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Astroturf is introduced in the Astrodome on April 8th 1966 when the Astros hosted the Dodgers. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705586613.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705586613.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705586613.jpg The IAS machineą was the first electronic computer built at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (June 10, 1952). It is sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann˛, a mathematics professor at both Princeton University and the IAS. The 450 kg one-address machine was a 40-bit binary digital computer built from late 1945 until 1951 under his direction. The general organization is called von Neumann architectureł, even though it was both conceived and implemented by others. The memory was 1024 words (5 KB), it used 1,700 vacuum tubes, triode types 6J6, 5670, 5687, a few diodes type 6AL5, 150 pentodes to drive the memory CRTs, and 41 CRTs type 5CP1A, 40 used as Williams-Kilburn tubes⁴ for memory plus one more to visually monitor the state of a memory tube. Consuming 15,000 W of power, the machine was very fast for its time performing 16,000 additions/sec, 2,300 multiplications/sec, and was one of the first computers to mix programs and data in a single memory. von Neumann's paper, "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", whose premature distribution nullified the patent claims of EDVAC designers J.P.Eckert and J.Mauchly, allowed the plans for the IAS machine to be widely distributed for free to any schools or companies interested in computing machines, resulting in the worldwide construction of dozens of clones⁵ referred to as "IAS machines", it was a wildly successful implementation of the very first open-source computer hardware model, an important milestone in computer design. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705586613.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705586613.jpg |
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705848015.jpg 1944 VW Schwimmwagen Type 166/5, fitted Snow-Rollers. For me the Schwimmwagen was one of the coolest vehicle designs of WW2. I like that it comes with oars as a backup. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705848015.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705848015.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705848015.jpg The Mauna Kea silversword, also known as the flower of patience, is a rare and endangered species of flowering plant native to the island of Hawaii. It is a member of the Asteraceae family, which includes other well-known plants like sunflowers and daisies. The Mauna Kea silversword gets its common name from its silvery, sword-shaped leaves that are arranged in a rosette. The leaves are covered in fine white hairs which help to protect the plant from the intense sun and high winds of its native habitat. The plant is a long-lived perennial, remaining vegetative for many years before it produces a flowering stalk. The stalk can reach up to 6 feet tall and is covered with hundreds of small, bright red or orange flowers. The Mauna Kea silversword blooms once in its lifetime, after which it dies. The flower of patience is also a great symbol of resilience, it can live up to 50 years before blooming, and it can survive in harsh environments and harsh weather conditions. The Mauna Kea silversword is considered an endangered species due to habitat loss and overgrazing by introduced mammals. Efforts have been made to protect and conserve the remaining populations of this unique and beautiful plant. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705848015.jpg |
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Testing one of the World's First Embedded Systems (1968) Raytheon test engineer Robert Zagrodnick running diagnostics on a pair of Apollo Guidance Computersą (AGC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Laboratory (I-Lab)˛. The MIT designed 2.048 MHz 16-bit computer was 10 years ahead of its time and used integrated circuits to run a real-time multitaskingł operating system that enabled astronauts to control an Apollo spacecraft by typing simple commands on the DSKY keyboard interface in pairs of nouns and verbs. It had 2048 words of erasable magnetic-core memory and 36,864 words of read-only core rope memory⁴ with cycle time of 11.72 µs. It was designed to be fault-tolerant and was able to run several subprograms in priority order. Each of these processes was given a time slot to use the computer’s sparse resources. The computer interfaced to these onboard systems: DSKY(display and keyboard), IMU, Hand Controller, Command Module Rendezvous Radar, Lunar Module Landing Radar, Telemetry Receiver, Engine Command, and Reaction Control System. References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper_Laboratory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_multitasking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory AGC Specifications 2,048 words of 15-bit ferrite core RAM 36,864 words of read-only memory 85,000 instructions/second Dimensions: 61 cm × 32 cm × 17 cm Weight: 31.8 kg Power supply: 28 VDC, 55 W, 2.5 A http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705931705.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705931705.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705931705.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705931705.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705931705.jpg |
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History Fact: Beginning of the US Oil Industry On January 10, 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produced an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the discovery, petroleum, which until that time had been used in the U.S. primarily as a lubricant and in kerosene for lamps, would become the main fuel source for new inventions such as cars and airplanes; coal-powered forms of transportation including ships and trains would also convert to the liquid fuel. In the early 1890s, Texas businessman and amateur geologist Patillo Higgins became convinced there was a large pool of oil under a salt-dome formation south of Beaumont. He and several partners established the Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company and made several unsuccessful drilling attempts before Higgins left the company. In 1899, Higgins leased a tract of land at Spindletop to mining engineer Anthony Lucas. The Lucas gusher blew on January 10, 1901, and ushered in the liquid fuel age. Unfortunately for Higgins, he’d lost his ownership stake by that point. Beaumont became a “black gold” boomtown, its population tripling in three months. The town filled up with oil workers, investors, merchants and con men (leading some people to dub it “Swindletop”). Within a year, there were more than 285 active wells at Spindletop and an estimated 500 oil and land companies operating in the area, including some that are major players today: Humble (now Exxon), the Texas Company (Texaco) and Magnolia Petroleum Company (Mobil). Spindletop experienced a second boom starting in the mid-1920s when more oil was discovered at deeper depths. In the 1950s, Spindletop was mined for sulphur. Today, only a few oil wells still operate in the area. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705953663.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705953663.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705953663.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705953663.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1705953663.jpg |
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