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February 2011

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

No can see

—devadutta @ 23:59

Popular urban myth states that you can see this man-made structure from the Moon, but, none of the dudes who landed on the moon have ever seen it. Which structure are we talking about? (you can see it in this pic, its a satellite image)

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Kaustubh, Rogi, Ananth, Sandesh, KK, jowens, byslexia, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, NITHYA, shrik, Anjul, Bharath, buk, vishal golcha, dineshk, Thejas V R, Nanda, krudebox, teju, srinivasan, Siddarth Pai, ragwho, shrey, soumya g, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Crackedpot, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Riyaz Usman and Appu S

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“The Great Wall Of China”


Is Russia visible?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Who is this a reference to?

Fake whose-line-is-it-anyway style points for the whole story.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jowens, Riyaz Usman, SV, dineshk, Ananth, Rogi, KK, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, Thejas V R, Antariksh Bothale, Siddarth Pai, udupendra, vkamath, Logik, Sandesh, krudebox, teju, jins, Bharath and Crackedpot

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Google Chrome’s “about:internets” page/easter-egg is a very obvious reference to the comment about the internet being a series of tubes by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens.


Sunday, February 6, 2011

100% Power

—devadutta @ 23:28

Connect these cereal boxes ( no, they are not from the future) to the dude in 2 via a physical phenomenon

Cracked by: shrik, srinivasan, Raghuvansh, Siddarth Pai, Crackedpot, aditthya, Ananth, Rogi, Sandesh, udupendra, KK, jowens, Thejas V R, Logik, Bharath, dineshk, raklodramA, vinayaknp, Kaustubh, Shwetha Maiya and krudebox

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These cereal boxes light up using wireless electricity induced in them via the racks. It is a demo of electromagnetic induction discovreed by Michael Faraday.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

There's something dark about this.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify and connect.

Cracked by Bharath, jowens, Ananth, Raghuvansh, dineshk, Dibyo, Rogi, Appu S, lanu, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, rohanquizzer, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Thejas V R, Sanador, shrik, Logik, Riyaz Usman, Mikey, Shwetha Maiya, raklodramA and mankuTimma


Friday, February 4, 2011

Dr. Awesome

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who he?

Hint:

Cracked by: jayanth, Rogi, Sandesh, Ananth, dineshk, jowens, Anjul, Logik, KK, buk, ChaitanyaPawanBalla, Vivek, Antariksh Bothale, Bharath, Raghuvansh, Crackedpot, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, udupendra, AmK, Sanador, Thejas V R and Shwetha Maiya

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Jorge Cham, the author of PhD comics.


Thursday, February 3, 2011

So that's how he did it...

—srikanth @ 23:59

I’ll just leave this pic here…

Identify the source.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, jayanth, shrik, Muthu Sundaresan, dineshk, Bharath, Rogi, Ananth, KK, jowens, Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Moju21, Siddarth Pai, Vishnu, Thejas V R, rohanquizzer, raklodramA, Logik, v.chandrashekar, Shwetha Maiya, Crackedpot and Dibyo

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This is a diagram from Eddie Van Halen’s patent for a ‘Musical Instrument Support’. Most radical patent-app ever?


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Round Round

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify and explain the significance of this video clip.

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Anjul, KK, Siddarth Pai, Thejas V R, dineshk, Bharath, Aparna, Ananth and Sandesh

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Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture clip! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

My internship wasn't like this...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify:

Clue:

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Logik, shrik, dineshk, Ananth, SV, Rogi, jowens, KK, Bharath, Bipin Banavalikar, Anonymous, Thejas V R, shrey, raklodramA, jins, rohanquizzer, jayaprakashbr, v.chandrashekar, Sanador, aditthya, krudebox, udupendra, Antariksh Bothale, Aparna, sandesh, Crackedpot, vishal golcha, Siddarth Pai, Sohail Nijas and Sumanth Patlolla

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This graph, by a Facebook intern named Paul Butler, graphs “friendships” across continents.