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
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Gokul43201 said:
Were there 27,000 pea plants ?

You are correct!
 
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This american designed a machine that could rule 20,000 straight lines to an inch on glass with absolute precision.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
This american designed a machine that could rule 20,000 straight lines to an inch on glass with absolute precision.
Fresnel? 10
 
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Danger said:
Fresnel? 10
Right idea. Wrong person. This man also did some elegant electrical work. Not a well known person, though.
 
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oooh! I think I saw this guy on TV! now I can't remember his name... :frown:

EDIT : nvm...I din't know it had to be american
 
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Henry A. Rowland
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Henry A. Rowland
Correct!...
 
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Hmmmm...

A favorite game of both Winston Churchill and Henry Kissinger.
 
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Diplomacy?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Diplomacy?
Correct.
I don't think I'm coming up with anything too hard here.
Your turn Ivan.
 
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I figured that, Risk, or Chess of course.

18436572
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
18436572
Is that a clue?!?
 
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Moonbear said:
Is that a clue?!?

yes. :biggrin:
 
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we need more clues...too much stuff on google
 
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How to "see the USA"
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
How to "see the USA"
I've never driven down there, but are those highway numbers?
 
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Danger said:
I've never driven down there, but are those highway numbers?

No. I learned this in high school.
 
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Firing order for a v-8 engine?
 
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grrrr...I was going to say that...
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Firing order for a v-8 engine?

That's it!
 
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APE?! i's your turn!
 
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Just looking for something interesting to ask about.

This person has been credited as the first computer programer though the program this person concieved was never used.

I hope this one is a bit more difficult.
 
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The good sir Babbage
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
The good sir Babbage
Getting warm there but no.
 
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Augusta Ada King
 
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An interesting aside: One of Babbages descendents is a customer of mine.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
An interesting aside: One of Babbages descendents is a customer of mine.
Does Babbage eat cabbage?
 
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OMG! Augusta Ada King! APE!?
 
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Does Babbage eat cabbage?

Boy...you know...I never thought to ask. :biggrin:

So, programmers. Galileo?
 
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Does somebody want to go ahead while we wait for an answer from TheStatutoryApe?
 
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I will since I missed my last one.. give me a minute
 
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okay, nobody in the great thread of riddleness can get one. if nobody gets it here I'll just give it away

I don't think you'll find it on google:

Curved when I'm small
Flat when I'm all
Infanite is all
big, wide and tall

I extend in three directions
a paridox of perplexions

What am I?
 
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yomamma said:
What am I?
Space? 10
 
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no, not space...


think about lines 2&3 carefully
 
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Well come on yomamma, how about another clue?
 

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