Boiledbeans

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October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

The other one

—srikanth @ 22:47

What’s this place (1) called? (2) is just to help you locate it on the map (its around the center cursor).

Cracked by Rahulk , Dinesh , Rc , Jean Valjean , Dibyo , Vijay Shankar , Ajay Parasuram , Chandrakant Nair , duriel , udupendra , madhur , username , dheeraj , Ananth , mach101 and shenoyvarun86.

Rahulk, Dinesh, Rc, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, Vijay Shankar, Ajay Parasuram, Chandrakant Nair, duriel, udupendra, madhur, username, dheeraj, Ananth, mach101 and shenoyvarun86


Thursday, October 30, 2008

Another brick in the..

—devadutta @ 21:40

Connect

This is a deeper connect than usual, so set your search algorithms to look deeper :)

Cracked by: Vijay Shankar , dheeraj , amith , Guneet , mach101 , udupendra , Jean Valjean , Siddharth Jain and panrod.

Vijay Shankar, dheeraj, amith, Guneet, mach101, udupendra, Jean Valjean, Siddharth Jain and panrod


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

You win some, you lose some

—srikanth @ 21:12

Connect:

Cracked more/less completely by Rc , Vijay Shankar , shenoyvarun86 , amith , Rohan , svgreatest , nishansolo , Ananta , anirudh patil , Rahulk , udupendra , Ajay Parasuram , Anush , malcaluffin , Atul Mathew and Dinesh.

Rc, Vijay Shankar, shenoyvarun86, amith, Rohan, svgreatest, nishansolo, Ananta, anirudh patil, Rahulk, udupendra, Ajay Parasuram, Anush, malcaluffin, Atul Mathew and Dinesh


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Metallica

—devadutta @ 21:47

This apparatus(1) resembled something else which made 2 to give it the same name.

What did 2 call 1? who is 2?

1.

Cracked by: Rahulk , Dinesh , Rc , gammafunction , malcaluffin , shenoyvarun86 and udupendra. Good job!

Rahulk, Dinesh, Rc, gammafunction, malcaluffin, shenoyvarun86 and udupendra

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1 is an array of Leyden jars which look like a “Battey of cannons”. Thus Benjamin Franklin called 1 as “Battery”. The name is used even today.


Monday, October 27, 2008

One

—srikanth @ 21:46

Identify and connect

Cracked by Rc , malcaluffin and udupendra.

Rc, malcaluffin and udupendra


Sunday, October 26, 2008

1 (insert your hint here)

—devadutta @ 20:20

Map depicting what?

Click for a bigger map.

Cracked by: Biki , Rahulk , Atul Mathew , shenoyvarun86 , Lord Labak Das , sidsen , piezocake , varuns88 , duriel , username , Chandrakant Nair , Vijay Shankar , Bipin Banavalikar , amith , Rohan , Sridhar C , priyananda , Ananth , Dibyo , alakh_niranjan , Anush , udupendra , Jean Valjean , pratap , pinaki sarkar , Siddharth Jain , Prasad.

Biki, Rahulk, Atul Mathew, shenoyvarun86, Lord Labak Das, sidsen, piezocake, varuns88, duriel, username, Chandrakant Nair, Vijay Shankar, Bipin Banavalikar, amith, Rohan, Sridhar C, priyananda, Ananth, Dibyo, alakh_niranjan, Anush, udupendra, Jean Valjean, pratap, pinaki sarkar, Siddharth Jain and Prasad

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US, Liberia and Mayanmar are the only countries to have not adopted the SI system of measurement.


Saturday, October 25, 2008

Ting ding ding ding!

—srikanth @ 22:02

Identify and connect (Only the device on the right in (4) is relevant). Visual acuity will help.

(Yesterdays Q will stay open till about 4PM IST)

Cracked (in whole or part) by shenoyvarun86 , varuns88 , Vijay Shankar , Dibyo , Anush , madhur , priyananda , username , Ananth and Rahulk.

shenoyvarun86, varuns88, Vijay Shankar, Dibyo, Anush, madhur, priyananda, username, Ananth and Rahulk


Friday, October 24, 2008

Loading vmlinuz...

—devadutta @ 22:35

This linux distribution named after 1 was the first to achieve something. Identify the distribution and what it achieved. 2 should be a very helpful hint.

1. 2.

Apologies for posting the question this late. We will restore punctuality in a few days. Until then, please do not mind ocassional delays.

Cracked by: Ajay Parasuram , Rahulk , alephnull , Tathagata Chatterjee , Rohan , Atul Mathew , shenoyvarun86 , ali , Ananth , yaksha , malcaluffin , varuns88 , Anush , quaziluffy , Jean Valjean , Dibyo , amith , madhur , madhur and username.

Ajay Parasuram, Rahulk, alephnull, Tathagata Chatterjee, Rohan, Atul Mathew, shenoyvarun86, ali, Ananth, yaksha, malcaluffin, varuns88, Anush, quaziluffy, Jean Valjean, Dibyo, amith, madhur, madhur and username


Thursday, October 23, 2008

It's all about balance

—srikanth @ 21:10

There are two people in the first picture. To complete the connection, there should be another device in this question. What’s the missing device?

Cracked by nisha’s thambi , Dibyo , Lord Labak Das , amith , username , priyananda , duriel , sidsen , Tathagata Chatterjee , Vijay Shankar , Rohan and varuns88 (and ajay parasuram).

nisha’s thambi, Dibyo, Lord Labak Das, amith, username, priyananda, duriel, sidsen, Tathagata Chatterjee, Vijay Shankar, Ajay Parasuram, Rohan and varuns88


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Narayana Narayana

—devadutta @ 21:32

Who he?

Hint: look at the ‘A’ pin

Cracked by: Vijay Shankar , username , gammafunction , Rahulk , Pranav , shenoyvarun86 , K.Manish , sidsen , pinaki sarkar , Dibyo , nisha’s thambi , anirudh patil , Keerthi Kiran M , mach101 , Atul Mathew , nishansolo , madhur , Chandrakant Nair , Ajay Parasuram , Ananth , varuns88 , rajeshvj , Vinay , priyananda , Prasad.

Vijay Shankar, username, gammafunction, Rahulk, Pranav, shenoyvarun86, K.Manish, sidsen, pinaki sarkar, Dibyo, nisha’s thambi, anirudh patil, Keerthi Kiran M, mach101, Atul Mathew, nishansolo, madhur, Chandrakant Nair, Ajay Parasuram, Ananth, varuns88, rajeshvj, Vinay, priyananda and Prasad

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Prof. Satish Dhawan. All hail ISRO!