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January 2008

Saturday, January 12, 2008

2*Pi*r

—devadutta @ 19:24

Who is he (My apologies for posting it late)

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Hint:

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Cracked by: Arjun Chennu , madhur , nishansolo , yaksha , udupendra , piezocake , nishas thambi , bs , jayanth , Swetha , Shreyas , shashank and shenoyvarun86.

Arjun Chennu, madhur, nishansolo, yaksha, udupendra, piezocake, nishas thambi, bs, jayanth, Swetha, Shreyas, shashank and shenoyvarun86


I am who I am because of who we all are

—devadutta @ 11:26

This question came in from Shashank complete with the title.
We love the question. Thanks dude!
Connect

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And the list is exhaustive, btw.

Cracked by: rahultimate , arbitguy , madhur , jayanth , Arjun Chennu , Dibyo , nishas thambi , udupendra , Atul Mathew , Tathagata Chatterjee , piezocake and gammafunction.

Shashank, we will think about giving you the point :)

And another guy had a profanity laced answer/uname, which has been deleted.

rahultimate, arbitguy, madhur, jayanth, Arjun Chennu, Dibyo, nishas thambi, udupendra, Atul Mathew, Tathagata Chatterjee, piezocake and gammafunction


Thursday, January 10, 2008

↓↘→P

—srikanth @ 11:03

A sumo wrestler, a Brazilian monster, a soviet boxer and, my personal favourite, a fire-breathing mallu yogi formed one half of the original ensemble of heroes. Their antagonists included matadors and Thai boxers. What was the “show”?

Cracked by: Dibyo , udupendra , Abhishek , BiGFooT , prasanth , rahultimate , nishas thambi , jayanth , gammafunction and shashank.

Dibyo, udupendra, Abhishek, BiGFooT, prasanth, rahultimate, nishas thambi, jayanth, gammafunction and shashank

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These were 4 of the 8 fighters in Capcom’s path-breaking arcade fighting game Street Fighter 2: World Warriors. See the comments for people who’ve identified all of them :-)


Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Root of Mean Squared

—devadutta @ 11:52

What is happening here

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Hint:

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Cracked by: udupendra , nishas thambi , Dibyo , yaksha , prasanth , shashank , Keerthi Kiran M , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee and rahultimate.

udupendra, nishas thambi, Dibyo, yaksha, prasanth, shashank, Keerthi Kiran M, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee and rahultimate


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

New car, caviar, four star daydream

—srikanth @ 09:52

The woman in the picture: what is her claim to fame?

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To establish the context:

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Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , BiGFooT , Dibyo , teju , sidsen , jayanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , nishas thambi , shashank , prasanth and rahultimate.

udupendra, madhur, BiGFooT, Dibyo, teju, sidsen, jayanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, nishas thambi, shashank, prasanth and rahultimate

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Anshe Chung/Aelin Graef became stinking rich (a millionaire) by earning “Linden Dollars” in second life, and converting it to real money.


Monday, January 7, 2008

Guvf vf n uvag

—devadutta @ 09:44
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Identify 1 and Connect to 2,3.
Hint: 1 named his most-popular “product” on a “store” in 2.

Cracked by: udupendra , bs , jayanth , nishansolo , Dibyo , teju , madhur , bobo , shashank and nishas thambi.

udupendra, bs, jayanth, nishansolo, Dibyo, teju, madhur, bobo, shashank and nishas thambi


Sunday, January 6, 2008

Look sharp

—srikanth @ 10:05

“Regular” film stock looks like what you see in the picture at the left below. A subtle difference in film stock, shown in the picture on the right below, allowed for much higher resolution and clarity (in its time). What is the technology that uses the stock on the right called?
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Cracked by: udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth, and shashank.

udupendra, Rohan, Dibyo, prasanth and shashank

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IMAX.


Saturday, January 5, 2008

Do your research

—devadutta @ 11:20

Who he

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Cracked by: Shashank , jayanth , Shreyas , udupendra , BiGFooT , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , nishansolo , Arjun Chennu , yaksha , cas , prasanth , sidsen , rajeshvj , Rohan , arbitguy , bobo , nishas thambi and Tathagata Chatterjee.

Shashank, jayanth, Shreyas, udupendra, BiGFooT, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, nishansolo, Arjun Chennu, yaksha, cas, prasanth, sidsen, rajeshvj, Rohan, arbitguy, bobo, nishas thambi and Tathagata Chatterjee


Friday, January 4, 2008

London, we have a problem.

—srikanth @ 10:38

It was first described thirty years before Armstrong’s famous line, and updated with the latest tech ten years after its first description, to the form you see it in below.

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One of the members of the design team was this guy, who’s more famous for other things.

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Identify the device, and name the chap.

Cracked by only udupendra and Dibyo. Great work guys!

udupendra and Dibyo

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In 1939 (thirty years before the Apollo moon landing), the British Interplanetary Society set forth its designs for a Lunar Lander. With plans to have a 1000 tonne rocket, powered by 2490 rockets, this BIS moon ship was a mammoth of a device. The plans were updated in 1949 with the latest tech, to look similar to what you see in the first picture.


Thursday, January 3, 2008

No ads please

—devadutta @ 10:02

Connect to a popular internet company.

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Hint: The building you see in 2 is where the company runs from.

Cracked by: Dibyo and nishas thambi :) (and udupendra, on email)

Dibyo, nishas thambi and udupendra