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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honestrosewater said:
Oh, yeah, this has to be it: RED?!?

nope...

here are some more clues...highlight if you want to see them...



Sacrament of the Last Supper

The breeding of rabbits
 
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Flirtation Alert!
 
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Okay, I win: PHI! aka golden ratio, golden number, golden section.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Okay, I win: PHI! aka golden ratio, golden number, golden section.

Very good...

I am impressed...
 
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Townsend said:
Very good...

I am impressed...
Woohoo! Wait, you said I would be a genius. I got it pretty easily, mister, and I want my genius title.

What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?
 
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honestrosewater said:
What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?
They do not have any letters in common.
If that's not it, it has to be penis.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Woohoo! Wait, you said I would be a genius. I got it pretty easily, mister, and I want my genius title.

What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?

You're correct...hand me your sword and take a knee and I will dub ye "genius."
 
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Townsend said:
You're correct...hand me your sword and take a knee and I will dub ye "genius."
*trying not to turn my dubbing into a series of dirty jokes* Okay, I'm ready. Touch me with your mighty sword! Woops. *bows silently*

No, it's not a penis.

(that was a legitimate reply to arildno, BTW.)

Another hint: Homer eats super-spicy chili, sees a talking _______? It's not that, but related. :rolleyes:
 
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AS THO’ again—yea, even once again,
We should rewelcome to our stewardship
The rider with the loose-flung bridle-rein
And chance-plucked twig for whip,

The down-turned hat-brim, and the eyes beneath
Alert, devouring—and the imperious hand
Ordaining matters swiftly to bequeath
Perfect the work he planned.

Mountain ?
 
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wolram said:
AS THO’ again—yea, even once again,
We should rewelcome to our stewardship
The rider with the loose-flung bridle-rein
And chance-plucked twig for whip,

The down-turned hat-brim, and the eyes beneath
Alert, devouring—and the imperious hand
Ordaining matters swiftly to bequeath
Perfect the work he planned.

Mountain ?
Incorrect but enjoyable. :smile:
 
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Disney...
 
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Tarzan ?
 
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Romulus and Remus, raised by a wolf, became the founders of Rome.
 
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Ok, what connects, rocket, harris and scarp ?

Do you give in.
 
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Was it the failed attempt at a postal rocket in the Western Isles?
 
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wolram said:
Ok, what connects, rocket, harris and scarp ?

Do you give in.
Of course not; it is the frenulum, right?
 
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I'm not even going to ask how you came to that conclusion...
 
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matthyaouw said:
I'm not even going to ask how you came to that conclusion...
Is it wrong?
 
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http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html
I think that fits the clue slightly better.

I suppose it's my turn.

Standing 7 metres tall, this imposing figure seems out of this world. It towers over the place it terrorised over 100 years go.
 
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Evidently, a 7 metres long phallus on rampage WOULD have terrorised any place it chose to visit, but since I've been wrong before, I'm not 100% certain it is a phallus.

Is it Big Ben instead?
(No, that's even bigger; I'm lost..)
 
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matthyaouw said:
http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html
I think that fits the clue slightly better.

I suppose it's my turn.

Standing 7 metres tall, this imposing figure seems out of this world. It towers over the place it terrorised over 100 years go.
It is Queen Victoria, gazing out over Balmoral. :approve:
 
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Nope, not it.
I'm now quite terrified at the prospect of a 7 meter penis rampaging around... If I have nightmares, I'm blaming you!
 
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matthyaouw said:
Was it the failed attempt at a postal rocket in the Western Isles?

Yes and so quick :biggrin:
 
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matthyaouw said:
Nope, not it.
I'm now quite terrified at the prospect of a 7 meter penis rampaging around... If I have nightmares, I'm blaming you!
Can I wish you sweet dreams instead?
 
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There are just so many statues etc, i thought Lenin or napoleon but no luck
yet,
 
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"Standing 7 metres tall, this imposing figure seems out of this world. It towers over the place it terrorised over 100 years go."

Note emphasis
 
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No takers?
It first terrorised the area in 1898 (perhaps not literally), and made another more notable appearence in 1938, terrorising people in a more literal sense.
 
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matthyaouw said:
No takers?
It first terrorised the area in 1898 (perhaps not literally), and made another more notable appearence in 1938, terrorising people in a more literal sense.
Still trying mathyaouw, but is outside my area.
 
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Zepplin ?
 
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something alien? an alien perhaps?
 
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honchbunkers? though I don't know what they have to do with 100 years ago.
 
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The Woking Martian

http://www.cix.co.uk/~sjbradshaw/martian/
 
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