(1) became (2), to “show off” something. What?

Cracked by krudebox, Rogi, Ps, Logik, udupendra, AC, Dibyo, varuns88, Mihir Rege, sidsen, p vs np, akhi, shrik, Raghuvansh, shenoyvarun86 and duriel

Guest question from Raghuvansh. Fully framed by him. Thanks sire, you’ve earned a GQHero Trophy!

X is a corrupt version of an extract from a work by 1. We know X for its ubiquitousness in a certain context.

X’s first non-tech usage in said context is thought to be in catalogs published by a company A which specialized in making 2, so much so that the A became a generic term for 2.

This non-tech use was duplicated in a tech form for the first time in a well-known software B which was originally made by a company C (named after 3). C merged with D (named after 4) some time ago and since then, B has been branded as a D product.

ID X. In case of joblessness, you may also try to ID all the other variables in the question.

Hint: Any place like this

Ladies and Gents, Guest questions can be sent to boiledbeans@gmail.com or via [this->boiledbeans();](javascript:(function(){var a=window,b=document,c=encodeURIComponent,d=a.open()

Cracked by: udupendra, varuns88, sidsen, Shrey Goyal, Rogi, Dibyo, Logik, Ps and Mrinalini

Connect to a smiling alien

and the kannada letter
à²
Ps and sidsen got exactly the answer I was looking for. Others were also very close. The following people get points Logik, Chinmaya U.Holla, Rogi, Dibyo, Jean Valjean, udupendra, Raghuvansh, akhi, AC, varuns88, Ps and sidsen

Ever wondered how you stack up in terms of points v/s some other Boiledbeans user? Wanted to know when it was that someone overtook you? Ever wondered just how far ahead/behind you are from someone else? Well, go head-to-head!

Head-to-head currently graphs your score v/s that of some other BB user. Here’s an example for how Logik stacks up v/s AmK: Check it live!

Go on, give it a shot.

This feature was suggested by Logik. Any other ideas?? Let us know at boiledbeans@gmail.com.

Identify the device in the image above. It’s considered the first of its kind. Also identify its inventor.

Cracked by Logik, Jean Valjean, shashank, sidsen, Rogi, udupendra, varuns88 and Ps

Identify this super famous pair of physics educators.

They have written really famous physics books.

p.s: This one’s for all the BASE junta here :)

Cracked by: shrik, Raghuvansh, shyam, shashank, Subhash, krudebox, shenoyvarun86, p vs np, varuns88, Thejas V R, yaksha, Ps, prasanth, Dibyo, akhi, Mrinalini, udupendra, Aravindhan, madhur, umang, Sanjeet Dash, Sourya, Atul Mathew, AC, Keerthi Kiran M, Rogi, Logik, Sakalakalavallaban, Mo, Ananth, Mihir Rege, sidsen, K.S.Manish, emrohit and Jean Valjean

Guest question from udupendra. Thanks saar! You’ve earned a GQHero trophy!

Identify

Please to send guest questions to boiledbeans@gmail.com to get a shiny trophy. Or you can use [this->boiledbeans();](javascript:(function(){var a=window,b=document,c=encodeURIComponent,d=a.open()

Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Dibyo, Rogi, byslexia, shrik, foobar, Ps, sidsen, Aditya, varuns88, Ananth, Mrinalini, Logik, Keerthi Kiran M, shashank, xtremevarun, udupendra, Sanjeet Dash, shenoyvarun86 and Rithwik K

Lets face it. We don’t have access to high bandwidth internet all the time. Sometimes we are on the phone, sometimes in an airport or sometimes the tubes are just clogged and loading webpages can take awfully long. Even super lite designs like Boiledbeans can also take a long time to load.

So, inspired by a suggestion from sidsen, we give you Boiledbeans lite.

Visit the link below to turn lite version on
http://boiledbeans.net/?lite=on

The lite version will stay until the current session dies. If you want to turn it off manually, you can visit
http://boiledbeans.net/?lite=off

What sequence connects:

PS: D5PQ has been moderated and points assigned. If any of you saw a jump in your points, this is why.

Cracked by everyone. Yes, the middle guy isn’t a direct connect, but it was a simpler connection :-)

krudebox, varuns88, shenoyvarun86, Raghuvansh, Thejas V R, shrik, Rogi, sidsen, raklodramA, Dibyo, udupendra, Chinmaya U.Holla, Logik, byslexia, akhi, AC and p vs np

Who’s the missing ‘desi’?

Cracked by: udupendra, Chinmaya U.Holla, varuns88, krudebox, Venkatrangan, Rogi, shrik, sidsen, AC, nishansolo, Prabodh, v.chandrashekar, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh, raklodramA, xtremevarun, Dibyo, madhur, Logik, umang, Sanjeet Dash, Ananth, Atul Mathew, Rand Al’Thor, Abinaya, Bharath, santhakumar.s., arun, Vijay, shenoyvarun86 and Ramkumar