Continuing our theme round. Made famous by Silicon Valley, but this device is real and used quite frequently by hackers. What is this?

Theme round! Next few questions will be focused on hacking and computer security. Broadly.

In one of the earliest known instances of “hacking”, Person 1 (below) hacked a public demo of 2’s invention to show that it was not “safe and secure” as claimed 2. Identify 1.

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Connect. Also, don’t forget to get free stickers.

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Question for today: Identify this spacecraft, also launched 10 years ago.

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Enough of that algorithms round. A simple question today.

Who is in that white bunny suit? Bonus points if you explain the significance of this event.

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Continuing our Algorithm themed round is this plaintext question. This eponymous algorithm, made famous by Google and Akamai is used widely in databases, search engines and data analytics platforms to find if an element exists in a set or not. Which algorithm are we talking about?

Hint:

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Continuing our Algorithm themed questions.

This man wanted to figure out the best way to lay out an electricity network in his country and came up with one of the most commonly used graph algorithms. Which algorithm are we talking about? Bonus points for identifying him.

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A slightly different theme round. Following N questions will all be connected to some algorithm or the other. Since I have given out the theme, I will make the questions slightly obscure.

Connect to an algorithm

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Answer to the second part of this question is the answer to the Convoluted Theme.

Before this place sold tomatoes by the pound, it housed one of the most important companies that shaped modern technology. Which company are we talking about?

To crack the convoluted theme, find out what is blacked out on this board. Bonus points for telling us where you can find this board.

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Continuing our convoluted connect round.

What is this?

About the theme, Sumanth Patlolla: Think bigger. Much bigger.

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