Category: Rigged Timestamp
More patent troll lore. What’s being patented here?
Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Don42, Ananth, aarjav, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, rickde and Mo
A company called Varia owns a 2005 patent on a menu for entering emoticons into text. All of you are infringing.
Slightly NSFW/NSFL question. This “drawing” turned into the center of a recent internet drama. What’s the story?
Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, mankuTimma, bhargava, rickde and Mo
Long answer is long. Go here please.
Who? And why are they famous?
Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Supritha Maiya and rickde
Zach and Tarn Adams, creators of Dwarf Fortress.
Sitter - identify all three. Pseudobonus points for why this made the news.
Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Bharath, KK, Don42, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Swarun, Supritha Maiya and rickde
Kim Dotcom, Steve Wozniak and Kim’s attorney Ira Rothnik
What is this?
Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, Jayaprakash B R, Bharath, Don42, KK, vinayaknp, Atharva, Rogi, Anjul, Sumanth Patlolla, nandhaksamy, Ananth, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, Swarun, Vishnu Prashanth, mankuTimma, Supritha Maiya, rickde and chetana
Google’s Turing Machine Doodle
%gqh% Don42 is one step closer to the Cake with this guest question.
Fill in the blanks and name the author of this ‘poem’.
_________: The program with a personality
It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes, it’s _______!
It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too
Send in the _______!
Dont’t miss out on Cake! Send in your guest questions to [email protected]
Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, Bharath, Ananth, Jayaprakash B R, bhargava, KK, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, Bipin Banavalikar, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Vishnu Prashanth, Rogi and sanador
Elk Cloner, the first virus and the author is the creator Richard Skrenta.
Guest question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.
Who owns this now discarded nuclear reactor?
Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Don42, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Ananth, KK, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, mankuTimma and Rogi
NASA. Plum Brook Nuclear Reactor Facility is the only nuclear reactor owned by NASA
Text only guest question from %gqh% Logik.
The story behind the X effect is this.
In the early 1980s, X Computer Corporation (named after its founder Adam X) was the first computer hardware company to go bankrupt essentially by unveiling a product it couldn’t sell yet. The company announced the X Executive, a new computer that wouldn’t be available for several months. Meanwhile, the X 1, which legendary computer engineer Lee Felsenstein designed, was still on sale.
So what happened is that from the moment the company announced the X Executive, sales of the X 1 fell to approximately zero. Not only that, but various dealers all began canceling their X 1 orders. Ultimately, this contributed to the destruction of the company.
Tech Journalists are invoking the X effect to describe a possible situation involving Microsoft, WP8, and the current Windows phones.
Cracked by: vinayaknp, Bipin Banavalikar, Don42, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma, bastet, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Vishnu Prashanth, Bharath, Logik, Mayukh Bose, Jayaprakash B R, sanador, KK and Rogi
Osborne Effect
Who vs. who?
Cracked by: Manish Achuth, KK, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Rogi, Bipin Banavalikar, Ananth, mankuTimma, Don42 and rickde
WePay taking on Paypal
Awesome Guest question from %gqh% raklodramA. Thanks saar!
Identify and connect
Cracked by: Rogi, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, raklodramA, Manish Achuth, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, bhargava, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath, Vishnu Prashanth, Don42 and rickde
Arpad Elo. Elo rating system for chess, which was famously used for Facemash in the movie.