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2011

Sunday, October 16, 2011

For the Horde!

—srikanth @ 10:00

Identify the group -

Cracked by: Thejas V R, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, Rahulk, jowens, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Aditya S, badideabear, raklodramA, Rogi, shrik, mankuTimma, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe, vishwanath, krudebox, Mayukh Bose and Shwetha Maiya

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Cast of The Guild - the show about a group of MMORPG gamers.


Cake will be served.

—devadutta @ 20:45

What is happening here?

Hint: Listen carefully

Cracked by: Jayaprakash B R, KK, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Sumanth Patlolla, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, Rogi, jowens, Surya Narayanan, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe and Shwetha Maiya


Friday, October 14, 2011

Without change

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify 1 and connect to 2

Cracked BY: KK, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, shrik, Rogi, jowens, Aditya S, Prasad, Raghuvansh, SV, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Shwetha Maiya and Bipin Banavalikar


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Midnight!?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Yay! Obscure meme question time!

What meme did this cartoon supposedly trigger?

Cracked by: KK, Rosh, raklodramA, wanderlust, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Dibyo, jowens, Aditya S, Raghuvansh, Bharath, Ananth, Manish Achuth, Urthstripe, Logik and Shwetha Maiya


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Curvy River

—devadutta @ 23:59

Soon you will be able to see lockers like this in a 7-Eleven close to you. What are they used for?

Another image

Cracked by: KK, Rosh, raklodramA, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, Thejas V R, shrik, Siddarth Pai, Anjul, Dibyo, jowens, Aditya S, Surya Narayanan, Raghuvansh, SV, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Ananth and Bipin Banavalikar


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).


Monday, October 10, 2011

+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 :)