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I am a bird..

—devadutta @ May 28, 2008

Identify and connect to “Web 2.0”.

Identify and tell us what it does the “Web 2.0” way.

Goyal , varuns88 got what I was looking for. akhi , Dibyo gave alternate correct answers.

Goyal, akhi, varuns88 and Dibyo


Probably in the bottom-right corner

—srikanth @ May 27, 2008

Identify this battle (from the original Star Wars)

and connect to the event depicted in this painting.

Cracked by: Abid , Prasad , prasanth , varuns88 , Tathagata Chatterjee , akhi , Dibyo and udupendra.

Abid, Prasad, prasanth, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, akhi, Dibyo and udupendra


Free bird?

—devadutta @ May 26, 2008

One of the first toys of its kind. identify it

This toy was an important first step for a technology which we use extensively today…

Cracked by: Abid (Welcome, checkout the About page) , Prasad , Akshat , varuns88 , akhi , shivathilak , Ginkgo100 , udupendra , RajT , priyananda , sidsen , yaksha.

Abid, Prasad, Akshat, varuns88, akhi, shivathilak, Ginkgo100, udupendra, RajT, priyananda, sidsen and yaksha


Eye-dentify

—devadutta @ May 25, 2008

As the punny title says, identify this path-breaking game which achieved many things for the first time and paved the way for one of the most commercially successful gaming paradigms ever.

If you have some extra time, let us know a few firsts this thing achieved.

Cracked by: priyananda , udupendra , varuns88 , akhi , shashank , Dibyo , madhur.

priyananda, udupendra, varuns88, akhi, shashank, Dibyo and madhur


Think...

—srikanth @ May 24, 2008

What technology connects these?

This isn’t really exhaustive, but should be enough to get the point…

Cracked by akhi , Debasish , udupendra , Prasad , shashank , Ginkgo100 and prasanth.

akhi, Debasish, udupendra, Prasad, shashank, Ginkgo100 and prasanth


FTL?

—srikanth @ May 23, 2008

What is the name of this sci-fi-ish effect that occurs in some conditions, especially in nuclear reactors?

The effect is named after this chap:

Cracked by: varuns88 , akhi , udupendra , alahk_niranjan , Goyal , yaksha , priyananda and Prasad.

varuns88, akhi, udupendra, alahk_niranjan, Goyal, yaksha, priyananda and Prasad

Show Answer

Cherenkov Radiation.


Feel like god

—srikanth @ May 22, 2008

What commonly used phrase in cracker/script-kiddie slang connects these three?

Cracked by Ajay Parasuram , varuns88 , Dibyo and madhur.

Ajay Parasuram, varuns88, Dibyo and madhur


Retro OLPC

—devadutta @ May 21, 2008

Identify 1 and connect to 2

Cracked by: duriel , varuns88 , akhi , Dibyo , BiGFooT , Prasad , udupendra.

duriel, varuns88, akhi, Dibyo, BiGFooT, Prasad and udupendra


Hello Grandpa

—srikanth @ May 20, 2008

What is this sports team’s connection to the software/services world?

Cracked by: Prasad , madhur , prasanth , Goyal , Rohan , Sandhip , Tathagata Chatterjee , , Ganesh Prasad , BiGFooT , jayanth , varuns88 , Dibyo , yaksha , akhi , priyananda , shashank , shyam , udupendra , rajeshvj and srikar. (Everyone who tried, basically)

Note 1: With this answer udupendra’s score has hit 200. Congratulations dude!
Note 2
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Just a reminder, avoid copy-pasting whole texts from websites into BB. There’s basically no need for it, since if you just put the funda, you’ll get the points.

Prasad, madhur, prasanth, Goyal, Rohan, Sandhip, Tathagata Chatterjee, Anonymous, Ganesh Prasad, BiGFooT, jayanth, varuns88, Dibyo, yaksha, akhi, priyananda, shashank, shyam, udupendra, rajeshvj and srikar


Navigator, Explorer and ...

—devadutta @ May 19, 2008

Match the following and explain

Cracked by: varuns88 only! NIce job dude..

Dibyo , jayanth , RajT , Prasad have an interesting HHG2G connect. If any of you can get the gears also into the connect, I will give points. But nice try guys! really cool!

varuns88