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January 31, 2009

I, who?

srikanth @ 8:38 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233434312 ) Play

Identify famous couple of the world of sci-fi:

Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , malcaluffin , Bipin Banavalikar and udupendra.

Answer: (more…)

January 30, 2009

fun return fun();

devadutta @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233359942 ) Play

Every budding computer scientist would have heard about this, but never would have seen this.

Identify

Cracked by: Goyal , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , p vs np , Kal , duriel , dheeraj , twistedtail , username , bulldozer , Jean Valjean , K.S.Manish , udupendra , sumo_ftb , Johny Walker , Neeraj , shrik , darksideofchand , Ananth , Pawankumar Hegde , Vaishnavi , priyananda , Soda.

Answer: (more…)

January 29, 2009

Beware the brass rats

srikanth @ 9:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233262845 ) Play

Identify the person in the middle and what’s being done with him:

Clue:

Neeraj , Dibyo , Rohan , Ludwig , Debasish , Raghuvansh , Kal and Mo.

Answer: (more…)

January 28, 2009

log(8)/log(2)

devadutta @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233187148 ) Play

Connect

Cracked by: Goyal , twistdtail , duriel , quaziluffy , Rahul and  Debasish.

Answer: (more…)

January 27, 2009

Ask renicely

srikanth @ 9:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233090000 ) Play

Identify

Cracked by username , Goyal , Kal , udupendra and shrik.

Answer: (more…)

January 26, 2009

Half Life

devadutta @ 11:40 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1233013248 ) Play

Programming language 1 is named after 2. Identify them both.

1.  2.

Hint:

To identify 1, use the symbols in the image. To identify 2, use the image below

Cracked by: Goyal , username , udupendra , Raghuvansh , akhi , Johny Walker , vs , Kal , shenoyvarun86 , kaushik , shrik , malcaluffin , Atul Mathew and Dibyo.

Answer: (more…)

January 25, 2009

Totally tubular!

srikanth @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1232927986 ) Play

(Edit: Question dates fudged to push it back in time)

Here’s a second question for the day to make up for the repeat one earlier this week, folks.

Identify this chap and why he shot to “fame” on the interwebs:

Cracked by Atul Mathew , Kal , Goyal , Rohan , Raghuvansh , username , udupendra , Jean Valjean , Mo and karthik.

Answer: (more…)

January 24, 2009

“Listen, strange women lying in ponds and handing out swords is no basis for a system of government.”

srikanth @ 8:43 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1232829781 ) Play

What’s the story involving the guy in (1), a place in (2)’s legend, and a very irritating file format?

Cracked by almost everyone.

Answer: (more…)

January 23, 2009

It’s not the Illuminati…

srikanth @ 9:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1232744428 ) Play

A really neat question from p vs np. Identify the dude and connect to the rest

Cracked by Jean Valjean alone! Great job…

Check out p vs np’s answer for the whole funda…

January 22, 2009

Take that, Tesla!

devadutta @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1232668776 ) Play

Who is this guy? and what is he famous for?

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar , Kal , shenoyvarun86 , karthik , malcaluffin , Wasi Manazir , sumo , p vs np , lightyagami.

Answer: (more…)

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