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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Yep yep, some good work there!
 
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We bicyclists simply call them chain tools or chain breakers. You can see millions of them here if you have a sharp eye:
images.google.com/images?q=bike+tools
 
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In this land you'll find a crownless king, a wingless wasp, and a stone that just isn't. But they all have one more thing in common.
 
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Ireland? sounds cooky enough.
 
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Ach naw, laddie. :smile: Or something like that...

The 3 things actually have a lot in common, but the clues are just where they all live and one more rather special thing.
 
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I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand
 
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wolram said:
I know of a stone fish and a king fish so sealand
Wow, there is a place called Sealand. It's wrong though. Stonefish is correct. Not king fish. I didn't mean the name included 'land'.

The wasp is also a box with no lid. The king is black but not by name.
 
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Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?
 
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brewnog said:
Stonefish, kingfishers and waspfish are all found on the Solomon Isles?
Nope. Is there anything special about a stonefish? Something you should maybe know before you step on one?

Other than them being totally wicked-looking- have you seen some of those fish? Yikes.
 
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It's got a poisony spikey thing!

So do wasps...

(And kingfish?)
 
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venom, yes. kingfish, still no.
 
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brewnog said:
It's got a poisony spikey thing!
Don't get so technical, dude. We're not all marine biologists here.
 
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Coral reefs maybe.
 
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So...
A crownless king that is black but not by name.
A wingless wasp that is also a box with no lid.
You have stonefish, which are venomous.
They all live in the same place.
 
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wolram said:
Coral reefs maybe.
Um, not no but not yes. Warm.
 
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Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?
 
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wolram said:
Danger, i had a few to many last night, but were you at the bottom of
my garden?
I was at the bottom of something, but damned if I can remember what. It's quite possible. (I tipped a couple back myself.)
 
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Bikini atoll just a guess.
 
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Danger said:
(I tipped a couple back myself.)
Did they fall?
Actually, nevermind.
 
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wolram said:
Bikini atoll just a guess.
No. You were warmer with just reef. What other kinds of reefs are there? Atolls, fringing, ...
 
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Barrier reef, is that how you spell barrier?
 
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wolram said:
Barrier reef, is that how you spell barrier?
Yes and yes.
Any barrier reefs spring to mind? The first one should do...
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yes and yes.
Any barrier reefs spring to mind?

No not much ever springs in my mind, all my guesses have come from watching
the discovery channel.
 
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Hang on, the great barrier reef just sprang ouch.
 
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wolram said:
No not much ever springs in my mind, all my guesses have come from watching
the discovery channel.
You've probably heard of this barrier reef- it's a great one. And when I say great, I mean great.
 
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Okay, great. So where is the Great Barrier Reef?
 
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honestrosewater said:
Okay, great. So where is the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia i think.
 
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wolram said:
Australia i think.
Right. The place is Australia. All of these things are venomous. Stonefish is one. You just need:

A crownless king that is black but not by name.
A wingless wasp that is also a box with no lid.

If you don't already know them- and if you know about venomous things in Australia, you should know about these two things- google should turn them up.
 
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Snakes? king cobra wasp snake. or crate snake.
 
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wolram said:
Snakes? king cobra wasp snake. or crate snake.
No but king cobra is the right idea. ...the other clue about the king?

I think all the cobras are in Africa? Nope, I was wrong.
 
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Did you ever google the wasp and box?
 
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Spiders, i am really guessing now.
 
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Or jelly fish, i was stung by one but not in australia.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Did they fall?
Actually, nevermind.
:-p ..
 

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