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Friday, July 03, 2009

Pardon me for the obscure wording...
















The insect sort of thing in the first pic derives its name from a certain greek word. From the same greek word, these two gentlemen formed a certain group aimed at "breaking the system". They succeeded, but a certain accident occurred and they decided to disband. ID them if you can, but more importantly, what were they trying to crack, even if it was for a science experiment?
Hint: Movies on similar lines have followed...

Answer: Eudaemonia brachyura (Urotini) of pic 1 is a moth whose name comes from Eudaimonia, Greek for 'happiness'. J. Doyne Farmer (pic 3) and Norman Packard (pic 2) headed the group Eudeamons, who found a way to beat the casinos at roulette.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaemons
Cracked by Gaurav Jindal, ashwini_nit and yossarian caulfield singhania.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

GST: Greek Security team
the guys who hacked the LHC systems?

AndersonCouncil

Gaurav Jindal said...

Eudaemons ..

Norman Packard
J. Doyne Farmer

Both physicians devised out some strategy to "break" the roulette wheel

ashwin said...

Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard(The Eudaemons)... to beat the roulette??

yossarian caulfield singhania said...

Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard formed Eudaemonic Enterpises which aimed at beating the roulette.

Anonymous said...

The butterfly effect


- Ankit Dhul

Friday, July 03, 2009

Pardon me for the obscure wording...
















The insect sort of thing in the first pic derives its name from a certain greek word. From the same greek word, these two gentlemen formed a certain group aimed at "breaking the system". They succeeded, but a certain accident occurred and they decided to disband. ID them if you can, but more importantly, what were they trying to crack, even if it was for a science experiment?
Hint: Movies on similar lines have followed...

Answer: Eudaemonia brachyura (Urotini) of pic 1 is a moth whose name comes from Eudaimonia, Greek for 'happiness'. J. Doyne Farmer (pic 3) and Norman Packard (pic 2) headed the group Eudeamons, who found a way to beat the casinos at roulette.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaemons
Cracked by Gaurav Jindal, ashwini_nit and yossarian caulfield singhania.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

GST: Greek Security team
the guys who hacked the LHC systems?

AndersonCouncil

Gaurav Jindal said...

Eudaemons ..

Norman Packard
J. Doyne Farmer

Both physicians devised out some strategy to "break" the roulette wheel

ashwin said...

Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard(The Eudaemons)... to beat the roulette??

yossarian caulfield singhania said...

Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard formed Eudaemonic Enterpises which aimed at beating the roulette.

Anonymous said...

The butterfly effect


- Ankit Dhul