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—srikanth @ March 18, 2008
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Identify the guys in row 2. Connect with row 1. Put overall fundae…

Cracked by: teju , madhur , varuns88 , nishansolo , Dibyo , psrinivas , Srikanth , bobo , Tathagata Chatterjee , akhi , shashank and duriel.

teju, madhur, varuns88, nishansolo, Dibyo, psrinivas, Srikanth, bobo, Tathagata Chatterjee, akhi, shashank and duriel

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A group that calls itself “Anonymous” recently launched an all-out “war” against Scientology. They created videos , released messages and held protests against scientology in many parts of the world. The overall operation is called Project Chanology, or Anonymous Vs Scientology


R.I.P

—devadutta @ March 17, 2008

Who he

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Hint:

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Looks like the hint was a big give away. Cracked by: teju , udupendra , varuns88 , Ginkgo100 , Ajay Parasuram , madhur , jayanth , shyam , Dibyo , prasanth , Nikhil , Vinod P.V , gammafunction , akhi , psrinivas , duriel , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , RajT and shashank.

teju, udupendra, varuns88, Ginkgo100, Ajay Parasuram, madhur, jayanth, shyam, Dibyo, prasanth, Nikhil, Vinod P.V, gammafunction, akhi, psrinivas, duriel, yaksha, Tathagata Chatterjee, RajT and shashank


The Flying Circus...

—devadutta @ March 16, 2008

This plain text guest question comes from duriel (do you have a blog dude?). We love the question!Thanks!

Spicy **** Kabobs
**** Hashbrown Bake
**** Fajitas
French Fry **** Casserole
**** Veggie Pita Pockets
Vineyard **** Salad
**** Quiche
Savory **** Crescents

and many more…

One common term has been starred out.
What is it and what is special about the above recipes?

(PLZ SENDZ UR QUSTONS TO [email protected] KTHXBAI)

Cracked by: madhur , duriel , Shakeel , Dibyo , sidsen , udupendra , shashank and varuns88.

madhur, duriel, Shakeel, Dibyo, sidsen, udupendra, shashank and varuns88


Pop culture overload...

—srikanth @ March 15, 2008

What’s this device called?

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The inventor didn’t choose the name too wisely, though. Somehow, these aren’t the best examples of “helpful” robots:

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Cracked by: madhur , teju , Dibyo , bobo , prasanth , varuns88 , shashank , rajeshvj , duriel , udupendra and jayanth.

madhur, teju, Dibyo, bobo, prasanth, varuns88, shashank, rajeshvj, duriel, udupendra and jayanth

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To rip off Udupendra from the answer’s below:


Musical

—devadutta @ March 14, 2008

Easy one again :)

Connect

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Cracked By: piezocake , teju , nofreebrains , madhur , Napoleon Dammit , Dibyo , jayanth , shyam , shenoyvarun86 , varuns88 , Srikanth , prasanth , udupendra , rajeshvj , RajT , anurag , duriel , bobo , sayantan bose.

piezocake, teju, nofreebrains, madhur, Napoleon Dammit, Dibyo, jayanth, shyam, shenoyvarun86, varuns88, Srikanth, prasanth, udupendra, rajeshvj, RajT, anurag, duriel, bobo and sayantan bose


Can it.

—srikanth @ March 13, 2008

Identify this 18th century mathematician

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His work and its derivatives helps us get our work done today. Clue:

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Cracked by: udupendra , pratap , madhur , varuns88 , duriel , Dibyo , Atul Mathew , shenoyvarun86 , jayanth , nofreebrains , teju , Vinod P.V , Malcaluffin , Nikhil , nishansolo , Srikanth and yaksha.

udupendra, pratap, madhur, varuns88, duriel, Dibyo, Atul Mathew, shenoyvarun86, jayanth, nofreebrains, teju, Vinod P.V, Malcaluffin, Nikhil, nishansolo, Srikanth and yaksha

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Thomas Bayes.


Scroll Down

—devadutta @ March 12, 2008

Connect

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Dibyo is right, I have missed this dude below.. one of my all-time favorites.

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Yes, they are all famous jazz artists. But thats not the answer.

Hint: The images are in chronologically correct order :)

Cracked by: fdob , teju , Dibyo , Tathagata Chatterjee and udupendra.

fdob, teju, Dibyo, Tathagata Chatterjee and udupendra


2 in 10 is a good thing!

—srikanth @ March 11, 2008

Just three of many more variants, what’s the story behind these?

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Cracked by: Shreyas , Dibyo , varuns88 , sidsen , udupendra , jayanth and shashank.

Shreyas, Dibyo, varuns88, sidsen, udupendra, jayanth and shashank

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Each release of OpenBSD (since 3.x) has come out along with a release song, and some artwork accompanying the song. This typical includes some variant of Puffy, the OpenBSD mascot, in some pop culture setting. These are three such variants of Puffy.


... is the future!

—devadutta @ March 10, 2008

IBM got into decent trouble for painting these signs on the pavements of a big US city as a part of a marketing campaign.
What is blurred out in the image?

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Here is another look at the same ad, but on a less harmful billboard.

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Cracked by: madhur , yaksha , nofreebrains , teju , Shreyas , nishansolo , Rohan , jayanth , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Shyam , Vinod P.V , Ganesh Prasad , Nikhil , Tathagata Chatterjee , shivathilak , shivathilak , Sandhip , bobo , uma , varuns88 , sidsen , prasanth , Srikanth , BiGFooT , udupendra , Poornima , Ginkgo100 , Manish and duriel.

madhur, yaksha, nofreebrains, teju, Shreyas, nishansolo, Rohan, jayanth, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Shyam, Vinod P.V, Ganesh Prasad, Nikhil, Tathagata Chatterjee, shivathilak, shivathilak, Sandhip, bobo, uma, varuns88, sidsen, prasanth, Srikanth, BiGFooT, udupendra, Poornima, Ginkgo100, Manish and duriel

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Tux, the Linux mascot is blurred out.


It's-a me-a!

—srikanth @ March 9, 2008

This landlord intruded on a meeting in a company’s office, and ended up giving his name to something:

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What?

Cracked by: varuns88 , jayanth , rajeshvj , Dibyo , bobo , teju , udupendra, prasanth and shashank.

varuns88, jayanth, rajeshvj, Dibyo, bobo, teju, udupendra, prasanth and shashank