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Thursday, December 16, 2010

GPS Devices

—devadutta @ 23:59

One of the most awesome experiments of all time conducted by the dude in 1 during a total solar eclipse confirmed which famous theory for the first time?

Hint: Look at the stars in 2.

Late question is sooper late. Sorry folks, will be kept open longer.

Cracked by: Logik, shrik, Tushar S, Kaustubh, Pawankumar Hegde, xeqtor, Dibyo, nishansolo, Manish Achuth, Gurupad, vinayaknp, lotuseater, Nanda, Sanador, Shwetha Maiya, Moju21, apar, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Rogi, Rishi, v.chandrashekar, shrey, Arjun, Anjul, Goyal, dineshk, Thejas V R, Rahul Rajeev, SS, jowens, Siddarth Pai, Bharath, Mikey, stinky94, Ananth, duriel, raklodramA, lanu, Keerthi Kiran M, Qbrain, vkamath, srinivas, byslexia, udupendra, Piyush and krudebox

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Arthur Eddington confirmed theory of relativity by showing that light bends due to gravitational force. Since you can see stars during an eclipse, he measured the position of stars near the sun and showed that they had shifted positions.


Squint your eyes

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this EPIC book which has illustrations like 2 and 3.

  1. 2. 3.

For fake bonus points, tell us the now very famous scientific term which was first coined in this book by its author.

Cracked by: udupendra, Kaustubh, Goyal, mrsgollum, Thejas V R, Vrashabh, Moju21, v.chandrashekar, Arjun B, Rogi, Jerin Philip, vinayaknp, raklodramA, shrik, xeqtor, Abhilash Bhandari, Dibyo, apar, Manish Achuth, stinky94, Bharath, duriel, Sumanth Patlolla, jowens, Raghuvansh, krudebox, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, Logik, Nanda, Ananth, AmK, Siddarth Pai, Piyush, vkamath, Gurupad, lotuseater, Sanador and Shwetha Maiya

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Micrographia by Robert Hooke. Hooke made detailed observations of insects using his microscope and wrote this book. It was the first book published by The Royal Society. It also coined the term “Cell”.


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Crack your oars men!

—devadutta @ 23:59

Another guest question. This one is from Dibyo %gqh%. Thanksu saa!

What is this? What is it a reference to?

Dr.Strangelove has aptly said that the whole point of having a guest question in your mind is lost if you keep it a secret! so, tell us about it at boiledbeans@gmail.com

Cracked by: Kaustubh, apar, krudebox, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, Rogi, SV, shrey, jowens, dineshk, AmK, vinayaknp, byslexia, Manish Achuth, Logik, duriel, Bharath, Dibyo, Thejas V R, raklodramA, santoshG, mankuTimma, Arjun, Moju21, wanderlust, udupendra, v.chandrashekar, Arjun B, xeqtor, Goyal, vkamath, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, ragwho, Vinay Nair Karath, Siddarth Pai and Piyush

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Google Books’s 404 page of sorts, which is a reference to Moby Dick!


Monday, December 13, 2010

Shiny

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from krudebox %gqh%. Thank you, sire!

Fresh off the press. If you had solved the problem on the board before anybody else, what would you have won for yourself?

This is a frame-grab from a recently popular video made by a popular company announcing a new product. Needless to say, someone already solved it!

Cracked by: vinayaknp, shrey, Moju21, Logik, Tushar S, krudebox, vkamath, shrik, apar, stinky94, Rogi, mankuTimma, jowens, duriel, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, SS, Dibyo, byslexia and Arjun B

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This is a video made for the release Google’s Chrome OS and some dude named Sylvain Zimmer solved the problem on the blackboard to win himself a Cr-48 laptop!


Sunday, December 12, 2010

Is this statement a lie?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the source of the extract.

Pseudo-bonus points for identifying the specific item being talked about in this clip :)

Cracked by: apar, jowens, udupendra, Pawankumar Hegde, vijayaraghavan, shrey, dineshk, Aparna, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, Logik, Piyush, Bharath, Manish Achuth, byslexia, vinayaknp, Moju21, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Siddarth Pai, Sumanth Patlolla, krudebox, shrik, Ananth, stinky94, mankuTimma, duriel, AmK, SS, Vishnu and Hari Parameswaran

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Logicomix, a graphic novel that follows the life of Bertrand Russell and talks about some foundational concepts of mathematics.


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Cool dude.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Identify this Nobel laureate.

Hint:

Cracked by: apar, Pawankumar Hegde, Piyush, Kaustubh, shrik, Rogi, stinky94, Ananth, Dibyo, Bharath, jowens, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Manish Achuth, vinayaknp, udupendra, Moju21, lanu, Nanda, Nishit, mankuTimma, Raghuvansh, v.chandrashekar, xeqtor, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain, Sumanth Patlolla, Mukul, Tushar S, dineshk, Aparna, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Logik, Anjul, SS, byslexia, Vrashabh, krudebox, duriel, shenoyvarun86 and AmK

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, liquefied Helium, discovered superconductivity. Super cool dude.


Friday, December 10, 2010

Probably won't last as long though.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Modern day replica of what?

Cracked by: Kaustubh, jowens, dineshk, apar, Pawankumar Hegde, shrik, Rogi, Dibyo, Shwetha Maiya, aditthya, Moju21, Martin Antony, Manish Achuth, Piyush, stinky94, Ananth, Thejas V R, raklodramA, udupendra, Raghuvansh, mankuTimma, Qbrain, Sumanth Patlolla, Aparna, Mikey, Logik, SS and byslexia

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A fully functional replica of the Antikythera mechanism built out of Lego parts, by a certain Mr Andrew Carol


Thursday, December 9, 2010

Purple ink

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from udupendra %gqh%. Thanks saar!

Identify this person pictured here with an award that calls him a pioneer, and what is his claim to fame?

Sorry for the delay folks. Question will be kept open longer.

Cracked by: udupendra, Raghuvansh, Ananth, shrik, jowens, Dibyo, apar, SS, Pawankumar Hegde, dineshk, aditthya, Moju21, Rogi, Manish Achuth, vkamath, Piyush, Logik, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya, Qbrain and Sumanth Patlolla

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Quoting udupendra: Hari Krishna Prasad Vemuru, who discovered security flaws in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in Indian elections. He was awarded an EFF Pioneer award for his efforts.


Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The list

—devadutta @ 23:59

Sitter. Top 5 of which list?

Cracked by: dineshk, Kaustubh, SV, apar, Rogi, Pawankumar Hegde, Piyush, Anjul, Bharath, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, jowens, Ananth, vinayaknp, raklodramA, mankuTimma, Thejas V R, Vinay Nair Karath, krudebox, shrik, shrey, Moju21, stinky94, aditthya, Logik, theJoker, Rajath V S Moodithaya, SS, udupendra, Vijay, prasanth, Sumanth Patlolla, Raghuvansh, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi and Shwetha Maiya

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Google Zeitgeist 2010


Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Cumuloblogus

—srikanth @ 23:59

Alright, let’s get this question out of the way before it becomes another tech-quiz cliche :p. Who is the author?

Cracked by: Pawankumar Hegde, apar, Kaustubh, Bharath, shrey, Mikey, jowens, Anjul, Dibyo, dineshk, Rogi, Ananth, lanu, Piyush, shrik, Thejas V R, Logik, aditthya, duriel, krudebox, Vinay Nair Karath, Moju21, SS and udupendra

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Image is the cover of “With a little help”, Cory Doctorow’s self-published short story collection. The image on the cover is, of course, one of the recurring characters on XKCD - a stick figure that represents Cory.