The mathematician and the canine did some interesting experiments and arrived at a very interesting theory. Who’s the prof (1) and what’s the experiment (rest)?

1. 
2. 
3. 
   A is the dog, B is the ball, BC is the perpendicular distance to the ball.

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udupendra, krudebox, Jean Valjean, emrohit, Dibyo, Raghuvansh, p vs np, Johny Walker, shenoyvarun86, Rogi, lordmaldy, akhi, Logik, varuns88, madhur, Ananth, BASAB, dheeraj, Deepthi JS, Mo, superbrat, byslexia and foobar

Easy one. Identify and connect

Cracked by: Sandipan Chakravarty , udupendra , wanderlust , lordmaldy , , Rogi , Raghuvansh , dheeraj , superbrat , varuns88 , Dibyo , Joshan , Ananth , Logik , byslexia , foobar and Sairam.

Sandipan Chakravarty, udupendra, wanderlust, lordmaldy, Anonymous, Rogi, Raghuvansh, dheeraj, superbrat, varuns88, Dibyo, Joshan, Ananth, Logik, byslexia, foobar and Sairam

This phrase was coined by (1) to describe a kind of computer. (2) was the first computer of this kind. The famous workstation (3) was also made to target this, eventually creating a huge computer company. The super-famous (4), which lead to a certain turtlenecked dude becoming famous, was also initially designed to be a computer of this kind.

What phrase?

Cracked by piezocake , Dibyo , Logik (No :P), Sandipan Chakravarty , Raghuvansh , lordmaldy , Ananth and Advaith.

piezocake, Dibyo, Logik, Sandipan Chakravarty, Raghuvansh, lordmaldy, Ananth and Advaith

Today’s question is almost plain text only.

X is a software written by this extremely famous guy Y. Y jokes that X is named after himself, just like the other really famous piece of software he has authored. Identify X and Y.

Here is the logo of X

Y got really frustrated with existing software which did the kind of job X does, thus he created Y. Here is a hint to the class of software we are talking about here

p.s. Apologies for the delay. The question will be up 12hrs longer

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , piezocake , Sandipan Chakravarty , dheeraj , byslexia , Rogi , krudebox , lordmaldy , Ananth , foobar , wanderlust , Logik , udupendra , varuns88 and mwnn.

Raghuvansh, piezocake, Sandipan Chakravarty, dheeraj, byslexia, Rogi, krudebox, lordmaldy, Ananth, foobar, wanderlust, Logik, udupendra, varuns88 and mwnn

Who used this, and where?

Cracked by p vs np , Rogi , Shrey Goyal , madhur , Jean Valjean , Raghuvansh , Logik , joe , Higgers , byslexia , varuns88 and sandic.

p vs np, Rogi, Shrey Goyal, madhur, Jean Valjean, Raghuvansh, Logik, joe, Higgers, byslexia, varuns88 and sandic

Connect and tell us what comes next

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , krudebox , Rogi , lordmaldy , Atul Mathew , Kaiser Soze , p vs np , Johny Walker , dheeraj , akhi , Siddharth Jain , Mo , Ananth , Logik , yaksha , Rohan , byslexia , Joshan , Dibyo , dheeraj and Rithwik K.

Raghuvansh, krudebox, Rogi, lordmaldy, Atul Mathew, Kaiser Soze, p vs np, Johny Walker, dheeraj, akhi, Siddharth Jain, Mo, Ananth, Logik, yaksha, Rohan, byslexia, Joshan, Dibyo, dheeraj and Rithwik K

Origins of what?

Cracked by p vs np , udupendra , Raghuvansh , Mo , varuns88 , lordmaldy , Logik , krudebox , joe , Rogi , Siddharth Jain and tete80.

p vs np, udupendra, Raghuvansh, Mo, varuns88, lordmaldy, Logik, krudebox, joe, Rogi, Siddharth Jain and tete80

Map depicting what?

Cracked by: udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , varuns88 , Rogi , wanderlust , krudebox , Raghuvansh , rAkLoDrAm , dheeraj and lordmaldy.

udupendra, shenoyvarun86, varuns88, Rogi, wanderlust, krudebox, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, dheeraj and lordmaldy

If (1):(2) then X:(3). Identify X.

Apologies, folks. This question is essentially a repeat of an earlier udupendra-submitted guest question. I’m not giving anyone points for this as of now. A replacement question will be put up soon.

Sitter for the Sunday. What is this?

Lived up to its sitter status. Cracked by everyone.

p vs np, shenoyvarun86, Rogi, raklodramA, lordmaldy, krudebox, varuns88, abhijeet, bobo, akhi, Raghuvansh, Rithwik K, joe, Johny Walker, Kamal Rathi, Siddharth, anirudh patil, shyam, Dibyo, wanderlust, K.Manish, Chitananda, Atul Mathew, Gautam DN, piezocake, amarendra, Nakul, madhur, dheeraj, Wasi Manazir, sumo_ftb, superbrat, Anoop and Mo