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2009

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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—devadutta @ 23:34

Simple one for the day.

What is this and where is it widely used?

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here is a funkier pic

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p.s: Live Quiz scores will be applied to your accounts over the weekend. Some technical difficulties and a ton of laziness is holding it back :)

Cracked by: Neeraj , Goyal , sidsen , duriel , username , Dibyo , Raghuvansh , Kal , vishwa theja , Ananth and priyananda.

Neeraj, Goyal, sidsen, duriel, username, Dibyo, Raghuvansh, Kal, vishwa theja, Ananth and priyananda

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Pentaprism, extensively used in SLR Cameras


Do you has what it takes to serve?

—srikanth @ 20:30

Simple. ID legendary internet flash comic thingy.

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Cracked by Goyal , Neeraj , Bipin Banavalikar , Raghuvansh , Kal , Kal , duriel , username , Ananth , Big Mo and shenoyvarun86.

Goyal, Neeraj, Bipin Banavalikar, Raghuvansh, Kal, duriel, username, Ananth, Big Mo and shenoyvarun86


Sunday, January 4, 2009

Yes, Minster!

—devadutta @ 23:26

Connect

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hint:

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Cracked by:Kal , Raghuvansh , Bipin Banavalikar , Goyal , Rc , Pradeep Ramarathnam , Dibyo , username , Pillai , Rohan , nishansolo , mach101 , yaksha , Vinay Nair , duriel , priyananda , calvin , Atul Mathew , alakh_niranjan , p vs np , Aparna , Ps , Neeraj , Ananth , quaziluffy , shashank , udupendra , Wasi Manazir , bhargavaurala , Arjun Chennu , Manjith , Rahul , madhur , Dhananjay , Rahulk.

Kal, Raghuvansh, Bipin Banavalikar, Goyal, Rc, Pradeep Ramarathnam, Dibyo, username, Pillai, Rohan, nishansolo, mach101, yaksha, Vinay Nair, duriel, priyananda, calvin, Atul Mathew, alakh_niranjan, p vs np, Aparna, Ps, Neeraj, Ananth, quaziluffy, shashank, udupendra, Wasi Manazir, bhargavaurala, Arjun Chennu, Manjith, Rahul, madhur, Dhananjay and Rahulk

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Buckminster Fuller, Buckminsterfullerene.


Saturday, January 3, 2009

Scores and Results!

—devadutta @ 23:42

Wow! That was an amazing round of live quizzing action! We had 120(and still counting) people taking part and 29 people posted their badges.

A big Thank you to everyone who participated!

We will be posting answers and some more awesome statictics from the event after a few days so that those who did not get to participate, can still give it a shot.

Results

First to finish: gorlock
Time to completion: 35 minutes

Brilliant work gorlock! You have won a Boiledbeans T-Shirt along with 20 points!

Congratulations!

Second to finish: **Dibyo
**Time to completion: 87 minutes

Awesome! Dibyo gets 15 points!

Third to finish:** anon
**Time to completion: 90 minutes (close call ;) )

We would have given you 10 points if you had used your Boiledbeans username. Please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Others who completed:

duriel
username
sidsen
bs
Neeraj
shrik
jane
and Anirudh(you both have not posted your badge here. Please do it if you want points. If you have lost it, get in touch with us)

Amazing work guys! All of you get 5 points!

Others who completed with one of more skips:

Name Score
udupendra 17
priyananda 17
Goyal 16
Ananth 15
mach101 15
srikanth 15
varuns88 15
yaksha 14
abhishek 14
keerthi2kiran 14
johnywalker 13
atulmathew 13
bulldozer 12
trinity 12
vinayprasad 12
hema 12
rohan 11
veekay 7

If your score is >=15, you get 3 points, If it is >10 and <15, you will get 2 points. The rest get 1 point.

Others have more than 1 point, but have faild to complete the login step :P
They get 1 point.

Like you can see, the scoring is quite complicated, so it may take a while for the scores to come up on the board.

Do tell us what you felt about the Live Quiz!
Would you like to see more of these?

**Let us know! **Leave comments!

Thanks everyone!**
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p.s: The quiz is still live. You can take part if you have not.


Saturday, January 3, 2009

343 m/s

—srikanth @ 20:29

Fill in the blank, and put fundae. The second image does repeat:

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  2. 92ff4891e1f2b245ebf067ee34322143 39a3ad03f0ff137fe6b1057a4d24656a
  3. ?? 39a3ad03f0ff137fe6b1057a4d24656a

Yes, it’s a bit surreal…

Cracked by Goyal , Dibyo , shrik , Kal , duriel , Raghuvansh , username and priyananda.

Goyal, Dibyo, shrik, Kal, duriel, Raghuvansh, username, priyananda, Rohan, Rohan and Rohan


Saturday, January 3, 2009

Live Quiz is here!

—devadutta @ 08:00

Boiledbeans Live Quiz, the epic event is here!

You can start the quiz by clicking on the terminal image below. But, do read the rules and info before you start. They will come in very handy!

Rules

  • First one to answer ALL questions correctly wins. If no one finishes all questions, the one with the maximum correct answer wins.
  • When you reach the end, follow what bbterm tells you to do.
  • Points
    First to finish: 20 ( and a surprise )
    Second: 15
    Third: 10
    All others who get at least 2 correct: 2-5 points, depending on how many you have right

Usage Information:

The interface is modeled around a bash terminal. You type a command and hit [ENTER] for it to execute. It is that simple. So, when we say type a command, we mean, type it and hit [ENTER] ;)

  • When you type commands, do not add unnecessary spaces. If a command has an argument, seperate the command and the argument by only ONE space.
  • Do not use space in your username.
  • Do not use special characters
  • If you are stuck at some place, type hint
  • If you want to skip a question, type **skip
    **And follow bbterm’s instructions. You will loose points if you skip questions and you will not be considered first if someone who finishes later than you has more correct answers! So think twice before skipping.
  • If you want to end the game and leave with the points you already have, type **resign
    **and follow instructions

Browser compatibility:

  • Works perfectly on: Firefox, IE7 and IE6(please stop using it, for the good of all of us :P )
  • Works decently on: Chrome, Safari(including the iPhone version), Opera
  • Not tested on: IE5
  • Will not work on: Lynx or any browser that does not have Javascript support.

Click on the terminal image below to start the quiz!

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Update: To start off, type hint

Update 2: Remember its like a bash terminal. Search for bash commands which does things mentioned in the hint. Like “find what you have in the current directory”.

duriel(5), username(5), sidsen(5), Neeraj(5), bs(5), shrik(5), udupendra(3), mach101(3), gorlock(20) and Dibyo(15)


Friday, January 2, 2009

Magic!

—devadutta @ 21:59

BB Live Quiz is tonight!
You will be able to see the link to the interface at exactly 21:30 (Indian Standard Time).
Remember that it is a run to finish and the first few people to finish get a lot of points and a surprise!(details coming up later)

So dont forget to be here on time!

Now, the question: What supposedly connects

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1 is something you get when you blow stuff like 3

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Went uncracked!

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1 is the blue “Magic Smoke” you see when an integrated circuit over heats and catches fire.


Thursday, January 1, 2009

What a Shock!

—devadutta @ 23:27

First post of the year is a guest question from Shashank Srikant! yay!

Before we get on with the question,please remember that BB Live Quiz is coming up on 3rd January at 9:30 PM IST. Hope you guys are ready!

Now, the question.

How does the world, and especially the person in Pic 2 know the gentlemen in Pic 1 as?

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Hint: 2 is a rather famous guy. Without his work, we would probably not have computers today.

Cracked by: Johny Walker , Atul Mathew , udupendra , kal , AmK , Dibyo , Vaishnavi , duriel , calvin , username , nishansolo , saurabh arora , panrod , Rohan , vinayprasad , shashank , Neeraj , Raghuvansh , degenker , shenoyvarun86 and Bharath.

Johny Walker, Atul Mathew, udupendra, kal, AmK, Dibyo, Vaishnavi, duriel, calvin, username, nishansolo, saurabh arora, panrod, Rohan, vinayprasad, shashank, Neeraj, Raghuvansh, degenker, shenoyvarun86, Bharath and p vs np

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Quoting p vs np ( who is Shashank Srikant ;) ),