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Old 11-18-2003, 01:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Its now time for some startling trivia. For each right answer, you will be awarded 1 point. The person with most points at the end wins! the trivia session.

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When was the first electronic computer made and what was it called?
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1946, eniac

is there a point of keeping score? like are u gonna give a prize or somethin?
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Correct. 1 point for spfd. Sorry, but there are no prizes.
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Wasnt it the brain? It computes and there is electricity...
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is there a point of keeping score? like are u gonna give a prize or somethin?
eniac was actually renames csirac, it was made by the csiro and called "automatic computer" although it wasn't really automatic because they had to manually feed all the data into it.
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Next Question. What two people were the soul founders of Apple Computer? What did they call their first computer?
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steve jobs & steve wozniak. i believe it was called the 'lisa'
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more like the 'piece-a' CRAP

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Old 11-20-2003, 03:10 PM   #10 (permalink)
 
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sooo quizmaster cherubimon, do i get my 1 point or not?


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