Something slightly tougher for the weekend… Connect them all:
This list is not exhaustive.
Cracked by: udupendra, devadutta, bobo, sidsen and teju.
udupendra, devadutta, bobo, sidsen and teju
The book, “The crying of Lot 49” connects them all.
This question was sent in by Karthik Jagadeesan. Thanks a lot buddy! (and oh.. you can send in questions to [email protected])
Who holds this patent?
Cracked by: udupendra , bobo , Poornima , jayanth , sidsen , deepak , shivathilak , Atul Mathew , alephnull , Dibyo , Vinod P.V , prasanth , yaksha , Abhishek and nisha’s thambi.
udupendra, bobo, Poornima, jayanth, sidsen, deepak, shivathilak, Atul Mathew, alephnull, Dibyo, Vinod P.V, prasanth, yaksha, Abhishek and nishas thambi
Michael Jackson.
This question comes to us from Nihit. Identify the man in the picture below:
Cracked by: Poornima , sidsen , bobo , teju , Keerthi Kiran M , shivathilak , prasanth , Madan , aandthirtyeights , Abhishek , iamniks , alephnull and yaksha
Poornima, sidsen, bobo, teju, Keerthi Kiran M, shivathilak, prasanth, Madan, aandthirtyeights, Abhishek, iamniks, alephnull and yaksha
Christopher Sholes. Famous for inventing the typewriter and now infamous for the RSI-inducing QWERTY layout of our keyboards.
Connect
2. 
Cracked by: bs , alephnull , iamniks , Tathagata Chatterjee , udupendra , Goutham , bobo , A Nony Mouse , jayanth , Anirudh , sidsen , prasanth and yaksha.
bs, alephnull, iamniks, Tathagata Chatterjee, udupendra, Goutham, bobo, A Nony Mouse, jayanth, Anirudh, sidsen, prasanth and yaksha
Three views of what?
Extra credit: Connect with the latest news :)
Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , teju , iamniks , shivathilak , alephnull , Abhishek , Ganesh Prasad , aandthirtyeights , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , Gammafunction , prasanth , arbitguy and jayanth.
udupendra, sidsen, teju, iamniks, shivathilak, alephnull, Abhishek, Ganesh Prasad, aandthirtyeights, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, Gammafunction, prasanth, arbitguy and jayanth
This is GM’s exhibit of a “future city of 1960” in the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. The whole exhibit was called Futurama. The animated series got its name from this.
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Identify 1 and 2.
Cracked by: jayanth , udupendra , deepak , teju , , iamniks , Ganesh Prasad , Abhishek , alephnull , shivathilak , prasanth , Keerthi Kiran M , bobo , sidsen , A Nony Mouse , Gammafunction , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , piezocake , piezocake and nisha’s thambi.
jayanth, udupendra, deepak, teju, Anonymous, iamniks, Ganesh Prasad, Abhishek, alephnull, shivathilak, prasanth, Keerthi Kiran M, bobo, sidsen, A Nony Mouse, Gammafunction, yaksha, Tathagata Chatterjee, piezocake, piezocake and nishas thambi
What is blanked out in this postage stamp?
For extra credit: What is the whole thing the guy is wearing called?
Cracked by: udupendra , teju , shivathilak , rajeshvj , Ramanand , Mahesh , teju , sidsen , alephnull , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shreyas , A Nony Mouse , bs , VikraM , bobo , deepak , and nisha’s thambi.
udupendra, teju, shivathilak, rajeshvj, Ramanand, Mahesh, teju, sidsen, alephnull, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, Shreyas, A Nony Mouse, bs, VikraM, bobo, deepak and nishas thambi
US Postage stamp commemorating Rube Goldberg’s cartoons. The cartoon there is the Self-Operating Napkin.
This question is based on a suggestion from Anirudh Deshpande. Thanks a lot dude!
Identify and connect.
Cracked by: teju , sidsen , VikraM , jayanth, Nishas thambi and udupendra.
@piezocake: what!?
teju, sidsen, VikraM, jayanth, nishas thambi and udupendra
Connect the images to one of the greatest geek culture icons of all time.
Cracked by: teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen, and nisha’s thambi.
teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen and nishas thambi
The signature on top makes it a bit obvious, but it was intentional. These are machine code listings from Mel Kaye, who used to code on an LGP30 in the Royal McBee computer corporation. The “Real programmers” series of messages/memes originated from the hacks that this guy used to pull off. See “The story of mel” on the jargon file for more info :)
a. Hold the picture 1 close to your face so that your nose touches it (You might want to print it out.. you know its the flu season :P)
b. Slowly move away from it and try not to focus on 1
c. Continue moving it away from you very slowly until you see a Shark.
Now for the question. What are images like 1 called?
Cracked by: udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nisha’s thambi, bobo, prasanth, and Poornima (list was wrong. Fixed on 25/11/07)
udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nishas thambi, bobo, prasanth and Poornima
Autostereograms.