Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

April 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008

I eated it

—devadutta @ 10:27

Logo of ____

Hint:

Cracked by: varuns88 , srichand , Dibyo , priyananda , duriel and udupendra

varuns88, srichand, Dibyo, priyananda, duriel and udupendra


Now pay attention <X>

—srikanth @ 10:45

Which famous geek connects these people?

Cracked by: udupendra , Arun Warrier , varuns88 , teju , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , Atul Mathew , jayanth , RajT , duriel, bobo and Rohan (bravo to you, sir).

udupendra, Arun Warrier, varuns88, teju, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, Atul Mathew, jayanth, Rohan, RajT, duriel and bobo


Saturday, April 19, 2008

Teddy bear

—devadutta @ 10:16

Which fictional character has been “teddy bear”-ized here?

Hint: All geeks would have read the book in which this character appears

Cracked by: udupendra , RajT , teju , bobo , varuns88 , Dibyo and duriel.

udupendra, RajT, teju, bobo, varuns88, Dibyo and duriel


Friday, April 18, 2008

[Insert anastrophe here]

—srikanth @ 11:05

What is the missing piece of the pie? And while you answer that, post the source of the data too :)

The force was with Prasad , varuns88 , teju , Ginkgo100 , manubhardwaj , Dibyo , Vish , duriel , BiGFooT , shashank and udupendra.

Prasad, varuns88, teju, Ginkgo100, manubhardwaj, Dibyo, Vish, duriel, BiGFooT, shashank and udupendra

Show Answer

Jedi.


Thursday, April 17, 2008

My Dog!

—devadutta @ 09:47

Identify

Cracked by: yaksha , shashank , madhur , srichand , teju , Arun Warrier , udupendra , Ginkgo100 , duriel , priyananda , Rahul , anirudh , varuns88 , shyam , psrinivas , akhi , Dibyo , gammafunction , svgreatest , shivathilak , Keerthi Kiran M , kiran , BiGFooT , piezocake and Rohan.

yaksha, shashank, madhur, srichand, teju, Arun Warrier, udupendra, Ginkgo100, duriel, priyananda, Rahul, anirudh, varuns88, shyam, psrinivas, akhi, Dibyo, gammafunction, svgreatest, shivathilak, Keerthi Kiran M, kiran, BiGFooT, piezocake and Rohan


Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Look ma no hands

—srikanth @ 11:57

This is a question by duriel… Thanks a bunch man. (MOAR Qs 2 [email protected] PLZKTHX)

Q_17_apr.flv

What’s going on?

Cracked by: varuns88 , teju , duriel , Sridhar C , shashank , Dibyo and madhur.

varuns88, teju, duriel, Sridhar C, shashank, Dibyo and madhur


Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Hello?

—srikanth @ 11:45

Connect:

  1. 102.7

Cracked by: jayanth , gammafunction and shashank.

jayanth, gammafunction and shashank

Show Answer

The guy circled is Kevin Poulsen. He gained initial notoriety by a hack where he took over all the phone lines to KKIS-FM (an LA, USA based radio station), and ensured that he was the 102nd caller. The station was holding a contest at the time, wherein whoever would make the 102nd call would win a shiny new Porsche :)


Monday, April 14, 2008

No whistles here

—srikanth @ 09:05

A typical demo of this technique does it this way: You’re sitting at your PC happily looking at something (like in (1)). Guys sitting almost 25m away (not in direct contact with you) can reproduce your entire screen (like in (2)).

What’s this technique called?

It isn’t new, BTW. A proof-of-concept was published by a Dutch researcher in 1985. (The technique was eventually named after him)

Phreaked by: udupendra , duriel , Rahul , madhur , akhi , Dibyo , Ashwin , varuns88 , shashank , teju , Tathagata Chatterjee and yaksha.

udupendra, duriel, Rahul, madhur, akhi, Dibyo, Ashwin, varuns88, shashank, teju, Tathagata Chatterjee and yaksha

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The process of “eavesdropping” on a monitor from far away by reading the EM signals emitted was called Van Eck phreaking, after Wim Van Eck, the scientist who first invented the method.


Sunday, April 13, 2008

Eek Do Teen

—devadutta @ 10:13

Connect

Cracked by: duriel , madhur , akhi , RajT , Sridhar C , udupendra , varuns88 , prasanth , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha(close, but not correct) , Rahul , teju , svgreatest , Ajay Parasuram(close, but not correct) and Ginkgo100.

duriel, madhur, akhi, RajT, Sridhar C, udupendra, varuns88, prasanth, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, Rahul, teju, svgreatest, Ajay Parasuram and Ginkgo100


Saturday, April 12, 2008

Red Indian

—devadutta @ 09:42

If you were alive in the 1940s, you could see this image everyday. Where?
(If you don’t want to be too specific, you can just identify what images like this were used for)

Cracked by: Ginkgo100 , Tathagata Chatterjee , RajT , akhi and Dibyo.

Ginkgo100, Tathagata Chatterjee, RajT, akhi and Dibyo