell! The Chinese would speak of lumps of time as "the time it takes to burn a stick of incense."

Yes, the Chinese had "http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/piclib/imagerecord.asp?id=10239690 " which were composed of a long maze in which one long train of of several different kinds of incense were laid out. They would light it at sunrise, and house would smell like cinnamon. At "half-past-Jasmine", they knew it was time to eat lunch, high tea was at "quarter-to-frankinsense", etc.

I have often wondered, had this technology persisted, would the date stamp on official documents be "scratch-n-sniff"?

 

[LURCH]

a piece of coke can be used in this equipment.

DUH! ; It's a Crack-Pipe!

 

[wolram]

you guys are so waky, will it help if i say that a loo roll
inner could also be used in this equiptment

 

[wolram]

I have often wondered, had this technology persisted, would the date stamp on official documents be "scratch-n-sniff"?
lol

 

[Tsu]

Hmmmm. I can't tell if your suggestion he shocked the turkey is a joke or not. Either way, it is correct. This is how Franklin killed his thanksgiving turkeys.

Your turn, Evo.

Has anyone heard of 'Popcorn Turkey'? (Sorry j- ust a quick OT question...)

 

[Nereid]

A pot-belly stove.

 

[Chi Meson]

sorry CHEN, modolo bar? richie stem? its my fault i dont
get out enough.

Bicycle parts. The stem holds the handlebars to the front fork. The size of the opening of the Ritchie brand stem is too large for the Modolo brand handlebar, so I have used a Coke can as a shim.

BTW, I'm not CHEN.

And P.S. "Loo roll inner?" You obviously must mean "Toilet paper core." THerefore you are talking about a kazoo.

 

[wolram]

BTW, I'm not CHEN.
sorry, Chi Meson, no excuse.

 

[wolram]

btw, its a piece of coke as in the stuff you burn
and the cardboard tube from loo roll.

 

[Chi Meson]

btw, its a piece of coke as in the stuff you burn
and the cardboard tube from loo roll.

We definitely have a dialect problem going on here.

 

[jimmy p]

a miniature ineffective blast furnace?

 

[wolram]

In industrial chemistry, coke refers to a type of refined coal. It is used to make pig iron as part of the steel-making process.
does this help Chi?

 

[wolram]

a razor blade can replace the coke.

 

[jimmy p]

so is it my blast furnace?

 

[Chi Meson]

coal, TP core, razor blade...
Are we talking about a crystal radio?

 

[wolram]

coal, TP core, razor blade...
Are we talking about a crystal radio?
correct Chi
sorry Jimmy
your turn Chi.

 

[jimmy p]

what have you done to Timmy the Toiletpaper man? :O

 

[wolram]

Jimmy the loo roll cardboard tube is used as a former for
the coil, in bygon days people made things from whatever
they could lay there hands on, my first crystal radio was
made from, cardboard tube, piece of coke" the rectifier",
copper wire, "for the coil", a very long aerial, 20 Mtrs and
a good Earth peg, i had to buy the earphone and tuner,
i used to spend hours adjusting the cats whisker

 

[Chi Meson]

Jimmy p is referring to a classic Dilbert episode. Ratbert was traumatised.

Here's mine:

Glass was the original surface for one of these.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Glass was the original surface for one of these.

Are you referring to the photograph?

 

[Njorl]

Jimmy p is referring to a classic Dilbert episode. Ratbert was traumatised.

Here's mine:

Glass was the original surface for one of these.

Post-nuclear test site ground surfaces? Well waddya want! Photograph was already taken!

Njorl

 

[cragwolf]

Trampolines. Then they started getting hit with the lawsuits.

 

[wolram]

Trampolines. Then they started getting hit with the lawsuits.
ouch. lol.

 

[Chi Meson]

Although "photograph" is a technically correct answer, as I tell my students, you did not read my mind, therefore you are wrong!

Hint: "his wife lent a hand"

 

[Evo]

x-ray

yes

 

[Chi Meson]

x-ray

yes

Dang. I knew that hint was a giveaway.

 

[Evo]

Dang. I knew that hint was a giveaway.

Yep, I read that just the other day. His wife had to hold her hand still for 3 hours.