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Trinitrotoluene

—devadutta @ January 28, 2008

They were the first few “victims” of what?

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Cracked By: udupendra , sidsen , Tathagata Chatterjee , jayanth , duriel and shashank.

udupendra, sidsen, Tathagata Chatterjee, jayanth, duriel and shashank


Where are you Darl?

—srikanth @ January 27, 2008

This company claimed tons of things. When asked to show proof, this was the closest they came to showing it

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But, as every sane person expected, it couldn’t stand up to closer examination, and even these proofs turned out to be false.

Which company? What claim of theirs am I referring to here?

Cracked by:udupendra , gammafunction , madhur , BiGFooT , Biki , Dibyo , duriel , Ganesh Prasad , rajeshvj , prasanth , bs , shashank , shenoyvarun86 , Prasad , yaksha and jayanth.

udupendra, gammafunction, madhur, BiGFooT, Biki, Dibyo, duriel, Ganesh Prasad, rajeshvj, prasanth, bs, shashank, shenoyvarun86, Prasad, yaksha and jayanth

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SCO claimed (repeatedly) that the Linux kernel used “lots” of code that belonged to them, since they claimed to “own” UNIX. They had, in fact, gone to great depths to try and discredit the Linux kernel, including sending threatening letters to many enterprise linux users.


Stare

—devadutta @ January 26, 2008

Connect 1,2 and 3 to a popular unix tool and tell us who is missing.

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Cracked by: madhur , Dibyo , bs , duriel , piezocake , Tathagata Chatterjee , BiGFooT , shashank and udupendra.

madhur, Dibyo, bs, duriel, piezocake, Tathagata Chatterjee, BiGFooT, shashank and udupendra


Little Jumping Mice

—srikanth @ January 25, 2008

Identify the man in the picture and connect with the audio clip:

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  2. Clip: [audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/69c190ab759a5b7c10371d8d19e56122.mp3]

Cracked by: teju , madhur , prasanth , Biki , duriel , Dibyo and yaksha

teju, madhur, prasanth, Biki, duriel, Dibyo and yaksha


Orange Juice

—devadutta @ January 24, 2008

1 is the reference image for testing a particular type of software. 2,3 show the results of this test for two of the most popular among this type of software.

What is this test called? and what software are we talking about here?

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Cracked by: teju , madhur , Dibyo , sidsen , duriel , prasanth , Vinod P.V , yaksha , bs and vaibhav008.

teju, madhur, Dibyo, sidsen, duriel, prasanth, Vinod P.V, yaksha, bs and vaibhav008


Someone call Bruce Willis!

—srikanth @ January 23, 2008

This man (1) was part of a team that developed something (say, X) that made (2) possible. Identify 1 and 2 and name X.

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(Don’t bother being too specific. It’s enough if you can give me the “overall” contribution of (1)’s team to (2))

Cracked by:shyam , Shakeel , duriel , yaksha , udupendra and sidsen.

shyam, Shakeel, duriel, yaksha, udupendra and sidsen

Show Answer
  1. Vint Cerf (while talking a Bangalore, BTW)

Peaceful

—devadutta @ January 22, 2008
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Identify and connect 1,2

Cracked by: Dibyo , Ramanand , udupendra , Shakeel , nishas thambi , prasanth , duriel and yaksha.

Dibyo, Ramanand, udupendra, Shakeel, nishas thambi, prasanth, duriel and yaksha


Round and round

—srikanth @ January 21, 2008

Identify and connect.

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(Only simple connect needed)

Cracked by: jayanth , udupendra , prasanth , duriel , Dibyo and nishas thambi.

jayanth, udupendra, prasanth, duriel, Dibyo and nishas thambi

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  1. Cover of Larry Niven’s Ringworld sci-fi novel.

Epic battle

—devadutta @ January 20, 2008

1 and 2 were involved in one epic geek battle (geek battles are fought on mailing lists). Which battle?

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Cracked by: jayanth , udupendra , madhur , nishas thambi , gammafunction , Goutham D.L , Shreyas , FDOB , duriel , Atul Mathew , Ramanand , Dibyo , yaksha , Nisha Thambi , sidsen , teju and Poornima.

jayanth, udupendra, madhur, nishas thambi, gammafunction, Goutham D.L, Shreyas, FDOB, duriel, Atul Mathew, Ramanand, Dibyo, yaksha, Nisha Thambi, sidsen, teju and Poornima


I will take the liberty of choosing for you

—srikanth @ January 19, 2008

This question sent in by duriel.* *All ye who are interested in doing the same may please bestow thy knowledge upon [email protected]

Identify and connect (preferably with full fundaes) :

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Cracked by: Arjun Chennu , teju , prasanth , nishas thambi and jayanth.

Arjun Chennu, teju, prasanth, nishas thambi, duriel and jayanth