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April 2008

Unregistered users need to know math

—devadutta @ 18:07

UPDATE: http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/04/04/reverse-turing-test/

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In order to keep off script kiddies from posting spam comments, we have added a math based captcha which shows up when you try to post a comment while not logged in.

Here is an example question which will appear on April 1, 2009:

On all other days, the questions will be as simple as “add 5 and 5”, which as a quizzer, should not be hard for you. But in case you forgot addition, keep some abacus variant handy ( Google is also a part-time abacus variant.. it has a calculator built in :) )

If you detest captchas, please register and the annoying first standard addition questions will vanish :)


Better than Zaphod

—srikanth @ 10:26

(This is not a HHGTTG question)

(1) and (2) were messing around with (3). While doing so, they detected something that they totally could not explain. They tried a lot to eliminate it (at one point of time, they even suspected (4)), but they just couldn’t get rid of it.

Eventually, they realized that they just couldn’t eliminate it because it was not an anomaly. It was real, and it validated decades of work, and basically proved one of the most debated hypotheses of all time, beyond any doubt.

What is it (that they discovered)?

And who are (1) and (2)?

Cracked by: varuns88 , udupendra , Ajay Parasuram , teju , madhur , Jesse , Rahul , duriel , Dibyo , Prasad , Keerthi Kiran M , Amar , psrinivas , RajT and yaksha.

varuns88, udupendra, Ajay Parasuram, teju, madhur, Jesse, Rahul, duriel, Dibyo, Prasad, Keerthi Kiran M, Amar, psrinivas, RajT and yaksha

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This question is one of the first ever sci quiz questions I answered, back when i was a wee little lad with principles and ideals and goals and all… Ah, the fond memories…


Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Another R.I.P

—devadutta @ 09:21

What is happening here?

Cracked by: udupendra , vaibhav008 , duriel , varuns88 , teju , Dibyo , Amar , jake , psrinivas and akhi.

udupendra, vaibhav008, duriel, varuns88, teju, Dibyo, Amar, jake, psrinivas and akhi


Tuesday, April 1, 2008

In retrospect...

—srikanth @ 09:12

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Cracked by: teju , Madhur and udupendra.

teju, Madhur and udupendra