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November 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

How does he do that?!

—devadutta @ 09:55

This question was sent in by Karthik Jagadeesan. Thanks a lot buddy! (and oh.. you can send in questions to [email protected])

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Who holds this patent?

Cracked by: udupendra , bobo , Poornima , jayanth , sidsen , deepak , shivathilak , Atul Mathew , alephnull , Dibyo , Vinod P.V , prasanth , yaksha , Abhishek and nisha’s thambi.

udupendra, bobo, Poornima, jayanth, sidsen, deepak, shivathilak, Atul Mathew, alephnull, Dibyo, Vinod P.V, prasanth, yaksha, Abhishek and nishas thambi

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Michael Jackson.


Thursday, November 29, 2007

Old school

—srikanth @ 10:05

This question comes to us from Nihit. Identify the man in the picture below:

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Cracked by: Poornima , sidsen , bobo , teju , Keerthi Kiran M , shivathilak , prasanth , Madan , aandthirtyeights , Abhishek , iamniks , alephnull and yaksha

Poornima, sidsen, bobo, teju, Keerthi Kiran M, shivathilak, prasanth, Madan, aandthirtyeights, Abhishek, iamniks, alephnull and yaksha

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Christopher Sholes. Famous for inventing the typewriter and now infamous for the RSI-inducing QWERTY layout of our keyboards.


Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Piece Peace

—devadutta @ 10:01

Connect

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Cracked by: bs , alephnull , iamniks , Tathagata Chatterjee , udupendra , Goutham , bobo , A Nony Mouse , jayanth , Anirudh , sidsen , prasanth and yaksha.

bs, alephnull, iamniks, Tathagata Chatterjee, udupendra, Goutham, bobo, A Nony Mouse, jayanth, Anirudh, sidsen, prasanth and yaksha


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Alternatives

—srikanth @ 10:08

Three views of what?

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Extra credit: Connect with the latest news :)

Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , teju , iamniks , shivathilak , alephnull , Abhishek , Ganesh Prasad , aandthirtyeights , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , Gammafunction , prasanth , arbitguy and jayanth.

udupendra, sidsen, teju, iamniks, shivathilak, alephnull, Abhishek, Ganesh Prasad, aandthirtyeights, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, Gammafunction, prasanth, arbitguy and jayanth

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This is GM’s exhibit of a “future city of 1960” in the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. The whole exhibit was called Futurama. The animated series got its name from this.


Monday, November 26, 2007

Looks Real!

—devadutta @ 09:40
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Identify 1 and 2.

Cracked by: jayanth , udupendra , deepak , teju , , iamniks , Ganesh Prasad , Abhishek , alephnull , shivathilak , prasanth , Keerthi Kiran M , bobo , sidsen , A Nony Mouse , Gammafunction , yaksha , Tathagata Chatterjee , piezocake , piezocake and nisha’s thambi.

jayanth, udupendra, deepak, teju, Anonymous, iamniks, Ganesh Prasad, Abhishek, alephnull, shivathilak, prasanth, Keerthi Kiran M, bobo, sidsen, A Nony Mouse, Gammafunction, yaksha, Tathagata Chatterjee, piezocake, piezocake and nishas thambi


Sunday, November 25, 2007

Too easy, too complicated

—srikanth @ 09:40

What is blanked out in this postage stamp?

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For extra credit: What is the whole thing the guy is wearing called?

Cracked by: udupendra , teju , shivathilak , rajeshvj , Ramanand , Mahesh , teju , sidsen , alephnull , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , Shreyas , A Nony Mouse , bs , VikraM , bobo , deepak , and nisha’s thambi.

udupendra, teju, shivathilak, rajeshvj, Ramanand, Mahesh, teju, sidsen, alephnull, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, Shreyas, A Nony Mouse, bs, VikraM, bobo, deepak and nishas thambi

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US Postage stamp commemorating Rube Goldberg’s cartoons. The cartoon there is the Self-Operating Napkin.


Saturday, November 24, 2007

1/0

—devadutta @ 10:44

This question is based on a suggestion from Anirudh Deshpande. Thanks a lot dude!

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Identify and connect.

Cracked by: teju , sidsen , VikraM , jayanth, Nishas thambi and udupendra.

@piezocake: what!?

teju, sidsen, VikraM, jayanth, nishas thambi and udupendra


Friday, November 23, 2007

Quite pessimistic

—srikanth @ 11:04

Connect the images to one of the greatest geek culture icons of all time.

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Cracked by: teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen, and nisha’s thambi.

teju, VikraM, prasanth, udupendra, Mahesh, Madan, Gammafunction, Shreyas, Biki, sidsen and nishas thambi

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The signature on top makes it a bit obvious, but it was intentional. These are machine code listings from Mel Kaye, who used to code on an LGP30 in the Royal McBee computer corporation. The “Real programmers” series of messages/memes originated from the hacks that this guy used to pull off. See “The story of mel” on the jargon file for more info :)


Thursday, November 22, 2007

I can see! I can see!

—devadutta @ 11:03
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a. Hold the picture 1 close to your face so that your nose touches it (You might want to print it out.. you know its the flu season :P)
b. Slowly move away from it and try not to focus on 1
c. Continue moving it away from you very slowly until you see a Shark.

Now for the question. What are images like 1 called?

Cracked by: udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nisha’s thambi, bobo, prasanth, and Poornima (list was wrong. Fixed on 25/11/07)

udupendra, deepak, teju, sidsen, jayanth, shivathilak, Abhishek, iamniks, Gammafunction, asha, Anonymous, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Biki, Madan, Mahesh, nishas thambi, bobo, prasanth and Poornima

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Autostereograms.


Thursday, November 22, 2007

100

—srikanth @ 10:47

Why did we have the theme round?Just to celebrate, in our peculiarly own geeky way, that we’ve posted a hundred questions!

The question titled 0x64, was the 100th question posted on Boiledbeans, and therefore we chose it to be the last question of the theme round.This post is just a shout out to say, we’ve had one amazing time doing the hundred questions, and it’s great seeing all of you answering them!

We promise you lots more Drama, Intrigue and Geekiness in the questions to come. Here’s hoping you’ve enjoyed it too :)