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October 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

It is imperative.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the standing man (left).

:-(

Cracked by: KK, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, badideabear, Thejas V R, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma, Jayaprakash B R, raklodramA, username, shrik, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath-TK, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, Ananth, Rogi, Ganesh Prasad, Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Urthstripe, Anjul, Aditya S, jowens, sandeep bhat, Rahul Rajeev, Mayukh Bose and Raghuvansh

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Dennis Ritchie - co-creator of the C programming language. Passed away around the weekend of October 8th 2011. Exact news is not out yet (as of 12th oct).


+50 Bonus points for anyone who puts up a video singing the poem

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the real person:

More hints: This is linked to the previous question.

Cracked by: Jayaprakash B R, shrik, Urthstripe, Urthstripe, Amarendra Kumar, Thejas V R, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Rogi, Ananth, KK, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, mankuTimma, username, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, Aditya S and raklodramA

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F.X. Reid is the pen-name of British CS professor Mike W Shields.


Sunday, October 9, 2011

Not considered 'that' harmful

—srikanth @ 23:59

A formal treatment of a very informal concept. But people actually went on to implement it, though. What is blanked out?

Cracked by: shrik, Jayaprakash B R, jowens, Amarendra Kumar, Urthstripe, Thejas V R, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Rogi, wanderlust, Ananth, KK, raklodramA and Rahulk

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The COMEFROM statement, a peculiar perversion of GOTO that has actually found real implementations. WTF.


Saturday, October 8, 2011

And instead of Pt. Ravishankar, they had Devadutta?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Poster for what event?

Cracked by: Girish, jowens, byslexia, Logik, sandeep bhat, Rahul Rajeev, Manish Achuth, username, Dibyo, Shwetha Maiya, KK, Aditya S, Jayaprakash B R, badideabear, raklodramA, Thejas V R, Rogi, Rahulk, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, Amarendra Kumar, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath and Siddarth Pai

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An event called w00tstock - some kind of unholy combination of a concert and a Linux convention, i suppose :)


Friday, October 7, 2011

My solution is simpler - I HAVE NO MONEY.

—srikanth @ 22:20

These stills are from a recent commercial (with some editing). What product was the commercial for?

Cracked by: badideabear, shrik, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, jowens, Siddarth Pai, username, Rahul Rajeev, Rogi, Girish, Shwetha Maiya, Amarendra Kumar, Logik, Rahulk, KK, SV and raklodramA

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Google Wallet. An edited version of the famous Seinfeld episode s04e05 :)


Thursday, October 6, 2011

Clickity Click!

—devadutta @ 21:42

Illustration making a fairly obvious comparison. What is blocked out here?

Cracked by: Thejas V R, username, Rogi, raklodramA, Amarendra Kumar, badideabear, Manish Achuth, Nagendra U M, Sumanth Patlolla, Jayaprakash B R, Girish, Urthstripe, Ananth, jowens, Rahul Rajeev, Bharath, Rahulk, shrik, Dibyo, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, Logik, byslexia, KK and Aditya S

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Facebook


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Batman! No, wait.

—devadutta @ 16:39

Famous car. Famous person. Many many stories.

Who does this car belong to?

Notice how it does not have a name plate? Yes. There is a story for that.

(I had this question drafted and saved for tomorrow, but I am posting it early for a reason)

Cracked by: Urthstripe, Rogi, Dibyo, Girish, Ananth, jowens, username, Anjul, Manish Achuth, Goyal, Rahul Rajeev, Thejas V R, badideabear, shrik, Jayaprakash B R, Siddarth Pai, sandeep bhat, raklodramA, Anonymous, Rahulk, Jinz, vishwanath, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Aditya S, Amarendra Kumar, Shwetha Maiya, KK, mankuTimma, Bipin Banavalikar and Raghuvansh

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Steve Jobs. R.I.P.


Tuesday, October 4, 2011

ATMega Fun

—devadutta @ 22:00

Super famous hardware. Especially in recent times among makers and hackers.

Identify.

Cracked by: badideabear, KK, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Rahul Rajeev, Dibyo, Aditya S, username, Girish, Manish Achuth, Rogi, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, Rahulk, vishwanath, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Amarendra Kumar and mankuTimma


Monday, October 3, 2011

Bad breath?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Key part of what company/product’s logo?

Cracked by: badideabear, KK, username, raklodramA, Rogi, Amarendra Kumar, Thejas V R, Rahul Rajeev, Dibyo, Aditya S, Girish, Manish Achuth, jowens, shrik, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, Rahulk, vishwanath, Bharath and Sumanth Patlolla

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This is the logo of Gumstix a company that produces a line of single-board linux based computers that are each the size of a stick of gum.


Sunday, October 2, 2011

Glowing White.Literally.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Tell us what this radioactive creme was used for

Hint:

Cracked by: Rosh, Amarendra Kumar, KK, badideabear, Amit, Rogi, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Anonymous, Rahul Rajeev, Dibyo, sandeep bhat, Aditya S, username, Girish, Manish Achuth, jowens, Jayaprakash B R, thirudgr8, shrik, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, Rahulk, vishwanath, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma and Shwetha Maiya

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Toothpaste!