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February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

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—devadutta @ 23:59

First :

Second:

Third: An Australian. Image not available.

Fourth:

These people hold 1, 2, 3, 4 positions respectively. For what?

Cracked by: KK, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, rohanquizzer, jowens, badideabear, Rogi, Anjul, finkle, Ananth, Bharath, Raghuvansh and rickde

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Individuals who hold most number of patents.


Like 7-11

—devadutta @ 20:50

One of the most popular computers of its time. Identify.

Will automod in 3 days

Cracked by: raklodramA, KK, badideabear, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, rohanquizzer, rickde, Rogi, Dibyo, Bharath, Anjul, Ananth, Kaustabh Datta Choudhury and finkle

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Digital’s PDP-11


Saturday, February 18, 2012

Thank You

—devadutta @ 23:59

Founder of one of the world’s most trafficked website. Who he?

He is standing in front of his office in SFO.

Pls note: Will automod in 3 days

Cracked by: KK, raklodramA, badideabear, Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishwas B Sharma, shrik, rohanquizzer, rickde, Rogi, Dibyo, Bharath, Anjul, vishal and Ananth

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Craig Newmark


Saturday, February 18, 2012

..and we are current!

—devadutta @ 16:23

Whew! We are back on schedule! Finally! Those darn Gremlins are very hard to beat. Good news is, the battle is won. But, the war is still on. So, we request you to do the following

  1. Not only did we post a lot of questions, but we also modded a whole bunch of pending ones. So, please **check your scores and **run-lengths. If we have missed giving you points, or if you have missed posting an answer because there were way too many open questions and you forgot to post etc, we will work with you to fix it. Please send us a note at [email protected]
  2. Please let us know if we have no modded a question posted before Feb 1.
  3. Please send us guest questions. We love them!

Thanks for your patience and support, folks!

Fcrpvny gunaxf gb zl PC. :)


Friday, February 17, 2012

Going thrice..

—devadutta @ 23:59

Connect

1 is in U.S Virgin Islands

Cracked by: shrik, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, Manish Achuth, Ananth, KK, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, Dibyo, Bharath, tanwi, anurag, Rahulk and raklodramA

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Stuff that went on sale on ebay.


Thursday, February 16, 2012

Depth

—devadutta @ 23:59

What are these?

Cracked by: shrik, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Manish Achuth, Godzilla101, Ananth, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, raklodramA, Dibyo, Advaith, Bharath, Anjul, vishal, Nanda, Rahulk, Jayaprakash B R and Thiru d gr8

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Quoting Rahulk


Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Oh my nose!

—devadutta @ 23:59

1 tried to do it for the movies, 2 for the internet. What?

2 was dubbed as one of the worst tech products ever. Repeatedly.

Cracked by: Anjul, shrik, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Manish Achuth, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, Dibyo, Advaith, Bharath, tanwi, finkle, anurag and Rahulk

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Quoting anurag


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

PRODUCT DEVLOPMENZ. U R DOING IT RIGHT?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this great product by a very big company

Cracked by: shrik, rohanquizzer, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, rickde, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Manish Achuth, Godzilla101, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, Dibyo, Bharath, Rahulk, tanwi, finkle, anurag and Jayaprakash B R

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iLoo by Microsoft


Monday, February 13, 2012

Not the Dark Side

—devadutta @ 23:59

Borderline arbit question. If you are to believe the NYT, this “art form” is in a “museum” which has been visited by only 2 humans. Ever. Where is this museum?

The art piece is actually small. About this small. For a reason.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, badideabear, jowens, Dibyo, Bharath, vishal, Rahulk and anurag

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The Moon Museum


Sunday, February 12, 2012

And you said it was bad?

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter of all sitters. Identify the “problem”.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, Manish Achuth, finkle, shrik, rohanquizzer, Rogi, Vishwas B Sharma, KK, Godzilla101, Ananth, raklodramA, Raghuvansh, jowens, badideabear, Bharath, Dibyo, Jayaprakash B R, Anonymous, debjani, Anjul, Rahulk and anurag

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Quoting badideabear