Boiledbeans

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2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Forever.

—srikanth @ 23:59

These are three images from a specific list of 12. What list?

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Rogi, vinayaknp, shrey, Siddarth Pai, shrik, Aditya, jowens, dineshk, raklodramA and Ananth

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The digest of “Perpetual Motion Gimmicks” maintained by the US Patent Office. All these devices are, evidently, perpetual motion machines that people tried to patent.


45 Deg.

—devadutta @ 23:59

Simple question. What is this?

Cracked by: srichand, Rogi, jowens, vinayaknp, xeqtor, Manish Achuth, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, krudebox, jins, dineshk, puneet_k, Thejas V R, Riyaz Usman, Vivek, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Hari Parameswaran, Anubhav, s.m.muneer ali, Siddarth Pai, rohanquizzer, KK, Bharath, appu s, Shwetha Maiya, udupendra, Dibyo, Sandesh, lanu, Sanador, qqsachin and Ananth

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iPod U2 special edition. Apparently, this happened because Steve Jobs’s favorite band is U2.


Sunday, February 20, 2011

Grows outside my Window

—devadutta @ 23:59

Modified version of a question sent in by %gqh% Satya Saha

1,2 are named after their inventors who had the same(almost) last name, which happens to be the name of another brand of very popular products. What is the last name we are talking about?

Cracked by: Mo, Dibyo, shibin azad, krudebox, jowens, Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, vinayaknp, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA, mankuTimma, Manish Achuth, shrik, buk, Rogi, Riyaz Usman, rohanquizzer, srinivasan, vishal golcha, Thejas V R, appu s, KK, Aravind, Bharath, xeqtor, dineshk, puneet_k, aditthya, Anubhav, Shwetha Maiya, udupendra, byslexia and lanu

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McIntosh or Mackintosh. McIntosh apples invented by John McIntosh and Mackintosh waterproof coats invented by Charles Macintosh


Saturday, February 19, 2011

Tasty Truth

—devadutta @ 23:59

Popular “representation” of the human tongue. What tastebuds do we have in region 4 and region 1?

p.s: We all still trust our biology teacher from middle school. Or do we? (Think twice before you post your answer :) )

Cracked by: SV, Bharath, KK, Rogi, Sandesh, Sumanth Patlolla, xeqtor, raklodramA, Siddarth Pai, Riyaz Usman, Debasish, rohanquizzer, Thejas V R, shrey, AmK, jowens, aditthya, krikkrak, krudebox, Logik, Mikey, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Dibyo, mankuTimma, S.M.MUNEER ALI, srinivasan, dineshk, Shwetha Maiya and puneet_k


Friday, February 18, 2011

They should have these for the internet as well

—srikanth @ 23:59

Let’s go plaintext for today :-) A few samples from what?

“I: Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.
III: Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.
V: All principles of gravity are negated by fear.
VI: As speed increases, objects can be in several places at once.
VIII: Any violent rearrangement of feline matter is impermanent.
X: For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite revengeance.”

All those of you who Google this answer please set the evil bit in your posts, and we will discard them accordingly :p

Cracked by: jowens, Ananth, dineshk, Rogi, Dibyo, KK, aditthya, Bharath, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, srinivasan, Raghuvansh, Moju21, Hari Parameswaran, shrik, Appu S, Nanda, Thejas V R, rohanquizzer, Logik, jins, Siddarth Pai, krudebox, Manish Achuth, raklodramA, Riyaz Usman, Anjul, Mikey, Shwetha Maiya and buk

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The Cartoon Laws of Physics, originally “O’Donnell’s Laws of Cartoon Motion”, printed in Esquire, but most often refers to the reproduction in the “IEEE Institute”, 10/94; V.18 #7 p.12.


Thursday, February 17, 2011

I for one welcome our new computer overlords

—devadutta @ 23:59

First, congrats to jowens for reaching a runlength of 100! You won yourself a Star of Honor %soh%, sire!

Fully framed guest question from %gqh% udupendra. Thanks saar!

What is being compared here?

P.S: We have a lot of unpublished guest questions waiting in our inbox. We are going to do a GQ Run soon. If you have sent us a question(s), this is to let you know that we have not forgotten about it(them)! :)

You can send us questions at [email protected]

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, jowens, Vijayaraghavan, Siddarth Pai, Manish Achuth, shrey, Riyaz Usman, shrik, Martin Antony, Bharath, udupendra, Thejas V R, vinayaknp, Ananth, dineshk, Dibyo, SV, srinivasan, Hari Parameswaran, Logik, KK, Higgers, krudebox and Shwetha Maiya

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Watson Vs Wolfram Alpha


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Mickey-mouse organizations.

—srikanth @ 23:59

This question is multiple “firsts” for Boiledbeans, I think.

What’s the story behind these two sets of images?

Cracked by Raghuvansh, Ananth, Logik, jowens, Rogi, shrik, Mikey, Bharath, KK, vinayaknp, Goyal, Sumanth Patlolla, Ashish, krudebox, Siddarth Pai, Rahulk, Thejas V R, rohanquizzer, lanu, jins, Riyaz Usman, raklodramA, Manish Achuth, udupendra, Sandesh, dineshk, teju, Appu S, Martin Antony and Dibyo


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Cease and desist

—srikanth @ 23:59

Simple enough - Logo of what/who?

Cracked by: dineshk, Ananth, Rogi, Sandesh, KK, vinayaknp, Raghuvansh, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, raklodramA, Bharath, Sanador, krudebox, rohanquizzer, shrik, Appu S, Sohail Nijas, Thejas V R, lanu, Shwetha Maiya, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Riyaz Usman, Siddarth Pai, aditthya, syed muneer ali, Crackedpot, udupendra, jowens, v.chandrashekar, Logik, varun, vkamath, Rahulk, Manish Achuth, srinivasan and teju

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The CyanogenMod - an alternate firmware for Android phones that allows users to get a lot more features.


Monday, February 14, 2011

Spin it...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify the location, and give us one techy reason why this was all over the news recently.

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Riyaz Usman, Rogi, Sandesh, jowens, KK, vinayaknp, Bharath, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, Siddarth Pai, Thejas V R, krudebox, Crackedpot, jins, Manoj Venkat, v.chandrashekar, udupendra, Logik, dineshk, shrik, lanu, Abhiram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Shwetha Maiya, Mikey and Rahulk

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The Natanz nuclear facility in Iran. It is rumoured that this is the main target of the super-sophisticated Stuxnet worm.


Sunday, February 13, 2011

You are now entering...

—srikanth @ 23:59

Famous pinball machine. On what theme?

Cracked by: jowens, Rogi, Raghuvansh, KK, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Crackedpot, Ananth, rohanquizzer, Thejas V R, Riyaz Usman, Sandesh, Siddarth Pai, raklodramA, lanu, shrik, krudebox, Appu S, udupendra, v.chandrashekar, jins, Bharath, Sanador, dineshk, Mikey, Charu and Shwetha Maiya

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The Twilight Zone - the famous TV anthology.