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August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

e-smack.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Bit of a sitter perhaps. And yes, we might have touched upon similar topics in the past on Boiledbeans :) But, here goes anyway. Identify the bit that’s been blocked out.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, s m muneer ali, username, Urthstripe, Rogi, jowens, Goyal, Bharath, Dibyo, badideabear, KK, aditthya, Aditya S, rickde, Thejas V R, Rahulk, anurag, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, vishwanath, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya and Raghuvansh

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Minecraft, of course :) These were Penny-Arcade’s comic strips talking about Minecraft’s addictive-ness (and awesome-ness)!


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

I prefer 'plugh' myself

—srikanth @ 23:59

Two images with a bit of a story behind them. Story, please :)

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, Martin, username, Advaith, Rogi, jowens, Goyal, Bharath, Dibyo, badideabear, KK, anurag, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Ananth, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya and byslexia

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Foocamp and barcamp. Foobar


Monday, August 29, 2011

Right on cue

—srikanth @ 23:59

Sorry for the ultra-late post folks. This will stay open for longer.

This question’s kinda silly, I just put it here because the cartoon was amazing. Identify what’s been blocked out in red:

Cracked by: badideabear, Raghuvansh, grey_matters, anurag, Sumanth Patlolla, shrik, s m muneer ali, Shwetha Maiya, vishwanath, username, Urthstripe, Advaith, Rogi, jowens, Goyal, Bharath, Dibyo, KK, aditthya, Aditya S, Thejas V R, Rahulk, Ananth, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA and byslexia

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Pavlov from Pavlov’s Dogs


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Not just an SI unit, what?

—srikanth @ 22:33

What was this called? It was the first of its kind, created by a famous German inventor. All clues are in the image. We’re looking for just the name of the thing below :)

Cracked by: Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, username, raklodramA, krithika rai, KK, Thejas V R, s m muneer ali, Siddarth Pai, mankuTimma, Bharath, jowens, vishwanath, Rogi, badideabear, shrik, Aditya S, Raghuvansh, Rahulk, Abhishek Mudiganti, rickde, anurag, Saurabh, grey_matters, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar and Shwetha Maiya

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The Elektromote - the world’s first trolleybus (aka tram-like-thing-that-doesn’t-need-rails-but-uses-electricity-from-overhead-wires-instead), invented by Dr Siemens himself!


Saturday, August 27, 2011

How Achilles caught the tortoise.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify both. A special case of (1), at 0, is named after (2) :)

Cracked by: username, Raghuvansh, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, mankuTimma, raklodramA, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, s m muneer ali, Siddarth Pai, Bharath, dhruv, jowens, Rogi, vishwanath, badideabear, shrik, Mayukh Bose, Aditya S, Rahulk, rickde, anurag, Saurabh, grey_matters and Dibyo

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Before Jenny McCarthy.

—srikanth @ 23:59

What is the strip below about?

Cracked by: grey_matters, shrey, badideabear, Rogi, Dibyo, rickde, s m muneer ali, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, KK, jowens, raklodramA, amarendra, Siddarth Pai, username, Bharath, Aditya S, Raghuvansh, Thejas V R, krithika rai, mankuTimma, dhruv, shrik, Rahulk and buk

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A comic that was trying to depict the prevailing sentiment against Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine (inoculating people with the Cowpox virus, hence the cows in the image).


Thursday, August 25, 2011

In tribute.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the phrase that’s been beeped out right at the start of the clip.

[audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/668a3e2b75bc673f7281d9ca2a18cc9a.mp3]

Cracked by: Urthstripe, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Thejas V R, Rogi, badideabear, username, grey_matters, rickde, Shwetha Maiya, jowens, raklodramA, anurag, Bharath and Raghuvansh

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The phrase is “I am Macintosh”. The clip is an excerpt of what the Macintosh machine itself spoke during the official 1984 unveiling.


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Like Battle School, except many people win and no one killed anything.

—srikanth @ 23:29

What single institution connects this bunch?

Cracked by: username, Dibyo, Thejas V R, Manish Achuth, mankuTimma, raklodramA, KK, jowens, Bharath, amarendra, Aditya S, Urthstripe, Bipin Banavalikar, Sumanth Patlolla, badideabear, Rogi, Rahulk, rickde, anirvan, shrik, Siddarth Pai and anurag

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The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. All these personalities participated in CTY programs!


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Howwwwl

—devadutta @ 21:50

Identify the game.

No, there is nothing wrong with the screenshot. Here is another one.

Cracked by: username, Rahulk, Manoj Venkat, Bipin Banavalikar, badideabear, raklodramA, Dibyo, KK, Riyaz Usman, Thejas V R, Anjul, vinayaknp, Sumit, amarendra, Jayaprakash B R, Saill, shrik, Manish Achuth, mankuTimma, Ananth, rickde, Aditya S, jowens, aditthya, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, Mayukh Bose, Urthstripe, anurag, Rogi, rohanquizzer, Rahul Rajeev, Saurabh, Siddarth Pai, Ganesh Prasad, Shwetha Maiya and Raghuvansh

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Wolfenstein 1D


Monday, August 22, 2011

Compute Compute

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.

What is this? Identify the dude in the video.

Video Link

Cracked by: username, badideabear, raklodramA, shrik, Manish Achuth, jowens, Urthstripe, anurag, Rogi, Thejas V R and Siddarth Pai

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This is the Unimate, first ever industrial robotic arm. Invented by George Devol.