Each circle/squiggly line represents an ’event’ of at least 4.0. What does this map show?
Cracked by: Bharath and Rogi
Show Answer
An automated quake-catcher network (run using BOINC) that tracks seismic activity using laptop accelerometers.
Wow!
Simple - identify the lady:
Cracked by: Rogi, Vishnu Prashanth, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, Logik, KK, Bharath, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Amarendra Kumar, Ananth and Shwetha Maiya
Show Answer
Jill Tarter - Astronomer and SETI member (also the inspiration for Jodie Foster’s character in Contact)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Sir Design
Who he?
Cracked by: Anjul, badideabear, Bharath, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Jayaprakash B R, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, Logik, Rogi, bhargava, maldy, Vishnu Prashanth, rickde and Amarendra Kumar
Show Answer
Sir Jonathan Ive. Apple Design genius.
Friday, May 18, 2012
That's so meta
Plaintext question. Googling will be severely frowned upon.
What are these some examples of:
Server: ‘; DROP TABLE servertypes; –
X-nananana: Batcache
X-Fry: Please, Mr. Nixon! We’re appealing to your sense of decency!
Cracked by: badideabear, Ananth, Bharath, Manish Achuth, rickde, Sujoy, Rogi, KK, Sumanth Patlolla and raklodramA
Show Answer
Easter eggs hidden in HTTP headers returned by many popular sites (reddit, wordpress, and an older slashdot). Check boiledbeans.net for some fun :P
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Stick your tongue out and blow.
Connect the three:
Cracked by: Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Manoj, badideabear, Ananth, finkle, Bharath, rickde, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Bipin Banavalikar and sanador
Show Answer
The BBC created the BBC micro as an educational computer (launching Acorn which eventually became ARM). The Raspberry Pi foundation created the Pi inspired by the BBC micro (which, interestingly, is centered around a powerful ARM processor)
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
And on the first day..
Who is this sculpture a tribute to?
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Manish Achuth, Ananth, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Rogi, badideabear, Vishnu Prashanth, finkle, Bharath, rickde and Sumanth Patlolla
Show Answer
Johannes Gutenberg who invented the modern letterpress
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
10..9..8
Tribute post. Sitter.
Identify
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Anjul, Sumanth Patlolla, rickde, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, badideabear, raklodramA and Shwetha Maiya
Show Answer
spacex
Monday, May 14, 2012
Look closer.
Slightly obscure question. What are these tiny devices called? They were created more as an amusement than a scientific instrument. The bottom part of (2) is a good clue.
Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, rickde, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Bharath, Rogi and Amarendra Kumar
Show Answer
Stanhopes, introduced to the world as ‘microscopic photo jewelry’. These tiny lenses could be attached to microphotos to view them without the need of a microscope.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
DFA?
Awesome question from %gqh% Manish Achuth. Thanks saar!
Who/What draws these things?
Cracked by: Rogi, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Sujoy, Vishnu Prashanth, raklodramA, badideabear, Bipin Banavalikar, Ananth and Sumanth Patlolla
Show Answer
Answer, straight from Manish - Automatons, similar to the ones described in Hugo by Scorsese.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Where's Djibouti?
Identify the organization:
Cracked by: Rogi, rickde, Manish Achuth, Bharath, badideabear, Sujoy, Dibyo, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar, Ananth, KK, Sumanth Patlolla and Amarendra Kumar
Show Answer
This question was automatically moderated by AutoRaja and is yet to be assigned an official answer. Please come back later