Boiledbeans

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2008

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


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!


Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Realization

—devadutta @ 21:07

This is a very simple question, but could not resist posting it.

What inspired this?

Look at the red arrow. Telling which site this is would make it even simpler.

Cracked by: Goyal , username , Rc , shenoyvarun86 , Priya , Rahulk , Vijay Shankar , K.Manish , Dibyo , Vivek , joe , Keerthi Kiran M , gammafunction , madhur , sidsen , varuns88 , svgreatest , Ananth , duriel , ali , Jean Valjean , aditya_s , Siddharth Jain , Prasad , Atul Mathew.

Goyal, username, Rc, shenoyvarun86, Priya, Rahulk, Vijay Shankar, K.Manish, Dibyo, Vivek, joe, Keerthi Kiran M, gammafunction, madhur, sidsen, varuns88, svgreatest, Ananth, duriel, ali, Jean Valjean, aditya_s, Siddharth Jain, Prasad and Atul Mathew

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XKCD inspiring Youtube!


Monday, October 20, 2008

The greatest in size of those under consideration was this uncivilian (sic) dry cough

—srikanth @ 22:22

Yet another fully-formed super-question from sidsen.

1 instituted. 7 was inspired. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were indignant. Id 7.

Want to challenge the Boiledbeans junta with some bit of trivia? Send in your questions to [email protected] .

Cracked by Goyal , Rahulk , Rc , shenoyvarun86 , Ajay Parasuram and malcaluffin.

Goyal, Rahulk, Rc, shenoyvarun86, Ajay Parasuram and malcaluffin


Sunday, October 19, 2008

Getting chilly

—srikanth @ 20:56

Some scenes at X (1969):

Some scenes at Y (1987):

Y is, informally, named after X. Solve for X and Y :-)

Cracked by Dibyo , Vijay Shankar , Rahulk , shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , username , duriel , Guneet , gammafunction , Kamal Rathi , mach101 , udupendra , vishnu , Nakul , Boneywasawarriorwayayix , Atul Mathew , madhur , Tathagata Chatterjee , varuns88 , Ajay Parasuram , Ananth , Biki and quaziluff.

Dibyo, Vijay Shankar, Rahulk, shenoyvarun86, Goyal, username, duriel, Guneet, gammafunction, Kamal Rathi, mach101, udupendra, vishnu, Nakul, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, Atul Mathew, madhur, Tathagata Chatterjee, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, Ananth, Biki and quaziluffy


Saturday, October 18, 2008

Private

—devadutta @ 20:23

Unnecessarily complicated question.

1 and 4 pioneered this technique which was based on the work pioneered by 2 and used by 1 and 2 in a technique which used 3. The technique of 1 and 4 did not use 3 and just used (mod) and ^.

What technique did 1 and 4 pioneer and who is 2?

  1. 2.

  2. 4.

Yesterday’s question will be up longer since it was posted late.

Cracked by: username , Rc , shenoyvarun86 , duriel , Goyal , varuns88 , Ajay Parasuram , priyananda , vaibhav008 , Ananth and Kamal Rathi. Good job!

username, Rc, shenoyvarun86, duriel, Goyal, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, priyananda, vaibhav008, Ananth and Kamal Rathi


Friday, October 17, 2008

Collision course

—srikanth @ 22:46

What poem connects the scientist and the author? And who are they?

Apologies for posting the question late. Random burst of social life which we keep talking about is the cause :)

Cracked by username , Goyal , svgreatest , shenoyvarun86 , Anon, Kamal Rathi , duriel , madhur , malcaluffin , Rohan and Ajay Parasuram (And Rahulk).

username, Goyal, Rahulk, svgreatest, shenoyvarun86, Anonymous, Kamal Rathi, duriel, madhur, malcaluffin, Rohan and Ajay Parasuram


Thursday, October 16, 2008

MP-Free

—devadutta @ 22:31

People thought 1 was named after 2. But it was actually a refernce to a jargon originated from 3. What is 1?

1.

  1. 3.

Hint;

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , username , duriel , Goyal , Rahulk , Rc , varuns88 , Dibyo , Ajay Parasuram , Priya , priyananda , svgreatest , Rohan , aditya_s , malcaluffin , madhur , Siddharth Jain , mach101 and bobo.

shenoyvarun86, username, duriel, Goyal, Rahulk, Rc, varuns88, Dibyo, Ajay Parasuram, Priya, priyananda, svgreatest, Rohan, aditya_s, malcaluffin, madhur, Siddharth Jain, mach101 and bobo

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Quoting aditya