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March 2008

Monday, March 31, 2008

Free Phone

—devadutta @ 09:37

Question from Shashank. Thanksu kaNri…

BTW, questions can be mailed to [email protected]

Connect:

Cracked by: teju , shashank , Madhur , varuns88 , prasanth , Dibyo , psrinivas , Amar , Tathagata Chatterjee , bobo , svgreatest , alakh_niranjan , duriel and jayanth.

teju, shashank, Madhur, varuns88, prasanth, Dibyo, psrinivas, Amar, Tathagata Chatterjee, bobo, svgreatest, alakh_niranjan, duriel and jayanth

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Openmoko is an effort to make mobile phones completely free (as in freedom). It runs a Linux based OS and even its hardware is open sourced. The phone in 1, is FIC’s neo1973, the first Openmoko phone. Details below..


Sunday, March 30, 2008

Unknown is an ocean

—devadutta @ 11:08

Mutated form of a question originally sent in by yaksha. Tumba Thanksu, Mr.yaksha!

Connect:

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Hint:

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Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Rahul , vaibhav008 , rajeshvj , teju , Dibyo , shyam , jake , Amar , svgreatest , RajT , akhi , duriel , varuns88 , shashank , jayanth , alakh_niranjan , Rohan.

udupendra, madhur, Rahul, vaibhav008, rajeshvj, teju, Dibyo, shyam, jake, Amar, svgreatest, RajT, akhi, Anonymous, duriel, yaksha, varuns88, shashank, jayanth, alakh_niranjan and Rohan


Saturday, March 29, 2008

Yeehaw?

—srikanth @ 10:56
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Identify and connect

Disclosure: I’ve shamelessly flicked this question from some other quiz. Unfortunately I can’t remember which right now. All credit goes to the original QM :)

Cracked by: madhur , duriel , svgreatest , manubhardwaj , teju , jayanth , varuns88 , rajeshvj , shashank , yaksha , Rohan , Biki , udupendra , Prasad and Dibyo.

madhur, duriel, svgreatest, manubhardwaj, teju, jayanth, varuns88, rajeshvj, shashank, yaksha, Rohan, Biki, udupendra, Prasad and Dibyo


Friday, March 28, 2008

G'morning!

—srikanth @ 10:09

Connect:

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[audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/a106601d5a433d40a33b7493b430223f.mp3]

Fully cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Srikanth , vaibhav008 and duriel. akhi , nishansolo , teju and shashank were almost there.

PS: Srikanth, dude, you might want to use a different name. Fact is, since you’re not registered, and you’re using my username to post anon, I’m getting all your points :)

akhi, udupendra, madhur, nishansolo, Srikanth, teju, vaibhav008, shashank and duriel

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NASA has a long running tradition of beaming wake-up songs to manned spaceflights to wake up their crew members.


Thursday, March 27, 2008

Yet another bluish question

—srikanth @ 10:36

A chance posting on slashdot and/or groklaw led to this meme getting created. Connect and explain:

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(Back after a short hiatus… It looks like my internet connection decided to go on a vacation as soon as I came back from one… Thanks for covering up for me Mr. D :-) )

Cracked by: teju , udupendra , rishabh , akhi , Dibyo , jake , Shiva , Srikanth and The Nony Mouse.

teju, udupendra, rishabh, akhi, Dibyo, jake, Shiva, Srikanth and The Nony Mouse

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IBM’s lawyers and legal team have been called the Nazgul (of LoTR fame). The meme originated in a slashdot posting and soon took root at groklaw. The comparison probably started when SCO (small fry) filed suit against IBM. Someone noted that IBM could “blacken the sky with their lawyers”. Other phrases about their “ruthlessness and utter dedication to their masters” were also thrown in to the ring, helping it along.


Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Common Sense

—devadutta @ 13:44

Guest question from duriel. Thanks!

Just fill up the blank. Combinations of these form different types of __________

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Cracked by: udupendra , Narayana B.V and shashank.

duriel, udupendra, Narayana B.V and shashank


Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Happy Birthday Srikanth!

—devadutta @ 10:17

March 25th, today, is Srikanth’s (you know.. the “pompous quiz master who is convinced he is god”) birthday.

Feel free to post your wishes as a comment here!


Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Dont fear the robot!

—devadutta @ 10:13

Where can you find these cool robot art

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This is the latest and my favorite

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Hint: The images are in chronologically correct order and 3 came out recently.

Shashank (and varuns88, who was slightly late) is(are) the only one(s) to get it right! ^:)^

shashank and varuns88


Monday, March 24, 2008

Practicals

—srikanth @ 10:21

Who it is?

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(No deep connect here. He’s just a really cool guy)

Cracked by: bobo , Dibyo , Shyam , prasanth , yaksha , The Nony Mouse , varuns88 , RajT and shashank.

bobo, Dibyo, Shyam, prasanth, yaksha, The Nony Mouse, varuns88, RajT and shashank

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Prof. Walter Lewin. A Physics prof at MIT, he regularly accompanies his lectures with all sorts of wacky demonstrations. Teh intarwebs are full of info about this guy, you should check it out some time :)


Sunday, March 23, 2008

Kaju

—devadutta @ 10:01

This company started off making 1, went on to make 2 and today it sells a plethora of electronic stuff.
Which electronics giant are we talking about? Also, identify 1 and 2.

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Cracked by: teju , madhur , Dibyo and varuns88. Bravo!

teju, madhur, Dibyo and varuns88