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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Epsilon Transition

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who is this brilliant guy?

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Hint:

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Almost everyone got it.

Boiledbeans pays tribute to Rajeev Motwani. RIP.

Johny Walker, Logik, Madhu, Rogi, Vaishnavi, Goyal, Ananth, dheeraj, Wasi Manazir, superbrat, akhi, Dibyo, nishansolo, wanderlust, varuns88, piezocake, Martin, udupendra, Atul Mathew, Ram, Hari Parameswaran, K.Manish, Fakeer and dsylexicdesi


Aieeee!

—srikanth @ 21:00

These now-staple creatures of Horror stories originated in British RAF lingo. They were popularized by (1), and brought to the masses by Disney in (2). We’re probably most familiar with them in (2) and (3). Identify the creatures.

  1. 7e03673c8de44cd6b391df949d2d6c3a
  2. 834193b2dd6d303216a95b7b75273159
  3. 1238943cd5dca2d855d7d49d8a5c2bc5

Cracked by

udupendra , Rogi , Raghuvansh , varuns88 , superbrat , bobo , Chitananda , p vs np , Dibyo , dheeraj , Logik , Johny Walker , Advaith and Rahulk.

udupendra, Rogi, Raghuvansh, varuns88, superbrat, bobo, Chitananda, p vs np, Dibyo, dheeraj, Logik, Johny Walker, Advaith and Rahulk


Thursday, June 4, 2009

Close your eyes

—devadutta @ 23:59

What is this apparatus called and what is the technique originially introduced by this apparatus used for?

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Hint:

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Cracked by: Kamal Rathi , Rahulk , Raghuvansh , lordmaldy , varuns88 , Logik , Dibyo , Rogi and Joshan.

Kamal Rathi, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, lordmaldy, varuns88, Logik, Dibyo, Rogi and Joshan


Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Waaay too simple

—srikanth @ 21:00

Free points for everyone. Identify claim to fame of image:

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Cracked more or less by MitC , sUSHRUT , Rogi , udupendra , Raghuvansh , Dibyo , lordmaldy , abhijeet , Logik , Wasi Manazir , Anirudh and Rahulk.

MitC, sUSHRUT, Rogi, udupendra, Raghuvansh, Dibyo, lordmaldy, abhijeet, Logik, Wasi Manazir, Anirudh and Rahulk


Tuesday, June 2, 2009

um.. bow?

—devadutta @ 23:59

This girl named something (when she was eleven) and got a reward of 5 pounds. Her suggestion was taken over thousands of other names suggested from around the world. 2 was one of the three names which made it to the final vote, where her suggestion won.

What did she name? (ID her for extra fun)

  1. 7604c4aa1d64dba85de69b0ff46bcdc6 2. 4c3585cc63309d402cf475a099439258

Hint: She died recently at the age of 90. RIP.

Cracked by everyone.

Kaiser Soze(2), Atul Mathew, Higgers, emrohit, wanderlust, Anonymous, udupendra, Rahulk, Rithwik K, Vaishnavi, lordmaldy, Kamal Rathi, akhi, Chandrakant Nair, Rohan, Logik, Superbrat, Siddharth Jain, Rudradeep, Dibyo, nishansolo, byslexia, foobar, varuns88, Jean Valjean, Rogi and Joshan


Monday, June 1, 2009

You expect me to talk?

—srikanth @ 21:30

A running theme of similar occurences to characters of this sort led to a term being created in the movie industry. What term?

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Cracked by udupendra , Dibyo , Whattra , Johny Walker , lordmaldy , Raghuvansh , Rogi and Rahulk.

udupendra, Dibyo, Whattra, Johny Walker, lordmaldy, Raghuvansh, Rogi and Rahulk


Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sitterday

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify and Connect

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Again, apologies for the delay folks. This question will remain for 12hrs more.

Cracked by: udupendra , alephnull , Nakul , Chandrakant Nair , Rogi , Rahulk , Dibyo , Atul Mathew , sidsen , superbrat , Raghuvansh , byslexia and Ananth.

udupendra, alephnull, Nakul, Chandrakant Nair, Rogi, Rahulk, Dibyo, Atul Mathew, sidsen, superbrat, Raghuvansh, byslexia and Ananth


Saturday, May 30, 2009

Clackety clack

—srikanth @ 20:23

Long before this term was used to describe a device, it was used as a job description. Identify maadi:

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Cracked by Ananth , udupendra , Shrey Goyal , Johny Walker , Raghuvansh , bobo , p vs np , Chandrakant Nair , Rahulk , byslexia , madhur , Mo , Dibyo , wanderlust and Hari Parameswaran.

Ananth, udupendra, Shrey Goyal, Johny Walker, Raghuvansh, bobo, p vs np, Chandrakant Nair, Rahulk, byslexia, madhur, Mo, Dibyo, wanderlust and Hari Parameswaran


Friday, May 29, 2009

Blue book from 7th sem

—devadutta @ 23:59

Who connects

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Apologies for the delay folks. This question will be up for 12hrs more than usual.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , udupendra , Rogi , Logik , p vs np , akhi , Chandrakant Nair and Rahulk.

Raghuvansh, udupendra, Rogi, Logik, p vs np, akhi, Chandrakant Nair and Rahulk

Show Answer

Andrew S Tanenbaum


Thursday, May 28, 2009

Just Out

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from Raghuvansh Ramaswamy. Thanks saar!

Term X was coined by 1, who also provided the first example of it. Later examples came from the other three people shown, among a whole lot of others. ID X and 1 and explain what X means. (Optionally, you can id all the four junta)

  1. f5064b3372e6f1bb841efce9c78b1371

  2. 6a288d95e6943bbb346a88c575559941

3 and 4 bc9a54cb2106bbed04fee9a429d7a9df2d07095f8827b5b87c3982246f80f32d

Hint: Click on 2 and observe closely. He was(is) very famous because of this.

Went Uncracked.