This question was sent in by Prasanth. Just 3 of 300+, identify the three and name the inventor.

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Cracked by: Dibyo , teju , duriel , Shakeel , udupendra , sumanth , sidsen , jayanth and shashank.

Dibyo, teju, prasanth, duriel, Shakeel, udupendra, sumanth, sidsen, jayanth and shashank

This ancient sword is made out of steel which is full of a “miracle material”, “discovered” only in 1991. The presence of this material made this sword extremely hard and flexible. This sword is claimed to be the first place where this “miracle material” was used (much before it was “discovered”).

Identify the sword and the “miracle material”

Cracked by: vaibhav008 , jayanth , madhur , teju , gammafunction , Dibyo , duriel , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , shyam , sumanth , shivathilak , , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , shashank , prasanth , udupendra and sidsen.

vaibhav008, jayanth, madhur, teju, gammafunction, Dibyo, duriel, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, shyam, sumanth, shivathilak, Anonymous, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, shashank, prasanth, udupendra and sidsen

This question may be a month too late, but it deserves to be asked. Identify and connect all of the above.

Cracked by: bs , jayanth , teju , madhur , Arjun Chennu , Dibyo , duriel , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad , Archana , shashank , Shakeel , prasanth , nishansolo , sidsen , yaksha and gammafunction.

See the comments for the answer. Everyone who posted got it right.

bs, jayanth, teju, madhur, Arjun Chennu, Dibyo, duriel, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad, Archana, Anonymous, Anonymous, shashank, Shakeel, prasanth, nishansolo, sidsen, yaksha and gammafunction

They were the first few “victims” of what?

Cracked By: udupendra , sidsen , Tathagata Chatterjee , jayanth , duriel and shashank.

udupendra, sidsen, Tathagata Chatterjee, jayanth, duriel and shashank

This company claimed tons of things. When asked to show proof, this was the closest they came to showing it

But, as every sane person expected, it couldn’t stand up to closer examination, and even these proofs turned out to be false.

Which company? What claim of theirs am I referring to here?

Cracked by:udupendra , gammafunction , madhur , BiGFooT , Biki , Dibyo , duriel , Ganesh Prasad , rajeshvj , prasanth , bs , shashank , shenoyvarun86 , Prasad , yaksha and jayanth.

udupendra, gammafunction, madhur, BiGFooT, Biki, Dibyo, duriel, Ganesh Prasad, rajeshvj, prasanth, bs, shashank, shenoyvarun86, Prasad, yaksha and jayanth

Connect 1,2 and 3 to a popular unix tool and tell us who is missing.

1. 2. 3.

Cracked by: madhur , Dibyo , bs , duriel , piezocake , Tathagata Chatterjee , BiGFooT , shashank and udupendra.

madhur, Dibyo, bs, duriel, piezocake, Tathagata Chatterjee, BiGFooT, shashank and udupendra

Identify the man in the picture and connect with the audio clip:

1. 
2. Clip: [audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/69c190ab759a5b7c10371d8d19e56122.mp3]

Cracked by: teju , madhur , prasanth , Biki , duriel , Dibyo and yaksha

teju, madhur, prasanth, Biki, duriel, Dibyo and yaksha

1 is the reference image for testing a particular type of software. 2,3 show the results of this test for two of the most popular among this type of software.

What is this test called? and what software are we talking about here?

1. 2. 3.

Cracked by: teju , madhur , Dibyo , sidsen , duriel , prasanth , Vinod P.V , yaksha , bs and vaibhav008.

teju, madhur, Dibyo, sidsen, duriel, prasanth, Vinod P.V, yaksha, bs and vaibhav008

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This man (1) was part of a team that developed something (say, X) that made (2) possible. Identify 1 and 2 and name X.

(Don’t bother being too specific. It’s enough if you can give me the “overall” contribution of (1)’s team to (2))

Cracked by:shyam , Shakeel , duriel , yaksha , udupendra and sidsen.

shyam, Shakeel, duriel, yaksha, udupendra and sidsen