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September 11, 2008

There are only 10 kinds of people..

devadutta @ 10:35 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1221172544 ) Play

Mutilated/simplified from a question sent in by sidsen.

Identify this alpha geek of the 20th century.

Cracked by: Achilles , Rc , srikar , Goyal , shenoyvarun86 , Phani , sangoman , Ajay Parasuram , Kamal Rathi , gammafunction , svgreatest , Dibyo , Rohan , duriel , Atul Mathew , udupendra , malcaluffin , Rahul , Neeraj , Hercules , jayanth.

Answer:

Claude Shannon

23 Responses to “There are only 10 kinds of people..”

  1. Achilles Says:

    Claude Shannon,with his famous electromechanical mouse Theseus.


  2. Rc Says:

    Claude Shannon
    In the picture, Shannon and his famous electromechanical mouse Theseus (named after Theseus from Greek mythology) which he tried to have solve the maze in one of the first experiments in artificial intelligence. [Copied and pasted from Wikipedia page :P]


  3. srikar Says:

    Gregory Chaitin? The one who defined the Chaitin’s constant (Omega)

    srikar

  4. Goyal Says:

    Claude Shannon – playing with Theseus


  5. shenoyvarun86 Says:

    Claude Shannon

    shenoyvarun86

  6. Phani Says:

    Claude Shannon


  7. sangoman Says:

    Claude Shannon – responsible for upwards of 90% of all RF communications in the world


  8. Ajay Parasuram Says:

    Claude Shannon


  9. Kamal Rathi Says:

    Claude Shannon.This picture shows him with his electromechanical mouse Theseus


  10. gammafunction Says:

    Claude Shannon

    gammafunction

  11. svgreatest Says:

    Claude Shannon


  12. Dibyo Says:

    Claude Shannon

    Dibyo

  13. Rohan Says:

    claude shannon


  14. duriel Says:

    Claude Shannon


  15. Atul Mathew Says:

    Claude Shannon


  16. udupendra Says:

    I’ll instead answer what I surmise must have been Sid Sen’s original question. Claude Shannon’s electromechanical mouse is called Theseus after the mythological hero who cracks a maze.

    udupendra

  17. malcaluffin Says:

    claude shannon…information theory guru..seen with thesus the AI mouse.


  18. Rahul Says:

    Claude Shannon – dead giveaway with the maze!


  19. Neeraj Says:

    Claude E Shannon and the title refers to his work with switching circuits using relays and their analysis using boolean algebra.


  20. Hercules Says:

    Claude Shannon with his electromechanical mouse.


  21. jayanth Says:

    claude shannon..

    jayanth

  22. devadutta Says:

    @udupendra: No, he wanted to know about the unit.

    devadutta

  23. sidsen Says:

    shannon


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