Daily Question #138

What is this?

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Answer : First ARPANET IMP log - a record of the first message ever sent over the ARPANET which took place at 10:30PM on October 29, 1969. This record is an excerpt from the "IMP Log" kept at UCLA, and describes setting up a message transmission to go from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer.

Daily Question #104

mA tech question for today. There are some very obvious hints in the pic.

A --> W
B + W --> X
C + X --> Y
D + Y --> Z

Identify W,X,Y and Z.

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Answer : W - BCPL, developed by Martin Richards (A)
X - B, developed by Ken Thompson (B)
Y - C, developed by Dennis Ritchie (C)
Z - D, developed by Walter Bright (D)

Daily Question #88

Simply connect.

PS : Attempt Quiz Bonanza #3

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Answer : Fonts

- "Ariel" award
- Trebuchet
- Jim "Courier"
- TNA "Impact"
- "Georgia" Tech
- Gautami

Daily Question #77

A is in California and B is in Canada. Where have we seen these places before?
Hint : The answer maybe right in front of you!

PS : Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by 17 of you!! Awesome response!

Answer : These are the actual photos of locations used for making the popular Windows XP desktop backgrounds - Bliss and Autumn. Bliss was taken in Napa Valley and Autumn in Kilbride, near Ontario.

There is an interesting story about how the Autumn location was found.
http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/02/autumn200702

Daily Question #72

An easy one for the day. Connect.

PS : Check out Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Rithwik, Shrey, V.Chandrashekar, Padmaraj and lordmaldy!!

Answer : Programming Languages

- Ada, named after Ada Lovelace
- Pascal, named after Blaise Pascal
- Java, named after Java island, Indonesia
- Python, named after Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Haskell and Curry, named after creator Haskell Curry

Daily Question #62

B is the depiction of A performing some act, which led to the coining of a term X. C is a hint. Identify X. (X is usually associated with computers)

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #1

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Answer : Bootstrapping / Booting

The term Bootstrapping, or Booting, is often attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen(A), where the main character pulls himself out of a swamp by his bootstraps(B). C is 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise.

Daily Question #16

A tech question for the day. Connect.

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Answer : Search Engines

- AltaVista means "a view from above"
- Jeeves, AskJeeves
- WebCrawler (even Inktomi fits I guess)
- Yahoo from Gullivers Travels, Yahoo!
- Amazon river, A9.com
- Backrub, Google's original name

Daily Question #12

An easy one for the day. What's going on?
Hint : Think technology

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Answer : Google TiSP - Toilet Internet Service Provider

- A fictitious free broadband service released by Google as an April Fools Day hoax that would provide internet connectivity through toilet lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google's_hoaxes#Google_TiSP