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Why bother when you have man pages?

—srikanth @ March 4, 2009

In the world of computer science academia, what connects

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And a whole bunch of colours?

Cracked by username , Dibyo , p vs np , AmK , Raghuvansh , shrik and udupendra.

username, Dibyo, p vs np, AmK, Raghuvansh, shrik and udupendra

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CS textbooks have a history of being given nicknames based on what’s on their cover. Hence you have really famous bible-level books that get names such as “cinderella book” and “dragon book” and what not.


Be prepared

—devadutta @ March 3, 2009

What are these things?

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Cracked by: p vs np , shrik , AmK , Mo , alephnull , username , sand and sidsen.

p vs np, shrik, AmK, Mo, alephnull, username, sand and sidsen

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Nerd merit badges


A small step for..

—devadutta @ March 2, 2009

Connect

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Cracked by: p vs np , Debasish , svgreatest , shrik , Gautam Dn(RV) , udupendra , Nakul , sand , Jean Valjean , Jean Valjean and prasanth.

p vs np, Debasish, svgreatest, shrik, Gautam Dn(RV), udupendra, Nakul, sand, Jean Valjean, Jean Valjean and prasanth


Try the salad...

—srikanth @ March 1, 2009

Identify cafe (1) that can be found in location (2)

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Cracked by Raghuvansh , duriel , username , sand , Dibyo , Zoheb , Neeraj , udupendra , nishansolo , Debasish , p vs np , akhi , dheeraj , shrik , Aparna , prasanth , Ps , SGK and sidsen.

Raghuvansh, duriel, username, sand, Dibyo, Zoheb, Neeraj, udupendra, nishansolo, Debasish, p vs np, akhi, dheeraj, shrik, Aparna, prasanth, Ps, SGK and sidsen


All work and all play...

—srikanth @ February 28, 2009

Guest question from p vs np. What organization connects such stalwarts and many more? Identify please :-)

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In Soviet Russia, [email protected] sends guest question to you.

Cracked by sand alone! Bravo sir!

See p vs np’s comment for the answer.

p vs np and sand


I certainly don't know

—devadutta @ February 27, 2009

According to a principle named after him, we cannot tell where he is exactly buried. Who is he?

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Simple one.

Cracked by: username , achyuth sanjay , jayanth , Debasish , Vigneshwar , sne , sidsen , Sombe , svgreatest , Akhila , duriel , Rohan , Atul Mathew , Prateek Vijayavargia , quaziluffy , p vs np , Sine , Gautam Dn(RV) , Johny Walker , Aparna , Ananth , Siddharth Jain , madhur , Jatin , priyananda , Ajay Parasuram , Chandrakant Nair , piezocake , SGK , AmK , sand , aditya , Mo , Neeraj , nisha’s thambi , Vinay Nair , Jean Valjean , shenoyvarun86 , shrik , Jobin , ali , abhiram and Sridhar C.

username, achyuth sanjay, jayanth, Debasish, Vigneshwar, sne, sidsen, Sombe, svgreatest, akhi, duriel, Rohan, Atul Mathew, Prateek Vijayavargia, quaziluffy, p vs np, Sine, Gautam Dn(RV), Johny Walker, Aparna, Ananth, Siddharth Jain, madhur, Jatin, priyananda, Ajay Parasuram, Chandrakant Nair, piezocake, SGK, AmK, sand, aditya, Mo, Neeraj, nisha’s thambi, Vinay Nair, Jean Valjean, shenoyvarun86, shrik, Jobin, ali, abhiram and Sridhar C

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Werner Heisenberg of the uncertainty principle fame :)


Viva la revolucion!

—srikanth @ February 26, 2009

(1) coined a term (T) used to describe a genre of literature, but it has grown into an art form that can be applied to many fields, like you see in (2) and (3). Identify (1) and (T)

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Cracked by priyananda , Ananth , Aparna , Dibyo , nisha’s thambi , SGK , username , Raghuvansh , AmK , Debasish , sidsen , alephnull , duriel , svgreatest , madhur , Neeraj , Prasad , shrik , sand , Mo and Atul Mathew.

priyananda, Ananth, Aparna, Dibyo, nisha’s thambi, SGK, username, Raghuvansh, AmK, Debasish, sidsen, alephnull, duriel, svgreatest, madhur, Neeraj, Prasad, shrik, sand, Mo and Atul Mathew


Marching Mars

—devadutta @ February 25, 2009

Simple one for the day. What is this called?

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If you cannot see the animation, click on the image.

Cracked by: duriel , Raghuvansh , shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , nisha’s thambi , Martin , Sharada , Dibyo , username , priyananda , calvin , Vivek , AmK , p vs np , Mo , Ananth , Aparna , udupendra , nisha’s thambi , malcaluffin , SGK , Siddharth Jain , sand and shrik.

duriel, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86, Goyal, nisha’s thambi, Martin, Sharada, Dibyo, username, priyananda, calvin, Vivek, AmK, p vs np, Mo, Ananth, Aparna, udupendra, nisha’s thambi, malcaluffin, SGK, Siddharth Jain, sand and shrik


Strange...

—srikanth @ February 24, 2009

Identfy and connect

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Cracked by priyananda , shrik , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , Bipin Banavalikar , Debasish , Martin , Vinay Nair , ragwho , nisha’s thambi , Atul Mathew , AmK , alephnull , sne , svgreatest , udupendra , Mo , Arun Krishnamoorthy , Nakul , Aparna , sand and shenoyvarun86.

priyananda, shrik, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Debasish, Martin, Vinay Nair, ragwho, nisha’s thambi, Atul Mathew, AmK, alephnull, sne, svgreatest, udupendra, Mo, Arun Krishnamoorthy, Nakul, Aparna, sand and shenoyvarun86


Little Miss Sunshine

—devadutta @ February 23, 2009

Identify

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He was the first person to extensively use it

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Cracked by: udupendra , Prasad , shrik , Ps , Rithwik K , shenoyvarun86 (welcome back!) , nisha’s thambi , Martin , p vs np , SGK , Nakul , Aparna , priyananda , username , Ananth and Bipin Banavalikar.

udupendra, Prasad, shrik, Ps, Rithwik K, shenoyvarun86, nisha’s thambi, Martin, p vs np, SGK, Nakul, Aparna, priyananda, username and Bipin Banavalikar

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It is the Hansen Writing Ball - one of the early typewriters.