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Monday, August 3, 2009

Paranoid

—devadutta @ 22:27

First it was 1, now it is going to be 2. What?

  1. 300px-Chocolate_cupcakes 2. doughnut

Cracked by: shrik , shenoyvarun86 , akhi , krudebox , joe , udupendra , Logik , duriel , Ankit Mahendru , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , Rogi , Debasish and varuns88.

shrik, shenoyvarun86, akhi, krudebox, joe, udupendra, Logik, duriel, Ankit Mahendru, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Rogi, Debasish and varuns88


Sleeping with the enemy

—srikanth @ 21:30

Identify the whited-out faces and names:

photo

Cracked by shrik , Rogi , Debasish , shenoyvarun86 , emrohit , joe , madhur , bobo , Logik , Hitesh T S , Raghuvansh , Mo , Dibyo , Ananth , nishansolo , varuns88 , krudebox , duriel and chandam.

shrik, Rogi, Debasish, shenoyvarun86, emrohit, joe, madhur, bobo, Logik, Hitesh T S, Raghuvansh, Mo, Dibyo, Ananth, nishansolo, varuns88, krudebox, duriel and chandam


Saturday, August 1, 2009

Wishes

—devadutta @ 23:59

Easy one

Patenet application for what?

clippypatents-genie1

Ladies and Gents, apologies for the delay. The question will be up longer.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , shrik , shenoyvarun86 , piezocake , Dibyo , Logik , Ananth , djds4rce , Debasish , akhi and Vaishnavi.

Raghuvansh, shrik, shenoyvarun86, piezocake, Dibyo, Logik, Ananth, djds4rce, Debasish, akhi and Vaishnavi

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Like Shrik says


Friday, July 31, 2009

I can't figure out what's really new, but still...

—srikanth @ 19:53

Mascot of which service, that’s been getting a lot of buzz in India of late?

docomodake

Again, cracked by everyone who attempted.

shenoyvarun86, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Rogi, blackrat, djds4rce, bobo, Dibyo, kiran, yadhu, Raghuvansh, akhi, Ananth, nishansolo, Joshan, Deepthi JS and Vivek


Thursday, July 30, 2009

1bc29b36f623ba82aaf6724fd3b16718

—devadutta @ 23:44

This question was sent in a simpler form by shenoyvarun86. Thanks for the pointer saar!

Tell us how 1 wreaks havoc for algorithms like 2

  1. 740px-TooManyPigeons 2. 300px-MD5.svg

Cracked by: akhi , shenoyvarun86 , Logik , Ananth , madhur , Rogi , blackrat , kiran , Joshan , username , Deepthi JS and p vs np.

akhi, shenoyvarun86, Logik, Ananth, madhur, Rogi, blackrat, kiran, Joshan, username, Deepthi JS and p vs np


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Damaar!

—devadutta @ 22:28

Guest question from Dibyo. Thanks saar!

Identify this person and the device which is a result of some of his work.

He died more than 100 years ago and the system of calculating something that he developed is debated, doubted and discussed hotly, but hasn’t been replaced yet.

12

Went uncracked.

Checkout Dibyo’s comment for the answer.

Dibyo


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Help!

—srikanth @ 21:30

Identify and connect:

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

emrohit, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, tete80, Gurupad, chandam, Logik, Rogi, djds4rce, Vaishnavi, Advaith and Onkar


Monday, July 27, 2009

Continuation

—devadutta @ 23:19

Spot the difference

1 –> <– 2

Tell us what made 1 become like 2

Cracked by: varuns88 , Dibyo , Uniqueue , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , psrinivas , Advaith , prasadbhat , Rand Al’Thor , Gurupad , tete80 , krudebox , Rogi , madhur , username , Logik , joe ,ಅನಂತ್, djds4rce and akhi.

varuns88, Dibyo, Uniqueue, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, psrinivas, Advaith, prasadbhat, Rand Al’Thor, Gurupad, tete80, krudebox, Rogi, madhur, username, Logik, joe, Ananth, djds4rce and akhi

Show Answer

Candle flame in micro-gravity (in the ISS).


Sunday, July 26, 2009

Pew pew pew...

—srikanth @ 20:23

Identify:

Cracked by everyone who attempted.

krudebox, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, chandam, udupendra, raklodramA, username, prasadbhat, Joshan, Johny Walker, Raghuvansh, madhur, Ananth, malcaluffin, Logik, duriel, Dibyo, Uniqueue, Mo, Advaith, Gurupad and tete80


Saturday, July 25, 2009

So many nations

—devadutta @ 23:28

Map showing nations contributing to what?

The light colored ones are not direct contributors.

Cracked by everyone. Nicely done!

udupendra, prasadbhat, Raghuvansh, Rogi, shenoyvarun86 and Rithwik K