Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

June 2014

Monday, June 23, 2014

Who are you gonna call?

—devadutta @ 14:35

This plant is white (not green) and yet, it survives. Tell us why and identify.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi and s m muneer ali

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Monotropa uniflora or the ghost plant that has no chlorophyl and uses fungi to generate energy.


Sunday, June 15, 2014

Just learning

—devadutta @ 16:03

Identify and connect

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Manish Achuth and Dibyo

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William Gosset published his research concerning his distribution in 1 under the pen name “Student” since his employer Guiness did not allow him to publish research results.


Friday, June 13, 2014

My Kid, My OSS

—devadutta @ 22:49

This dude is the creator of one of the most widely used OSS. He named it after his first daughter. Later, when he did not like the direction his creation was taking, he forked the project and named it after his younger daughter. Not to leave his son ‘Max’ disappointed, he also created another OSS and named it after him.

Who is he?

Cracked by: s m muneer ali, Sumanth Patlolla, kmk1018, Rogi, Bipin Banavalikar and Manish Achuth

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‘Monty’ Michael Widenius - Creator of MySQL, MariaDB and MaxDB.


Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Pass!

—devadutta @ 09:58

Name the kid and tell us his claim to fame

Cracked by: Rogi, buk, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, s m muneer ali, Bablu and Satish

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Eugene Goostman, supposedly passes Turing test!