Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Someone lost $100 bet

—devadutta @ 16:06

Who is he? Who lost a $100 bet because of him?

Cracked by: Bharath, Shyam, Jayaprakash B R, Amarendra Kumar, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, arjun pisharody, Don42, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, mankuTimma, bhargava, Ananth, Anjul, Vishnu Prashanth, rohanquizzer, Logik, Sujoy, sherlock, Keerthi Kiran M, Manish Achuth and Supritha Maiya

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Peter Higgs. Stephen Hawkins lost a $100 bet that the Higgs Boson did not exist.


Friday, June 29, 2012

Done deal!

—devadutta @ 13:21

%gqh% Bipin Banavalikar gets the last piece of Cake!

Recent thing. What?

P.S: The cake is not a lie. Right now, it works only for registered users. We are fixing it for unregistered users.

Cracked by: Rogi, Ananth, Don42, Manish Achuth, Jayaprakash B R, mankuTimma, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath, sandeep bhat, rickde and Amarendra Kumar

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Yammer CEO David Sacks (L) and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Best way to settle any argument

—devadutta @ 13:15

Lase piece of cake goes to %gqh% Bipin Banavalikar.

%gqh% Manish Achuth sent us the same question sometime after Bipin. So, both of them get the medal.

What is this?

Cracked by: Rogi, Logik, Manish Achuth, Ananth, Don42, KK, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar, Bharath, Sujoy, sandeep bhat, mankuTimma and rickde

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The Janket Robot : rock, paper, scissors playing robot


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

With your powers combined, I am -- holy crap that's scary.

—srikanth @ 23:59

What’s this frightening artwork called?

Cracked by: Manish Achuth, Bipin Banavalikar, Don42, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Rogi, Dibyo, Ananth, debjani, KK and mankuTimma

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WEEE man, an art installation at Cornwall, UK depicting the staggering amount of e-waste people generate.


Tuesday, June 26, 2012

What is the time?

—devadutta @ 12:12

%gqh% Rogi’s 2nd Cake question!

What are these women doing? Most of them had a very unfortunate and tragic end.

Hint:

Cracked by: MadGenius, Manish Achuth, Amarendra Kumar, Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, Don42, vinayaknp, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Mo, Dibyo and Ananth

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Painting details on clock dials using radium that truly glowed in the dark for up to several decades. A lot of them died from radiation poisoning.


Monday, June 25, 2012

Answer, you must

—devadutta @ 12:02

%gqh% Rogi’s first Cake question.

Connect

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar, Rogi, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Bharath, Manish Achuth, Dibyo, Logik and Ananth

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Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) is the nephew of Denis Lawson (Wedge Antilles), IRL.


Sunday, June 24, 2012

Send Questions, Receive Cake!

—devadutta @ 23:00

Hello Dear BB Users,

Time has come to offer you

Cake. Send your guest questions to [email protected] and if 2 or more of your questions get published within this week, you will get Cake.

It will automatically appear on your profile page.

And it’s not a lie! I am not GladOS. Check the comment I have left on this post, I have awarded myself Cake.

All Cake hopefuls, send questions to [email protected]


Sunday, June 24, 2012

Read quickly!

—devadutta @ 11:06

%gqh% Manish Achuth wins Cake! Congrats!

Why is this Argentinean book attracting so much attention?

Cracked by: Rogi, Manish Achuth, KK, Don42, Jayaprakash B R, raklodramA, Bipin Banavalikar, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Amarendra Kumar, Bharath and Mo

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“The Book that Cant wait”. The ink disappears after 2 months.


Saturday, June 23, 2012

o_O?

—srikanth @ 23:59

More patent troll lore. What’s being patented here?

Cracked by: Logik, Amarendra Kumar, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Don42, Ananth, aarjav, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, rickde and Mo

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A company called Varia owns a 2005 patent on a menu for entering emoticons into text. All of you are infringing.


Friday, June 22, 2012

Jack Thompson v2

—srikanth @ 23:59

Slightly NSFW/NSFL question. This “drawing” turned into the center of a recent internet drama. What’s the story?

Cracked by: Logik, Manish Achuth, KK, Bharath, Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, raklodramA, mankuTimma, bhargava, rickde and Mo

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Long answer is long. Go here please.