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November 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Play that funky music!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Popular. What is the dancing “thing” called?

P.S: If you are in the SF Bay area, dineshk is conducting a quiz on 13th November, most probably in the Google campus in Mountain View. For more info mail [email protected]

Cracked by: apar, Pawankumar Hegde, krudebox, dineshk, jowens, Ananth, SS, Thejas V R, Rogi, Dhan, aditthya, shrik and Shwetha Maiya

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The robot Keepon (developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski) dancing to the Spoon song, “Don’t You Evah.”


Nuts and bolts...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Early patent diagrams for something. How do we know these today?

Cracked by: udupendra, Ananth, Goyal, apar, Pawankumar Hegde, Rogi, dineshk, Mikey, username, jowens, krudebox, Dhan, Bharath, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86, Shwetha Maiya and quaziluffy

This question was, apparently, previously featured on shenoyvarun86’s blog. The petering was completely accidental :-)


Monday, November 8, 2010

Like this a?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Every dog’s dream vehicle. What is this?

Cracked by: username, Rogi, krudebox, raklodramA, dineshk, Thejas V R, Pawankumar Hegde, Manish Achuth, Vinayak, Raghuvansh, vinayaknp, shrik, udupendra, Rahulk, Nanda, KK, apar, v.chandrashekar, Sumanth Patlolla, nishansolo, Ananth, jowens, Bharath, Piyush, Mikey, byslexia, Anjul, Dibyo, mankuTimma and Shwetha Maiya

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Space vehicle used by Russians to carry dogs for sub-orbital and space vehicles


Monday, November 8, 2010

One more? Is there anything they didn't do?

—srikanth @ 01:10

Identify:

Sorry for the late post, folks.

Also, looks like the YC question I posted was more-or-less a repeat. I’ll be posting another one today to make up for that, and then deleting that one. :-)

Cracked by: Bharath, Rogi, username, raklodramA, Thejas V R, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Mukul, apar, jowens, bluegem4, dineshk, Pawankumar Hegde, Mikey, krudebox, Rahulk, udupendra, Ananth and Dibyo

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Gyricon Electric Paper - the first “electronic ink” mechanism, developed by Xerox PARC!


Monday, November 8, 2010

Bantu Bantu.. T-Shirtu Bantu!

—devadutta @ 01:09

They are here! The T-Shirts are here!

We will start shipping them out as soon as tomorrow and you will receive an individual note when we have sent it out to you!
When you receive your shirt, do send us a picture of you wearing it!

A special thanks to **Hema **for all her help with the t-shirts! Thanks Hema, we owe you one!

More Pictures:


Saturday, November 6, 2010

Love me or Hate me

—devadutta @ 23:59

This guy is responsible for creating one of the most annoying things ever in human-computer interaction. Who he?

To be fair, some people love his creation.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jowens, byslexia, apar, username, dineshk, Rogi, mankuTimma, udupendra, shrik, raklodramA, Dhan, Logik, Pawankumar Hegde, Thejas V R and Vinayak

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Kevan Atteberry, the creator of Clippy.


Friday, November 5, 2010

The sum is apparently 42

—srikanth @ 23:59

Internet obscuridae: The items below are a reference to something. What?

This question will eventually replace the YC one I posted on the 5th.

Cracked by: shrik, raklodramA, username, mankuTimma, Sumanth Patlolla, Mukul, SV, apar, v.chandrashekar, jowens, Rogi, Bharath, dineshk, Mikey, Pawankumar Hegde, byslexia, SS, krudebox, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh, udupendra, Rahulk, nishansolo, Ananth and Dibyo


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Ban this from the sky.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Borderline non-geek question today.

Who is the director of this?

Happy DeepavaLi folks!

P.S: Needless to say, the flower pot (fireworks) you see is not a part of the question.

Cracked by: vijayaraghavan, Raghuvansh, username, udupendra, Thejas V R, Rogi, nishansolo, Ananth, Dhan, Anjul, Manish Achuth, Pawankumar Hegde, krudebox, jowens, dineshk, soumya g, Logik, apar and yaksha

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The one and only, Bansky!


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I'll follow you, no problem

—devadutta @ 23:59

Which physics concept connects the following? (Put the name of the concept please)

Cracked by: udupendra, Dhan, SS, Ananth, apar, Rogi, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, jowens, krudebox, aditthya, Anjul, dineshk, Raghuvansh, Ep and Vijay

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Drafting or Slipstreaming, where people/birds use formations like following someone closely or forming a V to attain aerodynamic advantages.


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Not James Bond

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from krudebox %gqh%. Thanks saar!

Who does this famous van belong to?

In case you cannot squint your eyes enough to see the drawings on the van, you can look at this license plate

Cracked by: Rogi, shrik, apar, jowens, Vijay, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, SS, byslexia, Pawankumar Hegde, Thejas V R, krudebox, mankuTimma, username, dineshk, Vinay Nair Karath, Dhan, vijayaraghavan and Shwetha Maiya

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Feynman Van!