(1) and (2) developed an algorithm, that (3) later optimized and patented. (3)’s patent was granted in the name of Sperry Corporation (that later, through a series of unfortunate events, became Unisys). The company X, unaware of the patent, chose this technique to implement their famous format Y.

X, however, went nuts and decided to require everyone who used Y to pay them (and Unisys) money for using their format. This caused much IT industry uproar and melodrama that went against X and, some believe, eventually lead to X’s downfall.

Now, identify 1, 2, 3 and name the company X and the format Y.

Cracked by: udupendra , pratap , madhur , duriel , shyam , Shakeel , Dibyo , piezocake , Keerthi Kiran M , shivathilak , RajT , jayanth , yaksha , prasanth , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad and Tathagata Chatterje.

udupendra, pratap, madhur, duriel, shyam, Shakeel, Dibyo, piezocake, Keerthi Kiran M, shivathilak, RajT, jayanth, yaksha, prasanth, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad and Tathagata Chatterjee

Identify the guy circled in red. You can ignore the others :)

This guy was all over the news recently. And oh.. here is another one

For a random guy, he sure is famous. Cracked by a huge bunch: madhur , Dibyo , Ganesh Prasad , vaibhav008 , udupendra , Swetha , prasanth , shivathilak , Atul Mathew , RajT , quantumfoammakesmeroamakhi , duriel and yaksha.

madhur, Dibyo, Ganesh Prasad, vaibhav008, udupendra, Swetha, prasanth, shivathilak, Atul Mathew, RajT, akhi, duriel and yaksha

The guy in 1 created X which is considered the ultimate geek toy. 2,3,4 are his less famous creations among many others.

1. 

2. 3. 4.

Identify 1 and X

Cracked by: madhur , jayanth , nishansolo , Atul Mathew , Dibyo , Arun Krishnamoorthy , shenoyvarun86 , udupendra , Arjun Chennu , duriel , Dhananjay , RajT , Tathagata Chatterjee , shashank , vaibhav008 , varuns88( Welcome to BB! ) and Shreyas.

madhur, jayanth, nishansolo, Atul Mathew, Dibyo, Arun Krishnamoorthy, shenoyvarun86, udupendra, Arjun Chennu, duriel, Dhananjay, RajT, Tathagata Chatterjee, shashank, vaibhav008, varuns88 and Shreyas

Identify the artist and the works below his picture. Also, name the work of his that’s missing from this set .

Cracked in entirety by: madhur , duriel , Dibyo , jayanth , udupendra and arbitguy.

madhur, duriel, Dibyo, jayanth, udupendra and arbitguy

Identify and connect.

Total sitter. Cracked by:sidsen , madhur , duriel , Shreyas , Dibyo , prasanth , jayanth , udupendra , RajT and shashank.

sidsen, madhur, duriel, Shreyas, Dibyo, prasanth, jayanth, udupendra, RajT and shashank

Connect

Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , teju , madhur , duriel , prasanth , nishansolo , Dibyo , Vinod P.V , Poornima , shashank , Ganesh Prasad , jayanth and Shreyas.

udupendra, sidsen, teju, madhur, duriel, prasanth, nishansolo, Dibyo, Vinod P.V, Poornima, shashank, Ganesh Prasad, jayanth and Shreyas

1. See image - it is an etching.
2. Identify the medium it was etched on
3. Identify where it was used
4. ???
5. Profit!

Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Poornima , teju , Biki , Dibyo , Ganesh Prasad , Vinod P.V , Shakeel , prasanth , nishansolo , Prasad , sidsen , shashank , duriel , jayanth , BiGFooT and yaksha.

udupendra, madhur, Poornima, teju, Biki, Dibyo, Ganesh Prasad, Vinod P.V, Shakeel, prasanth, nishansolo, Prasad, sidsen, shashank, duriel, jayanth, BiGFooT and yaksha

Many congrats to yaksha for scoring 100 points on Boiledbeans! He is the second bb user to hit this mega geek milestone.
He has sent in a guest question to commemorate this event and we will be posting it on bb tomorrow.

Nice work yaksha!

Now for today’s question: Identify and Connect

Cracked by: Dibyo , udupendra , duriel(almost lost the point ;) ) , shashank , Vinay and yaksha.

Dibyo, udupendra, duriel, shashank, Vinay and yaksha

This is a chronologically ordered series of pictures capturing the steps involved in something. What is being implemented here?

Forward path

Return path:

Cracked by:madhur , jayanth , udupendra , Dibyo , prasanth , Rahul Ranade , shashank , sumanth , yaksha and duriel.

madhur, jayanth, udupendra, Dibyo, prasanth, Rahul Ranade, duriel, shashank, sumanth and yaksha

Millions of geeks started off their coding life using this man’s invention. Identify the man in the photograph below, the contraption in his hands, and what it created.

Many clues in the picture.

Cracked by: shashank , madhur , jayanth , Dibyo , duriel , piezocake (can’t just come out and say it, can you…), Shreyas , udupendra , sidsen and sumanth.

shashank, madhur, jayanth, Dibyo, duriel, piezocake, Shreyas, udupendra, sidsen and sumanth