December 1, 2007
Who’s crying?
PlaySomething slightly tougher for the weekend… Connect them all:
This list is not exhaustive.
Cracked by: udupendra, devadutta, bobo, sidsen and teju.
Answer: The book, “The crying of Lot 49″ connects them all.
The Adobe building in San Francisco has a semaphore that’s coding&transmitting this book.
Maas-Neotek from Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy is a tribute to Oedipa Maas
Nullsoft’s WASTE (by Justin Frankel) is a reference to the postal service W.A.S.T.E
All Star Trek ships have starship drives designed by a company called Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, named after Yoyodyne from the book.
Udupendra: Yeah, but this had star trek in it. More star trek= more awesome.
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December 1st, 2007 at 10:31 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196505079 )
The Crying of Lot 49. Magane, I had asked this in my quiz in which you came 2nd.
December 1st, 2007 at 10:35 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196505331 )
The Crying of Lot 49
December 1st, 2007 at 10:36 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196505372 )
heh, saw 1 and 3, and the title..
Pynchon’s Crying of lot 49.
adobe building semaphore.
gibson’s count zero.
justin frankel’s waste
some star trek fundas..up in the wiki page. :)
December 1st, 2007 at 10:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196505867 )
The Crying of Lot 49 going by your clue.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:29 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196508579 )
The book “The Cry of Lot 49″ by Thomas Pynchon
December 1st, 2007 at 7:22 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1196536979 )
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December 2nd, 2007 at 4:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1196570897 )
onions!
(actually i have no idea what so ever.. just thought it would be funny.. who’s crying? onions!.. god.. engineering has just destroyed my wit..)