Who? And why are they famous?
Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Supritha Maiya and rickde
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Zach and Tarn Adams, creators of Dwarf Fortress.
Was dotnet taken?
Sitter - identify all three. Pseudobonus points for why this made the news.
Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Bharath, KK, Don42, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Swarun, Supritha Maiya and rickde
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Kim Dotcom, Steve Wozniak and Kim’s attorney Ira Rothnik
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
You might fail?
What is this?
Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, Jayaprakash B R, Bharath, Don42, KK, vinayaknp, Atharva, Rogi, Anjul, Sumanth Patlolla, nandhaksamy, Ananth, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Swarun, Vishnu Prashanth, mankuTimma, Supritha Maiya, rickde and chetana
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Google’s Turing Machine Doodle
Monday, June 18, 2012
I feel very good and not good at the same time
%gqh% Sumanth Patlolla’s first jab at the Cake.
Identify this aircraft and tell us its “nick name”.
Bonus fake points if you connect to this gentleman
The horrible Paint Job you see is partly due to my Ergonomic Mouse.
Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Amarendra Kumar, Bharath, Ananth, KK, Tushar, Rogi, mankuTimma, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Vishnu Prashanth and Supritha Maiya
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NASA’a Reduced Gravity Vehicle or the Vomit Comet. Connect to Randy Pausch is his dream of being in zero gravity according to his ‘Last Lecture’ was fulfilled in this aircraft.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Is it going to rain today?
%gqh% Don42’s second text only guest question wins him the first
Identify the ones chatting in this famous conversation.
“Do you dream?”
“Yes, I dream.”
“It goes without saying. Do you remember your dreams?”
“I remember them vividly.”
“What do you remember about it?”
“I think I shouldn’t flirt with a robot.”
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Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, Bharath, Ananth, vinayaknp, KK, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Vishnu Prashanth and Supritha Maiya
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Artificial Intelligence chatbots Alice and Jabberwacky.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Aaachoo!
%gqh% Don42 is one step closer to the Cake with this guest question.
Fill in the blanks and name the author of this ‘poem’.
_________: The program with a personality
It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes, it’s _______!
It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too
Send in the _______!
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Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Ananth, Jayaprakash B R, bhargava, KK, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, Bipin Banavalikar, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishnu Prashanth, Rogi and sanador
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Elk Cloner, the first virus and the author is the creator Richard Skrenta.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Orbits
Guest question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.
Who owns this now discarded nuclear reactor?
Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Don42, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Ananth, KK, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, mankuTimma and Rogi
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NASA. Plum Brook Nuclear Reactor Facility is the only nuclear reactor owned by NASA
Friday, June 15, 2012
No, not Bat-man..
Text only guest question from %gqh% Logik.
The story behind the X effect is this.
In the early 1980s, X Computer Corporation (named after its founder Adam X) was the first computer hardware company to go bankrupt essentially by unveiling a product it couldn’t sell yet. The company announced the X Executive, a new computer that wouldn’t be available for several months. Meanwhile, the X 1, which legendary computer engineer Lee Felsenstein designed, was still on sale.
So what happened is that from the moment the company announced the X Executive, sales of the X 1 fell to approximately zero. Not only that, but various dealers all began canceling their X 1 orders. Ultimately, this contributed to the destruction of the company.
Tech Journalists are invoking the X effect to describe a possible situation involving Microsoft, WP8, and the current Windows phones.
Cracked by: vinayaknp, Bipin Banavalikar, Don42, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma, bastet, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Logik, Mayukh Bose, Jayaprakash B R, sanador, KK and Rogi
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Osborne Effect
Thursday, June 14, 2012
I'm not your pal, buddy.
Who vs. who?
Cracked by: Manish Achuth, KK, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Rogi, Bipin Banavalikar, Ananth, mankuTimma, Don42 and rickde
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WePay taking on Paypal
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Unregistered user posts are failing
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