The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Ivan Seeking]

Okay now, if you're all done whining, its Zooby's turn.

ZOOBY! WAKE UP!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Lemme think a bit.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

MK had a question. And we had parallel questions running before.

Go ahead Mk.

 

[zoobyshoe]

This man's invention made his name synonymous with quality. Name the man, and the invention.

 

[Danger]

This man's invention made his name synonymous with quality. Name the man, and the invention.

Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Clarence Birdseye? TV dinners?

That's the Canadian hallmark of quality? TV dinners?

 

[Nereid]

Karl Benz, the car (aka automobile) ... along with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
(despite what the English, Americans, and yes, even the French say!)

 

[Mk]

McCoy, sorry, I went out for a snack.

 

[Danger]

"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.

 

[zoobyshoe]

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.

 

[Huckleberry]

Yeah, Elijah McCoy as in 'the real McCoy' and he invented the lubricating cup for steam engines.

 

[zoobyshoe]

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.

 

[Danger]

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.

 

[Nereid]

Dr. W. Edwards Deming - TQM (aka Total Quality Management), a management technique (duh!)

 

[Mk]

The thing was a lubricator for steam engines, mostly used for boats and locamotives.

 

[zoobyshoe]

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.

 

[Huckleberry]

What, me. I just googled McCoy after MK posted it. I wanted to know the invention.

 

[zoobyshoe]

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.

 

[Mk]

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?

 

[zoobyshoe]

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...

 

[Huckleberry]

is it Viagra?

 

[Nereid]

Hey, MK, Huckleberry ... you guys won it.

However, the http://www.deming.org/demingprize/ is 'synonymous with quality' (well, to some folk anyway!)

 

[Mk]

Bah! Everytime I reload the page there's like 5 new posts!

 

[Mk]

is it Viagra?

Yes, but what is its two-word more technical name?

 

[Huckleberry]

sildenafil citrate.

 

[Mk]

Ah, Huckleberry wins!

 

[Huckleberry]

I figured that anything that made a billion dollars had to be intimately tied to our biology. People can be so predictable.

Okay, I got one. Just a minute to check the reference.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Hey, MK, Huckleberry ... you guys won it.

However, the http://www.deming.org/demingprize/ is 'synonymous with quality' (well, to some folk anyway!)

Looks like you have to be Japanese to win.

 

[Mk]

Looks like you have to be Japanese to win.

Or from Japan.

 

[Moonbear]

I figured that anything that made a billion dollars had to be intimately tied to our biology. People can be so predictable.

Okay, I got one. Just a minute to check the reference.

Darn, I thought you guys were still on the previous question (zooby's question)! This thread is moving to fast! If I knew that new clue was up, I could have beaten all of you to it!