Boiledbeans

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May 2008

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Not like RMS

—devadutta @ 21:39

yaksha sent in this question. Thanks buddy!

This “club” celebrated their 20th anniversary by creating 1. Their “meetings” generally involve pitching tents like the one found in 2 and “working” in them. Who are they? Also, Identify 1.
(3 is their logo, might help)

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Cracked by: sidsen , sandesh , Atul Mathew , madhur , varuns88 , jayanth , shashank , vijayaraghavan , Dibyo , Keerthi Kiran M(late).

sidsen, sandesh, Atul Mathew, madhur, varuns88, jayanth, shashank, vijayaraghavan, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M and yaksha


Crank dat

—srikanth @ 22:00

(A bit of a sitter, but I couldn’t resist) Identify the dude with the laptop in the video.

teju , yaksha , Ajay Parasuram , jayanth , duriel , srikar , sandesh , svgreatest , priyananda , akhi , madhur , Atul Mathew , shashank , Prasad , BiGFooT , bobo , Rahul , rajeshvj , Dibyo , varuns88 , Keerthi Kiran M , Shakeel , and piezocake got *with *it.

teju, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram, jayanth, duriel, srikar, sandesh, svgreatest, priyananda, akhi, madhur, Atul Mathew, shashank, Prasad, BiGFooT, bobo, Rahul, rajeshvj, Dibyo, varuns88, Keerthi Kiran M, Shakeel and piezocake


Friday, May 9, 2008

Hola, Howdy, Hello, Hoi, Mambo...

—devadutta @ 21:59

Company headed by 1 created X which became very famous and as a result was acquired by Y.
X came out as a result of tools that were developed for the game in 2.

Identify 1,X,Y and 2

1.

2.

Cracked by: varuns88 , BiGFooT , Tathagata Chatterjee , madhur , Ajay Parasuram , yaksha.

varuns88, BiGFooT, Tathagata Chatterjee, madhur, Ajay Parasuram and yaksha


Thursday, May 8, 2008

I spy with my little eye...

—srikanth @ 21:36

Identify and connect

Cracked by: varuns88 , srikar and BiGFooT.

varuns88, srikar and BiGFooT


Wednesday, May 7, 2008

What every evil guy wishes to be...

—devadutta @ 20:37

Whats common between

Hint: 4 is not a microscopic image. Click on the images for a better view..

Cracked by: teju, varuns88 abd Dibyo. Nice job!

teju, varuns88 and Dibyo


Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Quizzicus Confusedus Boiledbeansiensis

—srikanth @ 23:28

(1) was chosen as the mascot for a product X, which forms the core for a major product Y.

(1) was named after (2), but the name was misspelt, and the wrong spelling stuck. (2) was chosen because he was a major proponent of (3)s work, and the community that chose (1) felt that it was analogical to the products X and Y.

But, interestingly, if anyone were to mention (1) and Y together, they would be breaking a lot of laws.

Identify 1, 2, 3 and X. Don’t identify Y, unless you want to be an outlaw :)

Dibyo, duriel, priyananda, Atul Mathew, jayanth and srikar chose to be outlaws. varuns88 and Ginkgo100 were very tactful while **sandesh, akhi and Poornima **played it safe. sidsen is secretly a lawyer.

varuns88, Dibyo, duriel, akhi, priyananda, Atul Mathew, Poornima, Ginkgo100, sidsen, jayanth and srikar


Monday, May 5, 2008

It looks like you're trying to answer a question;

—srikanth @ 23:13

The annals of computer history are littered with failed attempts at making friendlier and arbitrarily innovative interfaces. The gallery below is one such attempt.

Which product had these strange characters as its user interface? Extra-bored people may also want to list the names of these characters, and identify this product’s legacy in today’s world.

Cracked by: akhi , varuns88 , madhur , sidsen , udupendra and Dibyo.

akhi, varuns88, madhur, sidsen, udupendra and Dibyo

Show Answer

These are helpers/assistants that used to be on the UI of Microsoft Bob. Each of these guys has a name, and lots of people have IDd that name, so check out the answers for more details.


Sunday, May 4, 2008

Good morning, eager young minds

—srikanth @ 20:40

A dry question for today, brought to you Karthik Jagadeesan. Keep the guest Qs coming to [email protected]!

X is said to have invented this game, independently, after Y first invented this. Y did this at the Bohr Institute. Y was a scientist, mathematician, author and poet.

X is a mathematician as well. X became known to a larger number of people, the masses, due to a relatively recent popular culture happening. Though this happening did not really stick to all that X was privately about.

Name X and Y. Bonus stud points if you can figure out the name of the game.

Cracked by: varuns88 , Dibyo , akhi , svgreatest , madhur , shashank , RajT , duriel , Ajay Parasuram , sidsen , alakh_niranjan , yaksha , Rahul and Sandhip.

varuns88, Dibyo, akhi, svgreatest, madhur, shashank, RajT, duriel, Ajay Parasuram, sidsen, alakh_niranjan, yaksha, Rahul and Sandhip

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X -> John Nash (recently popularized in “A Beautiful Mind”)


Saturday, May 3, 2008

Box not meant to be eaten

—devadutta @ 21:02

Simple connect for the weekend…

Slightly re-phrased

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= ?

Cracked by: varuns88 , akhi , prasanth , BiGFooT , duriel , Tathagata Chatterjee(close, not correct) , priyananda , sidsen , yaksha(close, not correct) , shashank , jayanth , Dibyo.

varuns88, akhi, prasanth, BiGFooT, duriel, Tathagata Chatterjee, priyananda, sidsen, yaksha, shashank, jayanth and Dibyo


Friday, May 2, 2008

Black

—devadutta @ 21:24

Something achieved for the first time. What?

Cracked: varuns88 , Dibyo , duriel , Tathagata Chatterjee , prasanth , sandesh , madhur , Archana , yaksha , BiGFooT , priyananda , Rahul , shivathilak , Ginkgo100 , pratap and Keerthi Kiran M.

varuns88, Dibyo, duriel, Tathagata Chatterjee, prasanth, sandesh, madhur, Archana, yaksha, BiGFooT, priyananda, Rahul, shivathilak, Ginkgo100, pratap and Keerthi Kiran M