The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Mk]

A path, covered up.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

yes. minus the covered up

 

[Mk]

What island has the fruit made by mixing a delicious red kind with a Virginia Rawls Jennet's on it?

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

fuji...?

yay

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

honshu!


correct

 

[Mk]

Yes, thy speaks true.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

I don't like cheese but my friend ____ does., I am not a mammal. But You touch me everyday.

 

[Mk]

This could be too many things, can you narrow it down a wee bit?

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

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.

 

[Mk]

A computer mouse.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

good job...

 

[Mk]

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?

 

[Chi Meson]

Rip Torn?
("Zee" / "Zed")


PS Don't you guys EVER sleep?

 

[Chi Meson]

Great NOW you go to sleep!

 

[Mk]

Yes, Rip Torn, correct.

I'm going to bed now. I'm in Guam, so day-night's different.

 

[Chi Meson]

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)

 

[Chi Meson]

(OK, I know... so far too vague)

"Oh look, it's our second clue! on that box of Borax laundry detergent"

 

[honestrosewater]

Ah, the suspense is killing me. I feel like I'm in Death Valley or something... ??

 

[Chi Meson]

consider the basic elements of these clues (there is one more clue coming of course)

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wild guess: glass?

 

[Chi Meson]

Last clue:

"Oh look, the phosphorous is our third clue. Let's make a sandwich."

 

[brewnog]

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?!

 

[zoobyshoe]

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.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Wow! This thread has been busy.

 

[wolram]

sounds like a bomb to me.

 

[Chi Meson]

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.

 

[Danger]

Photocell?

 

[Chi Meson]

Photocell?

Ouch! That came fast.

Yes, the original photocell. Newer ones use layers of variously doped gallium.

 

[Danger]

Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.

 

[brewnog]

Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.

Moonbear?

Oh no wait, accident. Hmm...

Mantrap?

 

[Moonbear]

Lots of teeth, but only bites you by accident.

Moonbear?

Oh no wait, accident. Hmm...

Mantrap?

I rescind my offer of a bed for you to sleep in when you visit the U.S.!

I can think of lots of things with teeth that don't bite, but can't think of anything that bites only by accident.

 

[Danger]

Moonbear?

I so wish that I'd thought of that before I posted the question, but I've already made up my mind what the answer is.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Gears? ...

 

[Mk]

A saw? Me?

Ok, so we know its not alive (right?), but it has somewhat a mind of its own (more like a computer), or is diffucult to control. It has teeth.

 

[Mk]

Zoobyshoe is walking around in the beautiful Alaskan summer, when he unexpectadly steps in... a bear trap?