The World's Largest Computer in 1951

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In summary, the ENIAC was a massive machine weighing 30 tons, occupying 1,000 square feet of floor space, and containing over 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 switches, and 18,000 vacuum tubes. It required 150 kilowatts of power to run, which was enough to light a small town. The final machine was less powerful than a $5 pocket calculator. The Russian Ekranoplan, also known as the Caspian Sea Monster, was a ground effect vehicle that could travel over 400 km/h and weighed 540 tons fully loaded. It was used as a high-speed military transport and could transport over 100 tonnes of cargo. The
  • #911
zoobyshoe said:
Too easy, I guess. Yep, teflon.
I don't know if it was too easy, it just popped into my mind...darn, now I have to think of one! Anyone have a clue ready who wants to take my turn?
 
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  • #912
yomamma said:
:rolleyes: :shy: :redface:
Go back to the Welcome tent and get a map.
 
  • #913
I had it upside down :rolleyes:
 
  • #914
Okay, here we go:
Brightly colored and born in Denmark, Moonbear likes their studs.
 
  • #915
Danger said:
Go back to the Welcome tent and get a map.
I know I've needed to go back for those maps a few times. :smile:
 
  • #916
Moonbear said:
Okay, here we go:
Brightly colored and born in Denmark, Moonbear likes their studs.
Are there any studs that Moonbear doesn't like?
 
  • #917
Hm, I've seen chocolates and candies that look like jewels...
 
  • #918
I'm thinking some kind of horse native to the region.
 
  • #919
Yeah, me too. Maybe jutlands?
 
  • #920
honestrosewater said:
Hm, I've seen chocolates and candies that look like jewels...
I was sort of thinking along the line of the jewels themselves, but I can't for the life of me come up with what kind Denmark produces. Amethyst?
 
  • #921
Nope, not horses or jewels.
 
  • #922
Moonbear said:
Nope, not horses or jewels.
Sure... be like that... :-p
 
  • #923
Danger said:
Sure... be like that... :-p
Okay, the studs function better with tubes.
 
  • #924
is it potatoes? (i'm just wasting time)
 
  • #925
yomamma said:
is it potatoes? (i'm just wasting time)
:smile: Studs, not spuds.
 
  • #926
topatoes?
 
  • #927
Okay I got it, but I had to google.

good luck.
 
  • #928
Legos ...
 
  • #929
tomotopatoes?
 
  • #930
Huckleberry said:
Okay I got it, but I had to google.
Well, are you going to share? I can't stay up ALL night. :-p
 
  • #931
honestrosewater said:
Legos ...
That's it! :biggrin: Your turn.
 
  • #932
yes you can..

potatomatopatoes?
 
  • #933
Yay, finally.
You will chase this anser to a source of refreshment.

I don't mind if you google, BTW. I googled to check if the things on Legos were called studs- it's allowed unless stated otherwise, right?
 
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  • #934
running water
 
  • #935
Huckleberry said:
running water
No, but that's clever.
 
  • #936
Mirage?...
 
  • #937
Yeah, it's allowed. I try to refrain when Danger is playing though. He doesn't like it. One day when everyone has google chips in their brains Danger will be the smartest man on earth.
 
  • #938
Mk said:
Mirage?...
Nope...
 
  • #939
honestrosewater said:
Yay, finally.
You will chase this anser to a source of refreshment.

I don't mind if you google, BTW. I googled to check if the things on Legos were called studs- it's allowed unless stated otherwise, right?
I'll need one hint to solve this. I think.
 
  • #940
Huckleberry said:
Yeah, it's allowed. I try to refrain when Danger is playing though. He doesn't like it.
I don't mind if someone has a pretty good idea and wants to double-check, although I won't do it myself. (If I did, I would have gotten the damned hovercraft question. :frown: )

Huckleberry said:
One day when everyone has google chips in their brains Danger will be the smartest man on earth.
That would pretty well put an end to game shows, so maybe it's not such a bad idea. (Except for 'Jeapardy', of course. I love that one.)
 
  • #941
Clue: What's good for the female is good for the male.

Okay, but this pretty much gives it away. I'm a careful speller.

You will chase this anser to a source of refreshment.
 
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  • #942
honestrosewater said:
Clue: What's good for the female is good for the male.
Well, I know that anser is a goose genus, but I did think that it was a typo until you said otherwise. And the goose and gander thing is clear enough. What I don't know is what the wild goose chase is about. Unless you just mean a lake or something.

I got to go to sleep now. I'll check back tomorrow afternoon.
 
  • #944
Mk said:
Yeah, its either a lake, a bar, or the Himalayas. Strange combination?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_Goose
Yes, you will chase a Bar-headed goose (a.k.a anser indicus) to a source of refreshment (a bar- the bar it's headed to... er um yeah). Eh, I could have done worse. :-p
 
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  • #945
You know what? That was really freakin stupid, and unsolvable due to technical limitations. (my last one I'm overwriting) I'll think of another.

honestrosewater: I liked yours, it was clever and creative.
 
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