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.
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Francis Crick
 
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  • #402
Yes. Stolen.
 
  • #403
honestrosewater gives the question.
 
  • #404
Danget, he got it first.

Good job horse
 
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  • #405
Hm, my first question.

You may think a Harvard logician's high blood pressure caused me (but you'd be wrong).
 
  • #406
I'm lost on this one, leads end up in dead ends. I think someone would have to know this one.
 
  • #407
Ah, I have a potential lead! Though I have no knowlage whatsoever on medical stuff.
 
  • #408
What, I'm supposed to feed you the answer? High blood pressure is a major risk factor for what?
Edit: You might try to shave off a couple... What do swimming and petting have in common? Today I speak; Yesterday I [...] :-p
 
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Henry Sheffer!
 
  • #410
Oh, wrong answer, its just a stroke
 
  • #411
Stroke..somthing.. hmm

brb
 
  • #412
Did I steal it?
 
  • #413
Jesus christ

again..

stolen?
 
  • #414
Meh, whose stroke?
Hint: No, it's not Jesus Christ's
 
  • #415
LOL that wasn't my awnser.


Stroke was a clue. I guess i was going the wrong direction with it.
 
  • #416
Sheffer's stroke.

I am the bass guitarist for a band that formed in Boston, and we haven't played with toys since 1975. I share my last name with a very famous physicist, what year was he born?
 
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Dr. Robert Preston Hamilton,
 
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No. Think 175 years back.
 
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Wr Hamilton 1805
 
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From house to house he goes,
A messenger small and slight.
And whether it rains or snows,
He sleeps outside at night.
What am I?
 
  • #421
A path, covered up.
 
  • #422
yes. minus the covered up
 
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What island has the fruit made by mixing a delicious red kind with a Virginia Rawls Jennet's on it?
 
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fuji...?

yay
 
  • #425
honshu!


correct
 
  • #426
Yes, thy speaks true.
 
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I don't like cheese but my friend ____ does., I am not a mammal. But You touch me everyday.
 
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This could be too many things, can you narrow it down a wee bit?
 
  • #429
I move around, seldomly making noises. I do not breathe or live. My body is bilateral, I am not a sport, but people play with my ball.
 
  • #430
A computer mouse.
 
  • #431
good job...
 
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The first letter of the 3-letter word that provides the most points in Scrabble, is known in commonwealth english as a different term. In Men In Black, what actor plays him?
 
  • #433
Rip Torn?
("Zee" / "Zed")


PS Don't you guys EVER sleep?
 
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Great NOW you go to sleep!
 
  • #435
Yes, Rip Torn, correct.

I'm going to bed now. I'm in Guam, so day-night's different.
 
  • #436
Aha! OK. Um, a clue. Let's Pretend I'm Steve.

"A clue? Do you see a clue? Where?"

"Oh, right! There's a clue on that sand over there. You know what we need, our handy dandy ... NOTEBOOK."

"Let's see, how do you draw sand?"

to be continued. (The clue is SAND)
 
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(OK, I know... so far too vague)

"Oh look, it's our second clue! on that box of Borax laundry detergent"
 
  • #438
Ah, the suspense is killing me. I feel like I'm in Death Valley or something... ?? :biggrin:
 
  • #439
consider the basic elements of these clues (there is one more clue coming of course)
 
  • #440
Wild guess: glass?
 
  • #441
Last clue:

"Oh look, the phosphorous is our third clue. Let's make a sandwich."
 
  • #442
Well Phosphorus has been used in washing powders to make your whites whiter, and is next to Silicon on the periodic table, which is a constituent of sand, and, urm, not far away from those is Chlorine which is used to bleach paper?!
 
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Chi Meson said:
Last clue:

"Oh look, the phosphorous is our third clue. Let's make a sandwich."
I googled "Phosphorous, silica, borax, sandwich" and didn't seem to come up with anything. Does "Let's Pretend I'm Steve," LPIS, have some clue value? Sandwich and silicon suggest some sort of semiconductor, alliteratively speaking.
 
  • #444
Wow! This thread has been busy.
 
  • #445
sounds like a bomb to me.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Wow! This thread has been busy.

Yeah. What was it, ten pages in ten hours?

Zooby: "Steve" is from "Blues clues." All i know of poular culture these days comes from "Nick Jr."


Sandwich. Tis wafer thin. Think about it in the light of day.
 
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Photocell?
 
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Danger said:
Photocell?
Ouch! That came fast.

Yes, the original photocell. Newer ones use layers of variously doped gallium.
 
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Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.
 
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Danger said:
Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.

Moonbear?

Oh no wait, accident. Hmm...

Mantrap?
 

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