Monday #4

Oh how much we owe to technology! 

True Story: As I was beating my remote to switch the channel while looking down on my smartphone, they seemed to have had enough of me. My remote teamed up with my smartphone to berate me on how I treat them so badly and give them no credit for all the shit they put up with. 

So here I am, giving credit where credit is due. A set from the world of tech, My smartphone has a message for y'all too: "Hello World": 

 1. Mr. Segale was an American Businessman and Real-estate developer. But his rise to fame moment came when he visited his warehouse to collect overdue rent from Minoru Arakawa and berated him in front of his employees. If you ask me, I’ll say that Mr. Segale was always meant to be a plumber. What are we talking about?

2. Make sense of this Tetris leaderboard, look closely!

3. To save people working in the building the disappointment of finding the __________ empty after making the trip to the room, a camera was set up providing a live picture of the ________ to all desktop computers on the office network of Cambridge University. Thus, the first webcam ever was actually invented by lazy students at Cambridge University to save them the effort of checking on _______ time and time again. What were they keeping an eye on? Fill in the blank.

4. A very early iteration of the Facebook site displayed a header image featuring a man's face obscured behind binary code. The identity of the man could not be seen clearly, but it later came to light that the face was that of acclaimed actor X. Id X.

5. The visual appearance of X was based on the G.I. Joe action figures. For X’s “bad” look, its hair was spiked and brown colored lenses were used for its eyes, whereas for its "good" look, green-colored lenses were used. The wig used for X's "bad" look had a silver streak in the middle, made out of Yak hair, while its leather jacket was designed by Vogt. Suits made of copper were used for X's costumes. Identify X.

Answers :

1. Mr. Mario Segale was the inspiration behind the name Mario 

2. Steve Wozniak is the man on the top

He was extremely good at Tetris. He topped the ranks so many times that he was banned from playing it. Wozniak reversed his name and played again. He topped the charts again as shown in the picture.

3. Coffee Machine 

The world’s first webcam was invented to help late-night studiers and programmers keep an eye on coffee levels.

4. Al Pacino 

5. Enthiran / Chitti

-KH