Boiledbeans

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Friday, November 28, 2008

eulc doog yrev a ton

—srikanth @ 21:00

Simple enough: identify and connect.

Cracked by: Bipin Banavalikar , Johny Walker , Dibyo , Goyal , shenoyvarun86 , shenoyvarun86 , p vs np , nishansolo , Ajay Parasuram , quaziluffy , priyananda and panrod and sidsen.

Bipin Banavalikar, Johny Walker, Dibyo, Goyal, shenoyvarun86, p vs np, nishansolo, Ajay Parasuram, quaziluffy, priyananda, panrod and sidsen


Ringing..

—devadutta @ 21:00

Which english word connects

and

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , Bipin Banavalikar , Naveen , Johny Walker , p vs np , shyam , BASAB , Ajay Parasuram , nishansolo , Siddharth Jain , akhi , Chandrakant Nair , gammafunction and Pranav.

shenoyvarun86, Bipin Banavalikar, Naveen, Johny Walker, p vs np, shyam, BASAB, Ajay Parasuram, nishansolo, Siddharth Jain, akhi, Chandrakant Nair, gammafunction and Pranav


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Tweet...

—srikanth @ 21:23

Who is (1) and why did he choose (2)?

Cracked by: Dibyo , quaziluffy , Debasish , shenoyvarun86 , gammafunction , Goyal , Martin , BASAB , gudanggurum , vivek , Ajay Parasuram , p vs np , Bipin Banavalikar , vs , malcaluffin , Rohan , udupendra and Siddharth Jain.

Dibyo, quaziluffy, Debasish, shenoyvarun86, gammafunction, Goyal, Martin, BASAB, Gurupad, vivek, Ajay Parasuram, p vs np, Bipin Banavalikar, vs, malcaluffin, Rohan, udupendra and Siddharth Jain


Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Finite State Automata

—devadutta @ 23:49

Who parodying whom?

CRacked by: BASAB , Vijay Shankar , Goyal , vivek , vishal , Kaiser Soze , ali , shenoyvarun86 , Bipin Banavalikar , Vaishnavi , Dibyo , Martin , udupendra , tempo , nishansolo , Ajay Parasuram , Jean Valjean , akhi , Johny Walker , shashank , varuns88 , priyananda , saurabh arora , madhur , Ananth , Siddhartha Mohapatra , duriel , Neeraj and mach101.

BASAB, Vijay Shankar, Goyal, vivek, vishal, Kaiser Soze, ali, shenoyvarun86, Bipin Banavalikar, Vaishnavi, Dibyo, Martin, udupendra, tempo, nishansolo, Ajay Parasuram, Jean Valjean, akhi, Johny Walker, shashank, varuns88, priyananda, saurabh arora, madhur, Ananth, Siddhartha Mohapatra, duriel, Neeraj and mach101


Monday, November 24, 2008

Taking stock...

—srikanth @ 20:00

An iconic image that has been pending for a long time before coming here. What is this device, who’s operating it, and why was it famous?

Cracked by Martin , duriel , tempo , Aditya , Mridul Kapoor , vivek , ali , priyananda , Bipin Banavalikar and nishansolo.

Martin, duriel, tempo, Aditya, Mridul Kapoor, vivek, ali, priyananda, Bipin Banavalikar and nishansolo


Sunday, November 23, 2008

Water bodies

—devadutta @ 23:53

Which now famous company started off with this logo? The company is named after the town shown below.

Hint: The yellow territory in the map is a country

Cracked left, right and center. The highest ever on BB! 51 people getting the answer right.

Kamal Rathi , Dibyo , Martin , duriel , Goyal , Kaiser Soze , Ranjana Ninan , Debasish , gammafunction , quaziluffy , shenoyvarun86 , anirudh patil , Atul Mathew , Bipin Banavalikar , Miraj C. Vora , shyam , Bharath , Naveen Giles , mach101 , Johny Walker , nishansolo , vs , Ajay Parasuram , Nakul , Vinay Nair , Aditya , Archana , Mridul Kapoor , K.S.Manish , tempo , Boneywasawarriorwayayix , sumo , Cintom Kashyap , madhur , pinaki sarkar , Siddharth Jain , Ananth , shashank(welcome back!) , malcaluffin , Saurabh Aggarwal , mayur , Chandrakant Nair , vinay , ali , priyananda , panrod , Aparna , Dhananjay , p vs np , Rohan and vishal.

Kamal Rathi, Dibyo, Martin, duriel, Goyal, Kaiser Soze, Ranjana Ninan, Debasish, gammafunction, quaziluffy, shenoyvarun86, anirudh patil, Atul Mathew, Bipin Banavalikar, Miraj C. Vora, shyam, Bharath, Naveen Giles, mach101, Johny Walker, nishansolo, vs, Ajay Parasuram, Nakul, Vinay Nair, Aditya, Archana, Mridul Kapoor, K.S.Manish, tempo, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, sumo, Cintom Kashyap, madhur, pinaki sarkar, Siddharth Jain, Ananth, shashank, malcaluffin, Saurabh Aggarwal, mayur, Chandrakant Nair, vinay, ali, priyananda, panrod, Aparna, Dhananjay, p vs np, Rohan and vishal


Saturday, November 22, 2008

Multiplayer notepad

—srikanth @ 21:06

Who he?

His claim to fame was named like this:
Before he became a hermit, Zarathud was a young Priest, and took great delight in making fools of his opponents in front of his followers.
One day Zarathud took his students to a pleasant pasture and there he confronted The Sacred Chao while She was contentedly grazing.
“Tell me, you dump beast,” demanded the Priest in his commanding voice, “Why don’t you do something worthwhile. What is your Purpose in Life, anyway?”
Munching the tasty grass, The Sacred Chao replied “MU*”.
Upon hearing this, absoloutly nobody was enlightened. Primarily because nobody could understand Chinese.

  • “MU” is the Chinese Ideogram for NO-THING.

Cracked by Goyal , priyananda , Ajay Parasuram , Dibyo , shenoyvarun86 , malcaluffin and Kaiser Soze.

Goyal, priyananda, Ajay Parasuram, Dibyo, shenoyvarun86, malcaluffin and Kaiser Soze


Friday, November 21, 2008

The answer is in front of you, Neo

—devadutta @ 23:44

What do these graphs show?

Hint: Y-Axis is marketshare

Cracked by: Goyal , piezocake , Ajay Parasuram , Boneywasawarriorwayayix , Anush , Neeraj , Ananth and Dibyo.

Goyal, piezocake, Ajay Parasuram, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, Anush, Neeraj, Ananth and Dibyo


Thursday, November 20, 2008

Press _ _ _

—devadutta @ 22:04

Guest question time! This one comes from gammafunction. Fully framed and worded by him. Thanks dude!

In the heydays you did it like this(some people still do ):

but it clearly was not always efficient to work that way so some folks insisted on this:

That resulted in people getting frustrated and trying it out like this.

What am I talking about? Identify and connect.

Psst.. send your guest questions to boiledbeans@gmail.com

CRacked by: Dibyo , Atul Mathew , Ajay Parasuram , Debasish , vishal , achyuth/tempo , Goyal , sidsen , gammafunction , kiran , vivek , Kaiser Soze , Anush , Archana , duriel , Martin , priyananda , Johny Walker , Ananth , malcaluffin , udupendra , panrod and Priya.

Dibyo, Atul Mathew, Ajay Parasuram, Debasish, vishal, achyuth/tempo, Goyal, sidsen, gammafunction, kiran, vivek, Kaiser Soze, Anush, Archana, duriel, Martin, priyananda, Johny Walker, Ananth, malcaluffin, udupendra, panrod and Priya


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

I am...

—srikanth @ 21:00

(1) inspired (2) into something. Identify both, and connect…

Cracked by everyone again!

shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Jean Valjean, Siddharth, Goyal, gammafunction, Naveen Giles, Teju, Rc, vs, nishansolo, Nayantara, achyuth/tempo, Ajay Parasuram, vivek, Kaiser Soze, pinaki sarkar, malcaluffin, priyananda and Bipin Banavalikar