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July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

I can't figure out what's really new, but still...

—srikanth @ 19:53

Mascot of which service, that’s been getting a lot of buzz in India of late?

docomodake

Again, cracked by everyone who attempted.

shenoyvarun86, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Rogi, blackrat, djds4rce, bobo, Dibyo, kiran, yadhu, Raghuvansh, akhi, Ananth, nishansolo, Joshan, Deepthi JS and Vivek


Thursday, July 30, 2009

1bc29b36f623ba82aaf6724fd3b16718

—devadutta @ 23:44

This question was sent in a simpler form by shenoyvarun86. Thanks for the pointer saar!

Tell us how 1 wreaks havoc for algorithms like 2

  1. 740px-TooManyPigeons 2. 300px-MD5.svg

Cracked by: akhi , shenoyvarun86 , Logik , Ananth , madhur , Rogi , blackrat , kiran , Joshan , username , Deepthi JS and p vs np.

akhi, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Ananth, madhur, Rogi, blackrat, kiran, Joshan, username, Deepthi JS and p vs np


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Damaar!

—devadutta @ 22:28

Guest question from Dibyo. Thanks saar!

Identify this person and the device which is a result of some of his work.

He died more than 100 years ago and the system of calculating something that he developed is debated, doubted and discussed hotly, but hasn’t been replaced yet.

12

Went uncracked.

Checkout Dibyo’s comment for the answer.

Dibyo


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Help!

—srikanth @ 21:30

Identify and connect:

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

emrohit, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, tete80, Gurupad, chandam, Logik, Rogi, djds4rce, Vaishnavi, Advaith and Onkar


Monday, July 27, 2009

Continuation

—devadutta @ 23:19

Spot the difference

1 –> <– 2

Tell us what made 1 become like 2

Cracked by: varuns88 , Dibyo , Uniqueue , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , psrinivas , Advaith , prasadbhat , Rand Al’Thor , Gurupad , tete80 , krudebox , Rogi , madhur , username , Logik , joe ,ಅನಂತ್, djds4rce and akhi.

varuns88, Dibyo, Uniqueue, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, psrinivas, Advaith, prasadbhat, Rand Al’Thor, Gurupad, tete80, krudebox, Rogi, madhur, username, Logik, joe, Ananth, djds4rce and akhi

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Candle flame in micro-gravity (in the ISS).


Sunday, July 26, 2009

Pew pew pew...

—srikanth @ 20:23

Identify:

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

krudebox, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, chandam, udupendra, raklodramA, username, prasadbhat, Joshan, Johny Walker, Raghuvansh, madhur, Ananth, malcaluffin, Logik, duriel, Dibyo, Uniqueue, Mo, Advaith, Gurupad and tete80


Saturday, July 25, 2009

So many nations

—devadutta @ 23:28

Map showing nations contributing to what?

The light colored ones are not direct contributors.

Cracked by everyone. Nicely done!

udupendra, prasadbhat, Raghuvansh, Rogi, shenoyvarun86 and Rithwik K


Friday, July 24, 2009

Anomalous...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Two employees of Microsoft created a company of their own to create this product. Initially, they started two teams, one codenamed as a reference to something in (1) and the second codenamed as the guy highlighted in (2). The first team was supposed to create something frightening while the second was supposed to be dark and moody and literary.

The second didn’t really take off. All employees of the company were eventually merged into the first. Strong influences of the second can still be noticed in the final product, though the product eventually had nothing to do with either (1) or (2) save for a few references here and there.

Identify the codenames and the final product.

Once again, sorry for the delay. Question stays up for longer :)

Cracked by udupendra , Advaith , Mo , Dibyo , Rogi , Logik , shenoyvarun86 , akhi , Raghuvansh , varuns88 and madhur.

udupendra, Advaith, Mo, Dibyo, Rogi, Logik, shenoyvarun86, akhi, Raghuvansh, varuns88 and madhur


Thursday, July 23, 2009

Drop

—devadutta @ 22:27

Who he?

Hints:

  1. Scroll down
    Cracked by: krudebox , Rogi , emrohit , Debasish , joe , jayanth , Logik , Advaith and Rithwik K.

krudebox, Rogi, emrohit, Debasish, joe, jayanth, Logik, Advaith and Rithwik K

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Dries Buytaert founder of Drupal.


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Leader of the Muses

—devadutta @ 23:16

Guest question from udupendra. Thanks sire!

If you were using this, what would your likely destination be?

image

Plz to send guest questions to [email protected]. THX.

Cracked by: Rogi , udupendra , Abhilash , poo , shenoyvarun86 , Higgers , Logik , Advaith , Deepthi JS , Ananth , prasadbhat , Dibyo , Gurupad , Kaiser Soze , Kamal Rathi , varuns88 , Raghuvansh , Mo , madhur and duriel.

Rogi, udupendra, Abhilash, poo, shenoyvarun86, Higgers, Logik, Advaith, Deepthi JS, Ananth, prasadbhat, Dibyo, Gurupad, Kaiser Soze, Kamal Rathi, varuns88, Raghuvansh, Mo, madhur and duriel

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