Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

August 2011

Friday, August 12, 2011

Como estas

—srikanth @ 23:59

The ages-old predecessor to this object is probably far more popular than the object itself. Nevertheless, identify the object in the picture.

Cracked by: Rogi, raklodramA, Siddarth Pai, username, anurag, Thejas V R, Ananth, Bharath, KK, Logik, amarendra, jowens, rickde, Raghuvansh, kapinjal chowdhury, Rahul Rajeev, Aravind, Swarun, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Shwetha Maiya, Urthstripe, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, badideabear, Rahulk and Bipin Banavalikar

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Version 1.0 of the “Rosetta disk”, created by the Long Now foundation. The disk attempts to record all languages that might go extinct in the near future.


...aand we're back!

—srikanth @ 20:19

Simple question - identify the man and the project.

(Also: Hello peoples! In case any of you noticed, I’ve been missing for a while, but I’m back now :) )

Cracked by: Swarun, VK, KK, Thejas V R, username, badideabear, raklodramA, Shwetha Maiya, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, amarendra, Bipin Banavalikar, Manish Achuth, rickde, Ananth, jowens, anurag, Bharath, Raghuvansh and Rahul Rajeev

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DEC genius Gordon Bell showing off the recorder he used in Microsoft Research to record his entire existence as part of the ‘MyLifeBits’ project.


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Hi Grandson, I am younger than you.

—devadutta @ 21:28

What it is? Who are “they”? (see below)

And yeah, “they” set it into orbit.

Cracked by: raklodramA, username, Ananth, Thejas V R, Rogi, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rahulk, KK, rickde, kapinjal chowdhury, Dibyo, Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, Goyal, jowens, badideabear, Bharath, amarendra, anurag, Urthstripe, Raghuvansh, VK, Swarun, Siddarth Pai, Mayukh Bose, Rahul Rajeev, Aravind and Shwetha Maiya


Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Stop it, Please.

—devadutta @ 09:22

What is happening here?

Very bad. Very bad.

Cracked by: username, Thejas V R, jowens, Goyal, anurag, shrik, Bharath, Amarendra, Rogi, badideabear, VK, Ananth, Urthstripe, Shwetha Maiya, grey_matters, raklodramA, Martin, Sumanth Patlolla, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Rahulk, kapinjal chowdhury, Sridhar C, rickde, udupendra, Manish Achuth, Godzilla101, vinayaknp, SV, chaitanya, Swarun, Subramania Rao, Mayukh Bose and Shankar

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Sale of these weapons went up by 5000% due to riots in London. Very depressing.


Monday, August 8, 2011

Mad? No. Fanatic.

—devadutta @ 10:36

What is this guy already camping out for?

Ye gods.

Cracked by: jowens, Godzilla101, shrik, KAMANASISH CHOWDHURY, Rogi, badideabear, username, VK, Dibyo, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya, Goyal, Thejas V R, Amarendra, anurag, Rahulk, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Siddarth Pai, Sumanth Patlolla, Swarun, raklodramA, rickde, Bharath, grey_matters, Manish Achuth, kapinjal chowdhury, Sridhar C, udupendra, chaitanya and Raghuvansh

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This bloke is already camping for an iPhone 5. Apparently.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

Are these the bots you are lookign for?

—devadutta @ 17:42

What is this? Tell us what the XBOX and the controller are dressed up as.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Urthstripe, Manish Achuth, shrik, Rogi, Shwetha Maiya, badideabear, username, praneet, Jayaprakash B R, raklodramA, rickde, Manoj Venkat, Thejas V R, Amarendra, Rahulk, VK, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Bipin Banavalikar, Dibyo, Advaith, rohanquizzer, kapinjal chowdhury, thiru d gr8, jowens, Godzilla101, Mayukh Bose, Ananth, Goyal, anurag, Martin, mankuTimma, Marlowe, Swarun, Bharath, grey_matters, Mo and udupendra

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XBOX Kinect Star Wars edition.


Saturday, August 6, 2011

An Ode to Spiders?

—devadutta @ 13:13

%gqh% Manish Achuth sends us this question to celebrate something.

What is this? What are we celebrating?

Cracked by: Rogi, Dibyo, badideabear, username, jowens, thiru d gr8, grey_matters, Manish Achuth, vishwanath, rickde, Amarendra, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, rohanquizzer, Bipin Banavalikar, kapinjal chowdhury, shrik, Goyal, VK, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R, raklodramA, Rahulk, vinayaknp, Mayukh Bose, KK, anurag, Martin, mankuTimma and Bharath

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Screen shot of the first ever web browser running on a Next machine.


Friday, August 5, 2011

Human stupidity is no match for..

—devadutta @ 23:59

%gqh% Rogi sent in the exact same question I wanted to ask today. Whoa!

Still pointless after all these miles.. What incident from earlier this week had folks thinking our Computer Overlords were capable of making a mistake?

Cracked by: Rogi, Dibyo, badideabear, jowens, Ananth, username, Swarun, SV, Amarendra, Bipin Banavalikar, shrik, Goyal, VK, Urthstripe, Raghuvansh, Shwetha Maiya, Jayaprakash B R, Thejas V R, Rahulk, KAMANASISH CHOWDHURY, Siddarth Pai, Mayukh Bose, anurag and Martin

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A human driving Google’s automatic car met with an accident. Recently.


Thursday, August 4, 2011

Default Answer

—devadutta @ 23:59

Whose first ever tweet?

Cracked by: Thejas V R, username, sandeep bhat, Goyal, SV, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, Amarendra, badideabear, thiru d gr8, VK, Manish Achuth, dhruv, Bharath, KK, Anonymous, Shwetha Maiya, s m muneer ali, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, raklodramA, Martin, shrik, Ananth, Jayaprakash B.R., Urthstripe, vishwanath, Abinash, jowens, Swarun, grey_matters, rohanquizzer, kapinjal chowdhury, Raghuvansh, praneet, anurag, shenoyvarun86 and Rahulk

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Default answer: Google.


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

8 Months Early

—devadutta @ 22:40

Super question from %gqh% Thejas V R. Thanks saar!

Who is he? What his claim to (in)fame?

Hint:

On time! Yay!

Cracked by: username, rickde, Bipin Banavalikar, Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, raklodramA, shrik, Thejas V R, Shwetha Maiya, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, jowens, Amarendra, Smitha R Maiya, Swarun, SV, badideabear, Godzilla101, Urthstripe, Rogi, Ananth, Dibyo, VK, Goyal and grey_matters

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AptiQuant founder Tarandeep Gill. The company’s study claimed that IE users have lower IQ. Which was a hoax. Unknowingly, the entire mainstream media like BBC picked it up and reported it.