August 13, 2007
Beginnings
We quiz.
Devadutta and me, we used to engage in this weird activity known as quizzing. Quizzing, if you didn’t know, basically involves a quizmaster (usually a totally pompous guy who’s convinced he’s god) asking a bunch of participants (also totally pompous guys who’re convinced they’re gods) a series of questions. Most of these questions would have absolutely no consequence, no real life value, and were a complete waste of time. But we loved it.
We did show a slight affinity to quizzes with a geeky slant. The more the questions about Google and Star Wars, the more answers we could get. But these so called tech-quizzes are few and far between. So, to attempt to make up for this lack, we have decided to put up a few “tech quiz” questions on this blog.
The rules are quite simple:
- We ask
- You answer
- We tell if you’re right or wrong
So, let’s kick start things off with this one: What is special about this image ?
Cracked by: Hema, Jabba the Hutt, Bikiran, Abhinav, Mahesh (you won’t have it so easy the next time around, mate), piezocake (lbh frrz evtug), Bigfoot and yaksha. Sandesh just made it in :)
Click below for answer:
This is, obviously, a photograph of a band called Les Horribles Cernettes (a parody band that was founded at CERN). Back in the day, Tim Berners-Lee was looking for an image to post on his newfangled “internet” concept, and used this picture of some of the early members of LHC, thus making this the first picture ever seen through a web browser on the WWW.
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August 13th, 2007 at 11:24 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187004279 )
testing..
August 13th, 2007 at 8:12 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187035974 )
The first photo published on the web.
(Early birds should get gifts :-P )
August 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187037820 )
I would hazard a guess that this is the all female band at CERN. Their image was the first to be posted on the “internet” by Tim Berners Lee
August 13th, 2007 at 9:01 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187038889 )
First pic to be uploaded on the net by berners lee …
August 13th, 2007 at 9:03 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187039031 )
Easy one to kick start :
Its the first image on the internet ! The much ridiculed bunch from the “rock band” at CERN .
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p.s : do I get some brownie points ?
August 13th, 2007 at 9:07 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187039265 )
Alternately …
They were the first rock band to have a website or to be posted on the web…
August 13th, 2007 at 9:09 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187039348 )
The 4 gals are from different pictures?
August 13th, 2007 at 9:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187041921 )
Coming to the answer part… its “The First Ever Photo Published On The Web”.
Coming to how i got it:
it was too easy for me.. i searched for “lhc5.jpg” in google images, and i got into this page:
http://www.image-acquire.com/cool_pictures/
the_first_ever_photo_published_on_the_web.html
I am not claiming that i knew this before… i just came up with the answer…
he he he… too bad.. you didn’t think of renaming the file… :)
August 13th, 2007 at 11:34 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1187048053 )
Frrzf yvxr gur svefg vzntr ba gur vagrearg.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:18 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187061521 )
a gud one to start off with !!!
thats the first pic to be uploaded onto the Web :)
ps : better make ur policy on googling and wiki`ing clear for quizzers have no conscience in such matters ;)
August 14th, 2007 at 4:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187066705 )
The all physicists group started at CERN. Name is a take on the famous play “Les Miserables.”
August 14th, 2007 at 9:29 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187083781 )
i see an indian there :P
August 14th, 2007 at 10:06 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187085979 )
the les horribles cernettes’ band hosted one of the first website on the WWW. and this image may be their first image on that web…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187088519 )
First photograph on net!!!!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:53 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187088805 )
Are they all from MSRIT !!! :-)
August 14th, 2007 at 10:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187089040 )
Are you kidding me!!! All I had to do is refresh the screen and I see 14!!! godamn comments!!!!
I am impressed . . . .
Well! as long as Eric Schmidt is alive everyone will have an answer!!!
August 14th, 2007 at 11:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1187090807 )
prabhu_dc: Comments are moderated because we don’t want people who post earlier clueing/misleading people who post later. I approved all of them en-masse, hence you saw a sudden burst of comments…