Today, a borderline non-geek question. Could not resist asking this :)

Whats happening here? and tell us what 1 is called

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We see some new users on BB! Welcome, fellow time-travellers!

Cracked by: Akshat , duriel , jayanth , akhi , varuns88 , Goyal , Dibyo , Rey de Vaqueiros , Tathagata Chatterjee , madhur , udupendra , sujoy bhattacharjee , srikar , manubhardwaj

Akshat, duriel, jayanth, akhi, varuns88, Goyal, Dibyo, Rey de Vaqueiros, Tathagata Chatterjee, madhur, udupendra, sujoy bhattacharjee, srikar and manubhardwaj

Identify this man who gave his name to a class of computer programs (like the one below the picture) that have intrigued programmers for years

> `main(a){printf(a="main(a){printf(a=%c%s%c,34,a,34);}",34,a,34);}`

Cracked by: piezocake , varuns88 , joe , Shakeel , shashank , duriel , Mahesh , madhur , akhi , priyananda , Prasad and Rey de Vaqueiros.

piezocake, varuns88, joe, Shakeel, shashank, duriel, Mahesh, madhur, akhi, priyananda, Prasad and Rey de Vaqueiros

This guy, who was originally a magician stared making films. He devised many cinematographic techniques which allowed him to make a class of movies never heard of before. Who is he and tell us which class of movies he pioneered.

Hint:

Cracked by: Abid , Goyal , varuns88 , akhi , udupendra , CKV , Tathagata Chatterjee , Rohan , BiGFooT , Dibyo , prasanth , svgreatest , Ashwin , duriel , priyananda , Atul Mathew , bobo , Ginkgo100 , madhur , yaksha , srikar , Rey de Vaqueiros , Poornima.

Abid, Goyal, varuns88, akhi, udupendra, CKV, Tathagata Chatterjee, Rohan, BiGFooT, Dibyo, prasanth, svgreatest, Ashwin, duriel, priyananda, Atul Mathew, bobo, Ginkgo100, madhur, yaksha, srikar, Rey de Vaqueiros and Poornima