Though it shares it’s name with one.

Simple… Identify the gizmo.

Guest question from %gqh% Rogi.

Hint: Think about four different color buttons.

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Guest question from %gqh% Rahulk. Thanks Sire!

Connect

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It was either named after (1) or (2). What?

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Identify the animal in (1) [two examples] that became famous because of (2). Pseudobonus points for full story. Points will be given for the ‘original’ name as well as any decently close approximations!

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Obscure software question, here we go - identify (1) named after (2)

PS: Sorry for the delay folks. Question stays up longer!

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Kinda continuing from the theme of the previous question - connect:

Click for big. This is not an exhaustive list :)

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Identify the man in (1), known for one of the devices in (2)

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Continuing from the previous question -

B, who collaborated with many very smart people in his time, also worked with D. (one of B and Ds collaborations, albeit a whimsical one, has appeared on Boiledbeans before). D is an American AI scientist who laid the foundations of the field of neural networks, so to speak.

D is a vocal critic of the Loebner prize event. This event is set in the format of a test named after famous British mathematicianE. E and B had collaborated for some time when E was posted to the US on matters of cryptanalysis. E is arguably even more influential than B and D, since both worked to extend E’s results in many ways, and for many more reasons that will be obvious to people who’ve figured all 3 out :)

E was, at heart, a mathematician. E developed a theoretical ‘machine’ that was named after him. He used this machine to tackle a problem (or, as some would say, the problem) posed by David Hilbert. in 1937 he came out with a solution that utilized his machines to solve the problem. However, a year earlier, F had already published a paper solving the problem by utilizing lambda calculus. The result, terribly important to some core sections of maths and computer science, is now known as the E-F Theorem.

Identify D, E and F for 1 point. No part points. Pseudo-bonus points for naming the problem from memory without misspelling it :)

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A was a Dutch cryptographer who created a set of 6 rules for a certain kind of system. The 2nd of his set of 6 remained famous and relevant and was named after him.

B was an American mathematician, cryptographer, electrical engineer and all-round genius who, almost 100 years after A, formulated a variant of the same principle. This was in turn, named after A although they both largely mean the same! B was, of course, an incredibly prolific genius whose work, many believe, created the field of information theory and his papers are considered the most important papers of the 20th century. (consequently, B has featured on Boiledbeans many times. So this is not a dupe :P)

Another interesting (unrelated) coincidence around B was with C. B proved a certain theorem in 1949 that is fundamental to the world of information theory. Unbeknownst to B, C - who was a Swedish-born American - had pretty much proved the same thing almost 20 years before. Funnily enough, almost half-a-dozen people independently proved this over time. But, by and large, the theorem is credit to both B and C.

Identify A, B and C for 1 point. No part points. Pseudo-bonus points for naming the set of 6 rules, the maxim, and the theorem :)

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