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Works like a donkey

—devadutta @ December 24, 2008

Identify this robot whcih has become a recent internet phenomenon.

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Here are some famous scenes from its demo video

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Cracked by: akhi , Rohan , Bipin Banavalikar , karthik , yaksha , mach101 , Saurabh Arora , duriel , Ananth , Prasad , username , madhur , Neeraj , Rahulk , Vinay Nair.

akhi, Rohan, Bipin Banavalikar, karthik, yaksha, mach101, Saurabh Arora, duriel, Ananth, Prasad, username, madhur, Neeraj, Rahulk and Vinay Nair

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Boston Dynamics’ BigDog


Primary

—devadutta @ December 23, 2008

What is this?

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Congratulations to **udupendra **for becoming the first bb user to cross 300 points. Bravo Mr. udupendra!

Cracked by: Goyal , Bipin Banavalikar , shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , varuns88 , Prasad , Nakul , sne , username , duriel , nishansolo , udupendra , Rahul , dheeraj and madhur.

Goyal, Bipin Banavalikar, shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, varuns88, Prasad, Nakul, sne, username, duriel, nishansolo, udupendra, Rahul, dheeraj and madhur

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Goethe’s Color Wheel. The first official attempt at a official color theory :)


It's a brave new world

—srikanth @ December 22, 2008

These objects are examples of a tradition started many years ago by a company that was a pioneer in its field. You still get things like these today with some select products.

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What are such things called, and what company are these specific products from?

Cracked by Akshat , username , Dibyo , shrik , Bipin Banavalikar , varuns88 and madhur.

Akshat, username, Dibyo, shrik, Bipin Banavalikar, varuns88 and madhur


Michael Moore actually had more options

—devadutta @ December 21, 2008

Many people measuring the same thing. What? Please to identify them all also.

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p.s: Sorry for the pathetically ugly looking image sizes. Backend decided to just not work.

Cracked by: Goyal , shenoyvarun86 , Johny Walker , Bipin Banavalikar , Dibyo , username , sriram , Nakul , Chandrakant Nair , shrik , Ananth and Atul Mathew.

Goyal, shenoyvarun86, Johny Walker, Bipin Banavalikar, Dibyo, username, sriram, Nakul, Chandrakant Nair, shrik, Ananth and Atul Mathew

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Temperature


These are great mysteries

—srikanth @ December 20, 2008

Identify

Cracked only by shenoyvarun86 and Goyal. Great stuff!

shenoyvarun86 and Goyal


Speedy Gonzales met him once

—devadutta @ December 19, 2008

Connect

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Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , Jean Valjean , Goyal and Priya. Nice work!

shenoyvarun86, Jean Valjean, Goyal and Priya

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Transmeta


Going somewhere?

—srikanth @ December 18, 2008

Earlier this year, there was a possibility that when you typed www.boiledbeans.net to reach us (or any other URL for that matter), you would’ve been hijacked to a site designed to commit acts of unspeakable evil upon your data. However, thanks to the guy in the pic below, it didn’t happen.

Who he?

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Cracked by BASAB , Goyal , anirudh patil , dheeraj , mach101 , Dibyo , varuns88 , priyananda , Prasad and username.

BASAB, Goyal, anirudh patil, dheeraj, mach101, Dibyo, varuns88, priyananda, Prasad and username


Wherever I may roam

—devadutta @ December 17, 2008

What is this comic’s claim to fame?

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(This comic series and not this strip in particular)

Cracked by **varuns88 **only. Fantastic dude!

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This is “Where the buffalo roam”, the first comic on the internet. It started on print, then appeared on USENET groups and even made it to the web.


Guns N' Roses

—devadutta @ December 16, 2008

Guest question time! This one comes in from Dheeraj K. Thanks a bunch man.

Connect
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The rest of you, send in your questions to [email protected]

Cracked by: Ps , username , shenoyvarun86 , Goyal , varuns88 , Vishnu , Rohan , Martin , Dibyo , Aditya , Prasad and Sruti.

Ps, username, shenoyvarun86, Goyal, varuns88, Vishnu, Rohan, Martin, Dibyo, Aditya, Prasad and Sruti

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Obama’s campaign ran in game ADs in Burnout Paradise. This was a first in political campaign history.


Abracadabra

—srikanth @ December 15, 2008

What GUI metaphor did this program introduce that we cannot live without?

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Clue:

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Cracked by Goyal , nikhil , username , Priya , varuns88 , sne , shashank , jayanth , Ananta , Rahulk and Siddharth Jain.

MS Publisher introduced the concept of wizards.

Goyal, nikhil, username, Priya, varuns88, sne, shashank, jayanth, Ananta, Rahulk and Siddharth Jain