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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why does evo always post here but it says she's not online?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Too easy.:biggrin:
Yeah, that one's a bit obvious. But what's Evo doing with an industrial-grade egg salad masher at home?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Too easy.:biggrin:
Easy for you... I need a hint (maybe time period or country?) Oh, is it in the Sistine Chapel??
I was thinking a triangle with an eye in it is a Masonic symbol, but the triangle is upside down
 
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I have an unfair advantage on this one.
 
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Where's that wanker Brewnog hiding? This is his kind of thing. :rolleyes:
 
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What's the painting in the background? Peter and the wolf? Is that a dragon's foot?
 
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Looks like a calendar, or an early model of the universe.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I have an unfair advantage on this one.
Likewise. If you've seen one before it is obvious.


To those still guessing, there is a near-clue here:

Danger said:
Where's that wanker Brewnog hiding? This is his kind of thing. :rolleyes:

Also, it's not art.
 
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I know what it is!

I'd like to see some non-engineers think about this one a bit.
 
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If I didn't already know what it was, I can't think how you'd find out, except by showing the picture to people till you found someone who recognized it.
 
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hints - a triangular rotor that revolves around a shaft

patented in the late 1920's

(seems a lot of the guys already know this one anyway)
 
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Why didn't someone just say Wankel rotary engine?? You like to torture me? That's it, I know. That is it, right? Yeah, an eye in a triangle- why didn't someone just shoot me?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Why didn't someone just say Wankel rotary engine?? You like to torture me? That's it, I know. That is it, right? Yeah, an eye in a triangle- why didn't someone just shoot me?
Wankel Rotary Engine is correct!
 
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Evo said:
Wankel Rotary Engine is correct!
Hooray! I was only the last person to get it. :rolleyes: Oh well, I guess a win is a win.

You will find a monkey, horse, and duck in these.
 
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No to the first thing Danger says.
I'll be back in a flash.
 
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i though for a moment ,and If its what i think it is, i must have thought right,
I could be wrong, and in that case I am thinking my thoughts might be wrong
do you get marks for thinking the right answer?
 
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Sure, special people gets marks for everything. :smile:

What do you think it is? What happened to people actually trying to guess the answer??
 
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The Marx brothers had shows, i can only remember, Duck soup, but
horse something, and chicken something featured somewhere.
 
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it's a zoo :rolleyes:
 
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Oh, I was going to have so much fun with this one too.
Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup. And many, many more. They're hilarious. They're movies, BTW. Did you see them on what are youmacallit- Vaudeville?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Oh, I was going to have so much fun with this one too.
Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup. And many, many more. They're hilarious.

Have you seen them recently? i used to love watching them but haven't seen
any of their stuff for years.
 
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honestrosewater said:
No to the first thing Danger says.
:smile:
You mean it's not Artman's bedroom? :confused:
 
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Can not think of a good question so this will have to do.

Use this for making water ? what a waste, how hot was it?
 
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brewnog said:
I know what it is!
Sorry about the insult. You're naturally the first Brit that comes to mind, and that 'wanker' gag just wouldn't have sounded right in reference to a Yank. :biggrin:
 
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wolram said:
Can not think of a good question so this will have to do.
If by 'good' you mean 'incomprehensible', then you're doing just fine. :-p
 
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Danger said:
Sorry about the insult. You're naturally the first Brit that comes to mind, and that 'wanker' gag just wouldn't have sounded right in reference to a Yank. :biggrin:

Is that supposed to have a double meaning? :confused:
 
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wolram said:
Have you seen them recently? i used to love watching them but haven't seen
any of their stuff for years.
I watch them often. Duck Soup is my favorite. We watched them as a family and have them memorized, so we'll sometimes just start running through a movie at a restaurant or something, especially to embarrass the young ones. :-p
 
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If by 'good' you mean 'incomprehensible', then you're doing just fine

put some," trim", on and take the weight of :smile:
 
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Danger said:
:smile:
You mean it's not Artman's bedroom? :confused:
See, some men are dependable :)
 
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wolram said:
Is that supposed to have a double meaning? :confused:
If you mean the original post, sort of. It was just my way of showing the other people who knew the answer that I also knew, plus maybe give a cryptic clue to the others. :devil:
If you're referring to the one that you quoted, no. If you can come up with a second one, more power to you. :biggrin:
 
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Have to go for a bevy, sugar cane, i hope catch you later.
 
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Pregnancy?
Okay, maybe it's time for me to call it a day.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
If I didn't already know what it was, I can't think how you'd find out, except by showing the picture to people till you found someone who recognized it.
I was thinking that an enlargement showing the spark plugs in more detail might do it.

In reference to Wolram's clues, the only thing that comes to mind at all is a 'cloud-seeding' aeroplane, and I know that's wrong.
 
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In reference to Wolram's clues, the only thing that comes to mind at all is a 'cloud-seeding' aeroplane, and I know that's wrong

Well if you get the temperature wrong in this process, the produce from this apparatus, "the thing i want", will make your mind cloudy.
 
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wolram said:
Use this for making water ? what a waste, how hot was it?
When you say "making water" do you mean:

1) peeing?

2) heating water?

3) making H2O from some something else?
 

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