UNIVAC: a device, which contained 20,000 vacuum tubes, occupied 1,500 square feet and weighed 40 tons; there was also a laptop version weighing 27 tons.
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Related Where the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may... ANON. Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers i... UNKNOWN The fin whale is the second largest whale species on Earth, weighing up to 80 tons. PIERCE BROSNAN There is some uncertainty in the total influx of meteoric matter, but it is probably on the order of... ANDREW KLEKOCIUK Stephenson had large wrought-iron boiler plates available and he also had the courage of his calcula... J.E. GORDON It's a spooky show, with tons of archetypes and tons of mythology, JARED PADALECKI Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949,... IMELDA MARCOS Tons and tons and tons (of drugs and violence). I have friends who have been shot and who have been ... DEMAUNDRAY WOOLRIDGE The construction will involve about 4,000 square feet and the hall of fame area will take up about 1... DAVE DUPUIS The cargo -- consisting of 703 tons of maize, 108 tons of beans and 39 tons of vegetable oil -- was ... ROBERT HAUSER If Mr. Fantastic and Professor X had a baby, there would be tons of questions, but also it would be ... DANIEL O'BRIEN We're not only providing for the Payson Humane Society, but we're keeping tons and tons and tons of ... LISA BOYLE The companies have lost tons of dough and tons of respect. They are pulling out. DAVID BOYS I heard a boom, and all I saw was tons of black smoke. KATHY FOSTER Dave Barry Turns 50 DAVE BARRY There's just tons and tons of kids playing soccer. It's great for the future of our sport. DALE HELFRICH It's wonderful if you have a passion for animals. But in a disaster, you have to keep your emotions ... CONNIE CRAMER If you scrape away all the white and black paint, you'd see tons and tons of emerald green. JOHN BARTHELMES In Australia, a computer hacker used a laptop and a two-way radio to hack into a sewage control comp... ROBERT MUELLER Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of di... JARON LANIER There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special. ALEK WEK A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. SAKI A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. H. H. MUNRO A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. UNKNOWN A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations. SAKI [HECTOR HUGH MUNRO] A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. SAKI A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations. SAKI You think a million tons, that's a lot of cargo. JOHN WILLIAMS Due to depleted stocks, GMB [state-run food distributor Grain Marketing Board] is now giving us 400 ... DAVID GOVERE So far this year we have taken in 108.5 tons of recyclable versus the estimated 65.6 tons collected ... CAROL MILLER When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to... TERRY PRATCHETT The last time [my character] saw him was six years ago. All of a sudden, I'm back, and I'm his boss,... LAUREN HOLLY There are tons of kids that are not great athletes, this gives them a chance to compete. ANNE DOBROWSKI Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are ... KEVIN RICHARDSON It's totally different. Winnipeg was my first year skipping. It was kinda 'what's going on.' There w... DEBBIE MCCORMICK The additional 30,000 tons is just a proposal to balance supply because of the exports to the U.S.. ... JAMES LEDESMA My first time overseas was taking 10,000 tons of beer to Vietnam. JOHN F. KELLY Lands are dormant. Everything flows down to the river and oceans. We're looking at tons and tons of ... JACOB NG Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting w... TARYN MANNING My way of connecting to the community that I imagined was out there somewhere for me, but wasn't... LIV BRUCE If they rebuild the city, there's just going to be tons of potential there. MARK ROACH It was amazing just the scope and how sweeping the whole thing is. It's a big epic - tons of actors,... MARK CONSUELOS Yesterday's definition of an endpoint was a desktop or laptop PC, but today an endpoint can also be ... DENNIS SZERSZEN When the International Space Station is finally launched, it will be fitted with special nickel-hydr... CHARLES PLATT We bought ourselves ten tons of disinfectant, which cost us 200,000 dollars, which comes out of the ... ABBAS ALI If reggae comes from another country, you can have the relationship to reggae that I have to rock. B... MARLON JAMES We have tons of files on this one. DAVID NASH I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker gir... TAYLOUR PAIGE By creating a true little village, there's tons of incentives to come in. DANNY MASON If I went and told my boss to buy something with over a 50 P/E, he'd kill me, ... Both companies are... ETHAN MCAFEE People need to have a respect just for the sheer mass of trains, ... Most trains are 6,000 feet long... DAVID PATTON If we could cut that down to 20, we could save tons of staff and tons of money, not to mention the l... MARTHA CRAMER Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had. IRIS DEMENT They don't carry purses, but they do carry briefcases. A 2-pound device is a lot less of a hassle th... MICHAEL GARTENBERG Although the Disney site generates tons of traffic, it's a destination site, not a portal. DAVID PAKMAN There [are] tons of debris down there, the likes of which have never been seen. To maintain safety, ... BRIAN DIXON There (are) tons of debris down there, the likes of which have never been seen. To maintain safety, ... BRIAN DIXON There will be quilts for sale, antiques for sale and the merchant mall with tons of fabrics, notions... JAN CONNELLEY Everything went really well. Tons of people came out. RENEE TETRICK It's a great honor. I feel very fortunate as there are tons of deserving candidates that never recei... ANDREW COSTIN This is just the beginning. There are several million tons in the general vicinity (of East Texas). JOE MURRAY We were looking at 2,500 square feet in a basic metal building there, and this is 10,000 square feet... JOHN LUTHER Look at what a college textbook costs, for example. You can spend $300 or $400 just for a textbook, ... BOB MILLARD There clearly were years when there was $40 million available. Everyone realizes the need and it has... DENNIS SCHAIN In September 2004, I had 2,000 tons of inventory; by the first week of September 2005 there was no i... MATT ALLEN The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced ... HARRY ANDERSON The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced ... HARRY ANDERSON They're those big, huge rubber tires and we have tons of them. SAVANNAH COWLEY Each year we have 30 to 40,000 tons of primitive material from comets and asteroids that lands on Ea... DON BROWNLEE Needless to say, by 2000, the city and the Coastal Commission determined the 7,000 tons of riprap wa... BRUCE RUSSELL The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish. TOM DOUGLAS My first project was to build an ionization gauge control circuit for Professor Edgar Everhart's... DAVID LEE This fall, we spent a week putting out 20 tons of grain for upland game birds and turkeys. RON BRUNO Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it'... BILL GATES I know you guys will be talking about Bode and Hermann now, but there are tons of guys skiing except... BODE MILLER He had tons of time and was able to pick a spot and hit it. It seemed like point shots were going in... KURTIS FOSTER It was 1-inch thick. It weighed about 100 pounds. It was a little over 360 feet in length. DAVID SCHOFIELD Obviously we want to make sure that (emergency e-mails) reach everybody and, for those, the opt-out ... CHRIS WILSON There are tons of people I'd like to freeze for all of eternity, but we won't go into that! HOLLY MARIE COMBS It will be tough to qualify for that one. . . . You get to state, there are tons of fast girls. RACHELLE MORTENSEN An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. MAHATMA GANDHI Tons of people are looking to go overseas for skiing holidays. ALI WAUGH My education in film music came from watching tons of films, DANNY ELFMAN I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'... CHRIS FARLEY Business has tons and tons of capability to spend. The longer the recovery keeps going and stock pri... JAMES PAULSEN You're looking at about 80 tons, but for organic beef that's a mountain of meat. It's a beginning. FLAVIO SALDANHA It was great just to see him out and about. He had tons of energy last night, and it was nice to see... BRAD LIDGE Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey... RICK WARREN He was not only a great drummer but our favorite person to hang around with. He was this big, lovabl... JOE ELY I looked through tons of old newspapers, death notices and other documents on microfilm. EULANE MELLON We did tons and tons of vampire teeth for this show. These are a set of Kate's. They actually hook i... GUY HIMBER Companies say, 'We need a million square feet of space,' then go to their laptops and slap aluminum ... BOB HOEKSTRA Instead of 30 or 40 feet, I'm in there at 20 feet. When I hit a good shot, I'm inside 10 feet. I've ... DUFFY WALDORF When I moved here I had a two bedroom, simple, 900 square feet, and rent was eight to nine hundred. ... KENT ANDERSON I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke. I was never really ... ROBERT MAILLET So having thousands of tons of chemical weapons is an immense quantity. BRUCE BENNETT Better to have very few caring friends than tons of uncaring friends. ALVIN C. tons of movies are shot in Toronto, but Toronto is never Toronto. EUGENE LEVY We went through everything we could, biologically, without spending tons of money. LISA WEBB There's no comparison. At the largest landfill in the state, they process a million tons (of garbage... CHUCK BROWN
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