Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

2008

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Like father, like son. Not really.

—devadutta @ 00:11

This device was publicized to be the killer gadget of the century, but it ended up being a disaster. The very things that were supposed to make it popular led to its sad demise.

Identify the computer in the pic. ( Easy one after for the weekend )

Cracked by: Kaiser Soze , Dibyo , duriel. Nice crack guys!

Kaiser Soze, Dibyo and duriel


The king is dead. Let's leave it that way.

—srikanth @ 21:14

Who is (1), what is (2) and what meat-related activity did (1) get (2) for?

Cracked by akhi alone! Great job…

akhi


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

We are releasing on time!

—devadutta @ 23:06

Who is this guy?

And of course, here are the much needed hints

Cracked by: Pranav , Goyal , gammafunction , Ajay Parasuram , madhur , shenoyvarun86 and Prasad.

Pranav, Goyal, gammafunction, Ajay Parasuram, madhur, shenoyvarun86 and Prasad


Tuesday, November 11, 2008

This is a -.-. .-.. ..- .

—srikanth @ 21:07

These three chronologically ordered images tell a story. Identify and connect (the connect is the story)

Story cracked completely by Goyal and Dibyo. Bipin Banavalikar and Abhishek identified things right.

Goyal, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar and Abhishek


Monday, November 10, 2008

Corner Square in Monopoly

—devadutta @ 21:30

1 “performed” it themselves while someone else “performed” it on 2.

What is “it”?

  1. 2.

Cracked by: teju , Rc , vivek , Dibyo , Bipin Banavalikar , Goyal , Prasad , shenoyvarun86 , Ajay Parasuram , varuns88 , Ananth , priyananda , Nayantara and Vijay Shankar.

teju, Rc, vivek, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Goyal, Prasad, shenoyvarun86, Ajay Parasuram, varuns88, Ananth, priyananda, Nayantara and Vijay Shankar


Sunday, November 9, 2008

Much to everyone's anguish

—srikanth @ 21:13

Who is this computing pioneer, and what programming technique is named based on him?

(My sympathies to anyone who has been forced to use this to code.)

Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Vijay Shankar , varuns88 , Ajay Parasuram , udupendra and Ananth.

Answer
Charles Simonyi, a programmer-guru type chap who’s responsible for one of the few good MS products, MS Excel.

The Hungarian Notation of variable naming was named after him (since he’s from Hungary).

shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Vijay Shankar, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, udupendra and Ananth


Saturday, November 8, 2008

Smile

—devadutta @ 22:29

Easy one. What is this?

Cracked by: Vijay Shankar , Johny Walker , Atul Mathew , Rc , malcaluffin , shenoyvarun86 , Shyam , aditya_s , quaziluffy , Siddharth , dheeraj , varuns88 , vs and nishansolo.

Vijay Shankar, Johny Walker, Atul Mathew, Rc, malcaluffin, shenoyvarun86, Shyam, aditya_s, quaziluffy, Siddharth, dheeraj, varuns88, vs and nishansolo

Show Answer

The first ever color photograph taken by James Maxwell.


Friday, November 7, 2008

Axis of evil?

—srikanth @ 20:58

Identify 1 and their IT world counterparts (according to 2). Put fundaes, plz.

Cracked by Rc , duriel , Rahulk , Dibyo , akhi and panrod.

Rc, duriel, Rahulk, Dibyo, akhi, panrod and Vijay Shankar


Thursday, November 6, 2008

7up

—devadutta @ 22:08

Logo of?
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This is their new logo

Hint: This was extremely popular before the Internet.

Again, sorry for the delayed posting. We are working hard to fix this problem. Until then, please do not mind. The question will be open 3hours longer than usual.

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , dheeraj , Rahulk , Dinesh , username , Dibyo , Ananth , Vijay Shankar , Ajay Parasuram , Goyal.

shenoyvarun86, dheeraj, Rahulk, Dinesh, username, Dibyo, Ananth, Vijay Shankar, Ajay Parasuram and Goyal


Wednesday, November 5, 2008

There is only ...

—devadutta @ 22:23

Yay! Guest question time. Thanks to Dheeraj K for this question.

Connect

Please to send all guest questions to [email protected]
kthx

Cracked by: username , Vijay Shankar , Prasad , Goyal , shenoyvarun86 , Rahulk( ha ha ) , Dinesh , Anush , duriel , akhi(welcome back!!1!) , vivek , madhur , Rohan , Aditya , Ananth , alakh_niranjan , yaksha , Ajay Parasuram , priyananda , Dibyo(different connect!) and Ganesh Prasad.

username, Vijay Shankar, Prasad, Goyal, shenoyvarun86, Rahulk, Dinesh, Anush, duriel, akhi, vivek, madhur, Rohan, Aditya, Ananth, alakh_niranjan, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram, priyananda, Dibyo and Ganesh Prasad