What is this class of devices called?
Hint: Name is blanked out here:
PS: I fought off the gremlins and came back. Yay.
Cracked by: vijayaraghavan, Rogi, shrik, jowens, dineshk, Mikey, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, vinayaknp, Antariksh Bothale, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Ananth, sandesh, Bharath, Thejas V R, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA, Appu S, rohanquizzer, v.chandrashekar, Sanador, Aparna, udupendra, Kaustubh and Sohail Nijas
Tokamak reactors.
Comic suggestion for a social-network’s 503 page by a famous web-comic artist. It was actually used. Who is the artist? Which social network?
Late question is soooper laaate. Sorry folks, Gremlins kidnapped the Quizmaster.
Cracked by: dineshk, Anonymous, Riyaz Usman, raklodramA, Sanador, Dibyo, Rogi, Thejas V R, Bipin Banavalikar, vinayaknp, Moju21, jins, KK, shrey, madhur, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Aparna, Bharath, shrik, Logik, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Manish Achuth, sandesh, udupendra, Kaustubh and Shwetha Maiya
The Oatmeal’s suggestion for Tumblr’s 503 page.
This dude, is a famous composer. He is even more famous for his scientific discoveries. Who he?
For fake bonus points, tell us what he discovered.
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Ananth, jowens, Bharath, sandesh, KK, Dibyo, Rogi, dineshk, shrik, lanu, Qbrain, raklodramA, puneet_k, Bipin Banavalikar, Muthu sundaresan, Manish Achuth, vishal, udupendra, rohanquizzer, Appu S, v.chandrashekar, Sohail Nijas, Sumanth Patlolla, Aparna, vishal golcha, Thejas V R, Nanda, Riyaz Usman, Siddarth Pai and Logik
Sir William Herschel, great composer and discoverer of Uranus.
A somewhat-famous image of a very famous tech personality. Who? Where?
Another pic of the location.
PS: Don’t miss the other question that was posted today!
Cracked by: lotuseater, dineshk, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, puneet_k, Manish Achuth, appu s, Thejas V R, jowens, shrik, udupendra, KK, Ananth, Dibyo, sandesh, vinayaknp, Bharath, Raghuvansh, lanu, Qbrain, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar and Sohail Nijas
Steve Wozniak. He sponsored the “Us” festivals, a Woodstockish mix of music and culture, held in California in 1982 and 1983.
Sorry for the late post folks. Slightly-modified question from %gqh% Rogi!
Name the item in this recreation that everybody’s so interested in:
Hint:
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, lotuseater, jowens, Aravind and dineshk
This is the infamous Los Alamos “Demon Core” that killed 2 scientists on separate occasions.
Iconic photo from the seventies. Fast Forwarded to 2008. Who is blocked out?
Cracked by: Aparna, v.chandrashekar, AmK, dineshk, wanderlust, Ananth, Kaustubh, prateekbhatt, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Anjul, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, raklodramA, puneet_k, lotuseater, lanu, Nanda, shrik, Muthu sundaresan, buk, shrey, rohanquizzer, Rahul Rajeev, appu s, Moju21, Logik, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, Aravind, Tushar S, vkamath, Siddarth Pai, krudebox, Akhilesh, aditthya, Sohail Nijas, udupendra, piezocake and sandesh
What connects? This list is far from exhaustive. Visual acuity might help :p
Cracked by: shrik, sandesh, shrey, dineshk, Rogi, vinayaknp, Dibyo, jowens, Anjul, Raghuvansh, udupendra, Bharath and puneet_k
The posters (1) and (3) have QR codes in them, as does the Borderlands screenshot (2).
What is this funky pattern known as? You can find them on currency notes.
For fake bonus points, tell us what happens when software like Adobe Photoshop sees this pattern in an image.
Cracked by: udupendra, rohanquizzer, Shwetha Maiya, Suvojit Sarkar, Moju21, vinayaknp, lanu, Logik, Sanador, krudebox, Dibyo, KK, appu s, Inglourious, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Bharath, madhur, Rogi, lotuseater, Kaustubh, sandesh, dineshk, SV, jowens, Aravind, prasad, Sohail Nijas, puneet_k, level_roxpol, vkamath, Mikey, Raghuvansh, Qbrain, Thejas V R, Muthu sundaresan, dheeraj, mankuTimma, Siddarth Pai, Aparna and Antariksh Bothale
EURion constellation pattern found on currency notes to help software detect the presence of a banknote in a digital image. Such software can then block the user from reproducing banknotes to prevent counterfeiting using colour photocopiers.
What is this account talking about?
Cracked by: udupendra, Kaustubh, shrik, Sumit Gunjan, shrey, Raghuvansh, SV, dineshk, Anjul, KK, Dibyo, Rogi, Sanador, Logik, vinayaknp, madhur, lotuseater, byslexia, Riyaz Usman, mrsgollum, mankuTimma, puneet_k, appu s, rohanquizzer, Shwetha Maiya, Moju21, krudebox, lanu, Siddarth Pai, Inglourious, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Manish Achuth, sandesh, Aditya Date, kanti, jowens, Aravind, titlesticle, Thejas V R, vkamath, Mikey, Mo and Qbrain
That twitter account is counting down to the dramatically-named “IPCalypse”, the day we run out of allocatable IPv4 addresses. Apparently, the end is nigh.
Identify this dude. His most important work can be found in the form of a book in every engineer’s home (home because not too many people use it that often anymore).
Cracked by: mrsgollum, Thejas V R, raklodramA, puneet_k, Shwetha Maiya, vinayaknp, Tushar S, SYEDMOHDMUNEERALI, rohanquizzer, Rogi, appu s, lotuseater, Moju21, KK, Rahul Rajeev, Sohail Nijas, Rithwik K, Bharath, Logik, Nanda, Ananth, shrik, Kaustubh, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, dineshk, Sumit Gunjan, Raghuvansh, byslexia, Riyaz Usman, mankuTimma, lanu, v.chandrashekar, krudebox, Inglourious, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, jowens and Siddarth Pai
John Napier, inventor of Logarithms