The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[JamesU]

the north star

 

[honestrosewater]

the north star

Correct. That's a clue.

 

[JamesU]

wait, the north star is a clue?

 

[Evo]

Just popped in, honestrosewater, love the "what was its". I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thank you wolram for starting it!

 

[honestrosewater]

Do I have to repeat everything? Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?

 

[JamesU]

the northern lights...?

 

[honestrosewater]

the northern lights...?

No.

Moving from one hill to another, he became his own master.
the north star

 

[Evo]

Do I have to repeat everything? Yes, north star is a clue.

I love it too. Does Evo have a guess?

Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Evo has a headache. Evo has had a headache for several weeks and is getting worried. I will have to sit on the sidelines and watch. Unless someone has some morphine they can slip into my computer.

Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.

 

[Evo]

Could it be allergies? That's how the grass pollens affect me. And the strange part is that after 15 years, now Tsu is having problems as well.

Part is allergies, part stress, part "old Evo is dying".

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I have to leave. Here are what the clues meant:
two hills: Holmes Hill Farms and Cedar Hill.
Became his own master: He was born a slave, escaped, and helped to abolish slavery in the US.
"The North Star" was the original name of his newspaper.
Frederick Douglass.[/color]

 

[JamesU]

K...I'm going to go now...ummmm...Evo, you can go...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Although the original from 1927 was lost, the 1928 version survived. It was brought back to life in the eighties with a technology beyond its time.

Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable

 

[zoobyshoe]

Mercury
Ant
Hell
Bable

Are these clues to the thing, or to the "technology beyond it's time?"

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Those are key words associated with the thing.

 

[Danger]

An A for creativity.

Thanks, Rosie. I was starting to think that nobody was going to get that.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Those are key words associated with the thing.

Mercury? As in messenger?

Ant? As in underground worker?

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Thanks, Rosie. I was starting to think that nobody was going to get that.

What did it mean?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Mercury? As in messenger?
No

Ant? As in underground worker?
No

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?
Holy cow, I should have said Hel, I think.

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?
yes

 

[zoobyshoe]

Mercury? As in messenger?
No

Ant? As in underground worker?
No

Hel? As in subterranean punishment? Or a name?
Holy cow, I should have said Hel, I think.

Babel? As in a great human project gone awry?
yes

All very biblical. But not Adam and Eve. Instead, Adam and Fred, No?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Another clue

Robot

 

[zoobyshoe]

Another clue

Robot

Check my last post. I already know the anser.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Check my last post. I already know the anser.

Yep, sorry, I missed that.

 

[Danger]

What did it mean?

Jimmy Hoffa... Teamsters boss... UAW... 'Detroit Iron'... ends up in a cement overcoat...

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yep, sorry, I missed that.

I knew as soon as I saw the dates. You've also mentioned this a couple times as a "favorite". For reasons that should be clear, the clues took some research.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Jimmy Hoffa... Teamsters boss... UAW... 'Detroit Iron'... ends up in a cement overcoat...

"Found cement" makes sence, but I don't see "Went looking for iron" really applying.

 

[zoobyshoe]

So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.

Correct! Your turn.

 

[Danger]

So the answer is the movie Metropolis. The soundtrack includes songs by Freddy Mercury and Adam Ant, Bable is a symbol in the movie and a song title from the modern soundtrack, and Hel was the name of the lost love of the mad scientist. This was the first time that the concept of a robot was used in a movie.

What the hell you talkin' about, Willis? Freddy and Adam's parents weren't born when that movie came out, and it was a silent anyhow. 1923 or some such.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Correct! Your turn.

I'm sorry, was this going to be our little secret?