316.

Donald Ray Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

Pettit's first space mission was as a mission specialist on ISS Expedition 6 in 2002 and 2003. During his six-month stay aboard the space station, he performed two EVAs to help install external scientific equipment. During free time on his stay aboard the ISS, he conducted demonstrations showing how fluids react in an extremely low gravity environment in a series he called "Saturday Morning Science".

He demonstrated something on board of the International Space Station which was recorded and used as a teaser for a game that is about to be released.

Id the game.

314.

This is a new aerosol spray that has been introduced to people aho are aversive to a certain habit. The spray comes in five flavours - Classic Musty Smell, Crunchy Bacon Scent, Eau You have Cats, New Smell and the Scent of Sensibility. It has been found to be compatible with many devices.

Id the purpose for which the spray has been launched..

302.

X is a passive two-terminal electrical component and is said to be the fourth circuit element. It is a fundamental non-linear circuit element relating charge and magnetic flux linkage. X was initially conceptualized by Y in 1971. The definition of the X is based solely on the fundamental circuit variables of current and voltage and their time-integrals, just like the resistor, capacitor, and inductor. Unlike those three elements however, which are allowed in LTI (Linear Time Invariant) system theory , X has a nonlinear function and may be described by any of a variety of functions of net charge. In 2008, a team at HP Labs announced the development of a X based on a thin film of titanium dioxide. In October 2011,HP labs announced the commercial availability of X within 18 months, as a replacement for Flash, SSD, DRAM and SRAM. Y received the Kirchoff award from IEEE in 2005 and also remarked "Now all the Electrical Engineering books need to be changed !!!".

301.

X is nicknamed by friends as Magus. X started Microcomp a company selling teledigital calculators under the brand name "Televista". X started Y in 1976 along with 8 others and also also included the Uttar Pradesh Government as an equity partner.Y reported a revenue of Rs 1 million in the first year of its inception itself. X was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2008. X also started Z along with Rajendra Pawar, Vijay Thadani and S Rajendran in 1981. Z provides training for individuals, enterprises, schools and colleges and has its presence in 40 countries worldwide. Y had consolidated revenues of US$3.7 billion, as on 30 Sept 2011 and employs more than 80,520 people of diverse nationalities.Identify X,Y and Z.

295.

Connect

294.

One for the Geeks!!!!

The X project began in Ivrea, Italy (the site of the computer company Olivetti), in 2005. Founders Massino Banzi and David Cuartielles named the project after X of Ivrea, the main historical character of the town. X of Ivrea (955–1015) was Margrave of Ivrea and King of Italy. He was the son of Dado, Count of Pombia. Arduin succeeded to the northern Italian Margraviate of Ivrea in 990 on dubious grounds. He was excommunicated for the murder of the Bishop of Vercelli in 997.

"X" is an Italian masculine first name, meaning "strong friend". The English version of the name is "Hardwin".

X

Identify X.

290.

Massachussets Institute of Technology, one of the most renowned colleges for Science and Technology, has its college admission process scheduled in two ways to suit both American students as well as international students. A Regular American student has fill in an application by August with his or her biographical form. They are later called for an interview with an MIT alumnus and evaluated in Mathematics, Science and Humanities. The interview is usually held during December and the evaluation process takes place in January. They also undergo the SAT, ACT or TOEFL tests during January. The international students undergo a process which is similiar to the American recruiting process. They fill in an online application form during August and undertake TOEFL during January or February and submit their Midyear Report at the same time. The decisions are usually taken during the end of that academic year as to whom to admit.

Now, MIT often dispatches the application decision letters to its chosen applicants ( the prospective students) on a specific day at the end of the academic year. MIT chooses this day to send the letters as a tribute to Math and Science.
Identify which day..

289.

This is the map of a city that has captivated the imagination of millions of children around the world once. A generation of geeks tried and finally decoded the map. Identify which city...

267.

A video question!!

This is a clip from the movie A. Recently X sued Y , stating that Y has copied the design and structure of Z from the clip in the movie A. X states that Z was copied from A as even X has a device similiar to Z.

Solve for X,Y,Z and A.

249.

He is Mr. Frank Gibeau from the United States of America. He is the president of which cool, artistic company??

245.

Robert Cailliau was a Belgian computer engineer.

He describes something as found below.

A Joint proposal for a hypertext system is presented to the management. Mike Sendall buys a NeXT cube for evaluation, and gives it to Tim . Tim's prototype implementation on NeXTStep is made in the space of a few months, thanks to the qualities of the NeXTStep software development system. This prototype offers WYSIWYG browsing/authoring. Current browsers used in "surfing” are mere passive windows, depriving the user of the possibility to contribute. During some sessions in the CERN cafeteria, Tim and I try to find a catching name for the system. I was determined that the name should not yet again be taken from Greek mythology. Tim proposes "_____________". I like this very much, except that it is difficult to pronounce in French..."

Id the blanked space.

243.

Doodlophilia!!

Whats this Doodle for?

241.

In NASA Ames Research Centre, a research paper named "Knowledge Representation in X and Artificial Intelligence" was published by Rick Briggs.

Its abstract is given below..

In the past twenty years, much time, effort, and money has been expended on designing an unambiguous representation of natural language to make them accessible to computer processing, These efforts have centered around creating schemata designed to parallel logical relations with relations expressed by the syntax and semantics of natural languages, which are clearly cumbersome and ambiguous in their function as vehicles for the transmission of logical data. Understandably, there is a widespread belief that natural languages are unsuitable for the transmission of many ideas that artificial languages can render with great precision and mathematical rigor. But this dichotomy, which has served as a premise underlying much work in the areas of linguistics and artificial intelligence, is a false one. There is at least one language, X which for the duration of almost 1000 years was a living spoken language with a considerable literature of its own. This article demonstrates that a natural language can serve as an artificial language also, and that much work in AI has been reinventing a wheel millenia old. First, a typical Knowledge Representation Scheme (using Semantic Nets) will be laid out, followed by an outline of the method used by the ancient grammarians to analyze sentences unambiguously. Finally, the clear parallelism between the two will be demonstrated, and the theoretical implications of this equivalence will be given.

Solve for X.

240.

This is an application released by the Warner Brothers. Identify the blanked out space.

238.

X's resignation from Y came in as a surprise as Y's CEO was X's brother.In her resignation, X said

I have spent my years at Y pouring my heart and soul into innovating and pushing the media industry forward by introducing new concepts around live, social, participatory viewing that the media industry has since adopted. We have made incredible progress, but there is still much to be done and other ways I can affect change. Now is the perfect time for me to move outside of Y to build a company focused on the exciting trends underway in the media industry.

X now heads a company called RtoZ Media

X

Id X and Y

227.

Richard Dawkins,(shown in the picture) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He has written books titled The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype and The Blind Watchmaker.

Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.

In the book The Selfish Gene, he introduced a term X which is used in the tech world as a transition of ideas and beliefs.

Identify the term.

226.

The technical details of this car include:

Length: 15 feet (4.57 m)

Width: 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m)

Weight: 2.5 short tons (2.3 t)

Acceleration: 0-60 in 5.6 seconds.

Engine: 5.7 liter GM V8 engine capable of 500 horsepower (370 kW).

Fuel: The "jet engine" on the back of the car was fed by propane tanks.

Tires: 4 Interco "Super Swamper TSL" tires standing 44 inches (1,100 mm) tall 18.5 inches (470 mm) wide (via titanium axles) in the rear and two 20" Hoosier dirt tires on the front.

This car also has a nose-mounted aluminum Cable Cutter Blade, Anti-Theft Device, Antenna Activator, Police Band Cut-In Switch, Automatic Tire Inflation Device and Anti-Fire Activator. If needed, the car is capable of a quick 180° turn due to two rear-mounted ten-foot Deist parachutes. The main license plate seen is 2F-3567. Some changes were made later, including different license plates, removal of the Futura steering wheel and substitution with a 1958 Edsel steering wheel.

Identify this super duper vehicle!!

221.

Sitter!!

Id the blanked out space..

209.

Identify the gentleman near the lady..

175.

Who wrote this book?