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2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

We are good

—devadutta @ 21:00

Started by 1 and 2. People like 3,4 have “signed up” for it and 5 is the latest addition to the list. What are we talking about?

P.S: There is a question in-between the two pic-heavy posts.. In case you missed it

Cracked by: Goyal, mrsgollum, xeqtor, Manish Achuth, Moju21, Shwetha Maiya, aditthya, shrik, shrey, Darshan, raklodramA, Piyush, Amarendra, vinayaknp, Dibyo, SV, Thejas V R, joe, Rogi, Qbrain, Deepthi Nair, lanu, Rahul Rajeev, Logik, Raghuvansh, duriel, Sumanth Patlolla, apar, SS, v.chandrashekar, Bharath, mankuTimma, udupendra, dineshk, jowens, Pawankumar hegde, Bipin Banavalikar, Prasad, madhur, Siddarth Pai, Ananth, puneet_k, lotuseater, username, byslexia, stinky94, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, Pranav Bajaj, vijayaraghavan, Anjul, uday, theJoker, Varun Ratnakar, Vishnu Prasad, pavan, Rahulk and Aparna

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Billionaires like Bill G and Warren Buffet have signed up to give out half their wealth in a campaign called “The Giving Pledge”. Thats very nice of them. Don’t you think?


Graaargh.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Sitter, but couldn’t resist. Table of what?

Cracked by: Pawankumar Hegde, shrey, Piyush, byslexia, apar, Rogi, Bharath, Kaustubh, dineshk, jowens, Dibyo, Logik, Manish Achuth, Ananth, duriel, xeqtor, Bipin Banavalikar, Shwetha Maiya, vinayaknp, wanderlust, Moju21, Aparna, shrik, raklodramA, SV, Thejas V R, joe, Qbrain, lanu, Rahul Rajeev, Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, SS, udupendra, vkamath, Prasad, puneet_k, username, lotuseater, shenoyvarun86, Anjul, uday, Rahulk, mankuTimma and aditthya

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A comparison of five popular types of zombies - http://zombie.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie_Comparison_Chart


Monday, December 20, 2010

Very Busy

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this nobel laureate and tell us what he “decoded”

Hint:

Late post. Apologies folks. Will be up longer.

Cracked by: udupendra, Varun, byslexia, duriel, shrik, stinky94, Goyal, Pawankumar Hegde, xeqtor, Dibyo, Ananth, Raghuvansh, Shwetha Maiya, Moju21, raklodramA, Sanador, dineshk, shrey, lotuseater, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahul Rajeev, apar, Manish Achuth, username, Logik, Rogi, Kaustubh, Aparna, Piyush, Bharath, jowens, Bipin Banavalikar, aditthya, SV, Thejas V R, Qbrain, lanu, SS, v.chandrashekar, Aditya, Prasad, bluegem4, puneet_k, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, Vinay Nair Karath, Amarendra, Rahulk and mankuTimma

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Karl von Frisch who decoded the Waggle dance of bees. More


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Breakfast is brain food.

—srikanth @ 23:59

What’s greyed out?

Cracked by: udupendra, Pawankumar Hegde, jowens, Rogi, apar, shrik, Tushar S, Mo, Ananth, Dibyo, duriel, dineshk, Manish Achuth, xeqtor, Moju21, Rahul Rajeev, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, lanu, Qbrain, joe, Raghuvansh, vinayaknp, Siddarth Pai, vkamath, Logik, Jerin Philip, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, username, v.chandrashekar, bluegem4, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar and aditthya

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Soylent Corporation, from the sci-fi movie Soylent Green.


Saturday, December 18, 2010

The lamp is definitely better

—srikanth @ 23:59

The hardware flopped, but the software lives on! Simple enough - identify the device :)

Cracked by: shrik, Rogi, Pawankumar Hegde, duriel, jowens, apar, Raghuvansh, Piyush and dineshk

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The Pixar Image Computer. Pixar was initially a part hardware company. This was their “flagship” graphics computer, which bombed because it was a bit too expensive.


Friday, December 17, 2010

Did he get a trophy?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter. Who drawing a guest strip for whom?

Cracked by: xeqtor, Kaustubh, Dibyo, Pawankumar Hegde, Logik, Manish Achuth, Gurupad, vinayaknp, lotuseater, Goyal, SV, Shwetha Maiya, Moju21, apar, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Rogi, shrey, Anjul, Thejas V R, SS, jowens, Siddarth Pai, Bharath, shrik, dineshk, Mikey, stinky94, Ananth, duriel, lanu, Nishit, Vinay Nair Karath, Keerthi Kiran M, Qbrain, joe, vkamath, Sanador, byslexia, udupendra, Piyush and krudebox

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Bill Amend of Foxtrot drawing a guest comic for Randall Munroe of xkcd.


Thursday, December 16, 2010

GPS Devices

—devadutta @ 23:59

One of the most awesome experiments of all time conducted by the dude in 1 during a total solar eclipse confirmed which famous theory for the first time?

Hint: Look at the stars in 2.

Late question is sooper late. Sorry folks, will be kept open longer.

Cracked by: Logik, shrik, Tushar S, Kaustubh, Pawankumar Hegde, xeqtor, Dibyo, nishansolo, Manish Achuth, Gurupad, vinayaknp, lotuseater, Nanda, Sanador, Shwetha Maiya, Moju21, apar, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Rishi, v.chandrashekar, shrey, Arjun, Anjul, Goyal, dineshk, Thejas V R, Rahul Rajeev, SS, jowens, Siddarth Pai, Bharath, Mikey, stinky94, Ananth, duriel, raklodramA, lanu, Keerthi Kiran M, Qbrain, vkamath, srinivas, byslexia, udupendra, Piyush and krudebox

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Arthur Eddington confirmed theory of relativity by showing that light bends due to gravitational force. Since you can see stars during an eclipse, he measured the position of stars near the sun and showed that they had shifted positions.


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Squint your eyes

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this EPIC book which has illustrations like 2 and 3.

  1. 2. 3.

For fake bonus points, tell us the now very famous scientific term which was first coined in this book by its author.

Cracked by: udupendra, Kaustubh, Goyal, mrsgollum, Thejas V R, Vrashabh, Moju21, v.chandrashekar, Arjun B, Rogi, Jerin Philip, vinayaknp, raklodramA, shrik, xeqtor, Abhilash Bhandari, Dibyo, apar, Manish Achuth, stinky94, Bharath, duriel, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, Raghuvansh, krudebox, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, Logik, Nanda, Ananth, AmK, Siddarth Pai, Piyush, vkamath, Gurupad, lotuseater, Sanador and Shwetha Maiya

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Micrographia by Robert Hooke. Hooke made detailed observations of insects using his microscope and wrote this book. It was the first book published by The Royal Society. It also coined the term “Cell”.


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Crack your oars men!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Another guest question. This one is from Dibyo %gqh%. Thanksu saa!

What is this? What is it a reference to?

Dr.Strangelove has aptly said that the whole point of having a guest question in your mind is lost if you keep it a secret! so, tell us about it at [email protected]

Cracked by: Kaustubh, apar, krudebox, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, Rogi, SV, shrey, jowens, dineshk, AmK, vinayaknp, byslexia, Manish Achuth, Logik, duriel, Bharath, Dibyo, Thejas V R, raklodramA, santoshG, mankuTimma, Arjun, Moju21, wanderlust, udupendra, v.chandrashekar, Arjun B, xeqtor, Goyal, vkamath, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, ragwho, Vinay Nair Karath, Siddarth Pai and Piyush

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Google Books’s 404 page of sorts, which is a reference to Moby Dick!


Monday, December 13, 2010

Shiny

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from krudebox %gqh%. Thank you, sire!

Fresh off the press. If you had solved the problem on the board before anybody else, what would you have won for yourself?

This is a frame-grab from a recently popular video made by a popular company announcing a new product. Needless to say, someone already solved it!

Cracked by: vinayaknp, shrey, Moju21, Logik, Tushar S, krudebox, vkamath, shrik, apar, stinky94, Rogi, mankuTimma, jowens, duriel, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, SS, Dibyo, byslexia and Arjun B

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This is a video made for the release Google’s Chrome OS and some dude named Sylvain Zimmer solved the problem on the blackboard to win himself a Cr-48 laptop!