The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Mk]

Oh, that one sure is tricky...

 

[zoobyshoe]

No, even worse!


...QRSTUVWXYZ

Let's everyone of us agree never to mention the badness of this clue to anyone outside this thread.

 

[Moonbear]

No, even worse!


...QRSTUVWXYZ

 

[Danger]

T U V --> TV

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.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

You brought up UFOs! You asked for it!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Sort of. That's the thing that I was thinking of when I said kinescope.

See!

 

[Moonbear]

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.

 

[zoobyshoe]

See!

"Sort of" is what you say to your 97 year old great grandmother when she asks if her sweater buttons are all lined up.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

No, but as a clue, U lands right in the middle.

I make no apologies!

 

[Danger]

See!

Oh, you mean did I get the gag about the 'U' in the middle of 'TV'. Yeah. Loved it.

Loved Zoob's blankness even more.

 

[Huckleberry]

I seem to remember a reference to an ellemeno. Should have guessed there would be a TUV somewhere nearby.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

"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.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I make no apologies!

Course not, gramma, that was a helpful, helpful clue! Now, let's just get your buttons buttoned up a little neater here.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

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!

 

[zoobyshoe]

See again, Huckleberry gets it - the big picture!

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?

 

[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...