Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Smile!

—devadutta @ 12:36

Identify and connect

Cracked by: rickde, Bharath, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Bipin Banavalikar, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, username, K. Vijayanth Reddy, Vishnu Prashanth and Shwetha Maiya

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First ever photo of the moon taken by John William Draper


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Will happen soon..

—devadutta @ 12:30

What is happening here?

Cracked by: rickde, Bharath, Anjul, Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Logik, vinayaknp, Vishnu Prashanth, bhargava, bastet, username, Somu and K. Vijayanth Reddy

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Transit of Venus


Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Also a rect.

—srikanth @ 23:59

Pretty strange question, but nevertheless: which company’s logo is inspired by this function?

Pseudobonus points for the significance of said function.

Cracked by: Ananth, username, Sumanth Patlolla, Swarun, KK, Manoj, bhargava, Bharath, Anjul, Rogi, Raghu, Dibyo, sanador and Shwetha Maiya

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Broadcom logo, inspired by the so-called Sinc function (sin(x)/x). Holds lot of special significance, especially in the world of signal processing.


Monday, May 28, 2012

Flame on!

—srikanth @ 23:59

Shocking bit of tech-related drama, this. (1) has mom in the foreground, and dad in the background. The couple cofounded a famous firm. Their son (2) was kidnapped for ransom last year, but some speculate it might have had something to do with the company.

Name the company.

Cracked by: Ananth, badideabear, Sumanth Patlolla, vinayaknp, Manish Achuth, username, arpit mehta, KK, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath, Rogi, Logik, rickde, Amarendra Kumar, Jayaprakash B R, Dibyo, Vishnu Prashanth, debjani and Shwetha Maiya

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Kaspersky Labs.


Sunday, May 27, 2012

Real Programmers

—devadutta @ 16:45

Guest question from KK %gqh% Thanks Saa!

Text only question, u can no has google.

Popular essay.

Who said these?
What doesn’t the real programmer use?

  • No Real Programmer works 9 to 5. (Unless it’s 9 in the evening to 5 in the morning.)
  • Real Programmers don’t wear neckties.
  • Real Programmers don’t wear high heeled shoes.
  • Real Programmers arrive at work in time for lunch. [9]
  • A Real Programmer might or might not know his wife’s name. He does, however, know the entire ASCII (or EBCDIC) code table.
  • Real Programmers don’t know how to cook. Grocery stores aren’t often open at 3 a.m., so they survive on Twinkies and coffee.

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Bharath and KK

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See this http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.html


Saturday, May 26, 2012

Tick Tock

—devadutta @ 16:39

First time guest question from Sumanth Patlolla %gqh%! Thanks saar!

Identify and connect

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, Bharath, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya and KK

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Tourbillon and its inventor, Abraham-Louis Breguet. The Tourbillon is widely used in Swiss watches.


Friday, May 25, 2012

Positive

—devadutta @ 23:59

Guest question from Manish Achuth %gqh% Thanks saar!

Identifiez la personne.

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Ananth, Shwetha Maiya and KK


Thursday, May 24, 2012

Justice League.. Assemble!

—devadutta @ 16:31

Guest question from Logik %gqh%. Yay!

What is blocked out here? Who has proposed this?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, ADitya, Bharath and manan

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Internet Defense League, proposed by Alexis Ohanian


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Splat!

—srikanth @ 23:59

What happened next?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, raklodramA, Rogi, Manish Achuth, Vishnu Prashanth, KK, Bharath, Logik, badideabear, Anjul, Dibyo and nandhaksamy

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Mythbusters teamed up with NVIDIA to create this weird GPU demonstration. Tons of paintballs were shot out of the tubes to ‘paint’ a Mona Lisa onto the screen.


Tuesday, May 22, 2012

You're hot and you're cold

—srikanth @ 23:59

Connect/Identify:

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, Rogi, Vishnu Prashanth, KK, Bharath, Logik, badideabear, bhargava, Jayaprakash B R and Dibyo

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Sadi Carnot of Carnot cycle fame