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G'morning!

—srikanth @ March 28, 2008

Connect:

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Fully cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Srikanth , vaibhav008 and duriel. akhi , nishansolo , teju and shashank were almost there.

PS: Srikanth, dude, you might want to use a different name. Fact is, since you’re not registered, and you’re using my username to post anon, I’m getting all your points :)

akhi, udupendra, madhur, nishansolo, Srikanth, teju, vaibhav008, shashank and duriel

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NASA has a long running tradition of beaming wake-up songs to manned spaceflights to wake up their crew members.


Yet another bluish question

—srikanth @ March 27, 2008

A chance posting on slashdot and/or groklaw led to this meme getting created. Connect and explain:

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(Back after a short hiatus… It looks like my internet connection decided to go on a vacation as soon as I came back from one… Thanks for covering up for me Mr. D :-) )

Cracked by: teju , udupendra , rishabh , akhi , Dibyo , jake , Shiva , Srikanth and The Nony Mouse.

teju, udupendra, rishabh, akhi, Dibyo, jake, Shiva, Srikanth and The Nony Mouse

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IBM’s lawyers and legal team have been called the Nazgul (of LoTR fame). The meme originated in a slashdot posting and soon took root at groklaw. The comparison probably started when SCO (small fry) filed suit against IBM. Someone noted that IBM could “blacken the sky with their lawyers”. Other phrases about their “ruthlessness and utter dedication to their masters” were also thrown in to the ring, helping it along.


Common Sense

—devadutta @ March 26, 2008

Guest question from duriel. Thanks!

Just fill up the blank. Combinations of these form different types of __________

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Cracked by: udupendra , Narayana B.V and shashank.

duriel, udupendra, Narayana B.V and shashank


Dont fear the robot!

—devadutta @ March 25, 2008

Where can you find these cool robot art

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This is the latest and my favorite

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Hint: The images are in chronologically correct order and 3 came out recently.

Shashank (and varuns88, who was slightly late) is(are) the only one(s) to get it right! ^:)^

shashank and varuns88


Practicals

—srikanth @ March 24, 2008

Who it is?

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(No deep connect here. He’s just a really cool guy)

Cracked by: bobo , Dibyo , Shyam , prasanth , yaksha , The Nony Mouse , varuns88 , RajT and shashank.

bobo, Dibyo, Shyam, prasanth, yaksha, The Nony Mouse, varuns88, RajT and shashank

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Prof. Walter Lewin. A Physics prof at MIT, he regularly accompanies his lectures with all sorts of wacky demonstrations. Teh intarwebs are full of info about this guy, you should check it out some time :)


Kaju

—devadutta @ March 23, 2008

This company started off making 1, went on to make 2 and today it sells a plethora of electronic stuff.
Which electronics giant are we talking about? Also, identify 1 and 2.

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Cracked by: teju , madhur , Dibyo and varuns88. Bravo!

teju, madhur, Dibyo and varuns88


Divine the future, I can.

—devadutta @ March 22, 2008

Guest question from yaksha. Thanks a lot!

2 did something unusual for 1’s wedding. What?

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Cracked by: Ajay Parasuram , madhur , teju , jayanth , Dibyo , Shreyas , varuns88 , Srikanth , akhi , insufferablejake , rajeshvj , Ashish , srikar , duriel , shyam , shashank , yaksha and shashank.

Ajay Parasuram, madhur, teju, jayanth, Dibyo, Shreyas, varuns88, Srikanth, akhi, insufferablejake, rajeshvj, Ashish, srikar, duriel, shyam, shashank, yaksha and shashank


Dot-me-too!

—devadutta @ March 21, 2008

Only a few of the many proposed..
What?

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(click on the map for a better view)

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Cracked by: madhur , teju , Dibyo and varuns8. Good work!

madhur, teju, Dibyo and varuns88


The other RDF

—srikanth @ March 20, 2008

First it was (1), and suddenly it was (2). This transition left millions of geeks confused and doubtful about which side they were on.

What am I talking about?

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Cracked by: udupendra , Masabi , madhur , teju , duriel , Dibyo , shashank , Ashish , kumashish , varuns88 and yaksha.

udupendra, Masabi, madhur, teju, duriel, Dibyo, shashank, Ashish, kumashish, varuns88 and yaksha


Some questions are certainly worth thinking about.

—devadutta @ March 19, 2008

Name the award.

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Hint: Lets say you won it in 2001. You would have got £2001 along with that plaque.

Cracked by: prasanth , varuns88 , Tathagata Chatterjee , akhi , jayanth and shashank.

prasanth, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, akhi, jayanth and shashank