No, this isn’t another question…

Our experiment with the “math puzzle” as a captcha didn’t work out. Turns out that whatever script kiddie was spamming us has some basic math skills integrated into the scripts he runs. I normally contend that these nutjobs are mentally impaired (to the point of having trouble breathing without external guidance), but now I must grudgingly admit that this dexterity with numbers was not something I anticipated. Every dog has its day, I guess.

Anyway, the end result of this is that we now have a normal captcha up for unregistered users. Registered users can post without any issues.

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. It’s just that the spam was getting a bit much to handle for either of us, and it was only increasing.

Please do let us know immediately if you face any problems. You can post here, or if not possible, mail us at boiledbeans@gmail.com

Strictly speaking, the logo of this software should sport the animal shown in 1, because the software’s name is 1’s common name. But instead, it sports a stylized version of another animal whose name appears as a part of the software’s name.

Which software?

Hint: Map shows 1’s range

Cracked by: udupendra , teju , manubhardwaj , madhur , Dibyo , akhi , duriel , varuns88 , Vinod P.V , psrinivas , Arun Krishnamoorthy , bobo , RajT and Rohan.

udupendra, teju, manubhardwaj, madhur, Dibyo, akhi, duriel, varuns88, Vinod P.V, psrinivas, Arun Krishnamoorthy, bobo, RajT and Rohan

UPDATE: http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/04/04/reverse-turing-test/

Older post:

In order to keep off script kiddies from posting spam comments, we have added a math based captcha which shows up when you try to post a comment while not logged in.

Here is an example question which will appear on April 1, 2009:

On all other days, the questions will be as simple as “add 5 and 5”, which as a quizzer, should not be hard for you. But in case you forgot addition, keep some abacus variant handy ( Google is also a part-time abacus variant.. it has a calculator built in :) )

If you detest captchas, please register and the annoying first standard addition questions will vanish :)

(This is not a HHGTTG question)

(1) and (2) were messing around with (3). While doing so, they detected something that they totally could not explain. They tried a lot to eliminate it (at one point of time, they even suspected (4)), but they just couldn’t get rid of it.

Eventually, they realized that they just couldn’t eliminate it because it was not an anomaly. It was real, and it validated decades of work, and basically proved one of the most debated hypotheses of all time, beyond any doubt.

What is it (that they discovered)?

And who are (1) and (2)?

Cracked by: varuns88 , udupendra , Ajay Parasuram , teju , madhur , Jesse , Rahul , duriel , Dibyo , Prasad , Keerthi Kiran M , Amar , psrinivas , RajT and yaksha.

varuns88, udupendra, Ajay Parasuram, teju, madhur, Jesse, Rahul, duriel, Dibyo, Prasad, Keerthi Kiran M, Amar, psrinivas, RajT and yaksha

What is happening here?

Cracked by: udupendra , vaibhav008 , duriel , varuns88 , teju , Dibyo , Amar , jake , psrinivas and akhi.

udupendra, vaibhav008, duriel, varuns88, teju, Dibyo, Amar, jake, psrinivas and akhi

Connect:

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

Cracked by: teju , Madhur and udupendra.

teju, Madhur and udupendra

Question from Shashank. Thanksu kaNri…

BTW, questions can be mailed to boiledbeans@gmail.com

Connect:

Cracked by: teju , shashank , Madhur , varuns88 , prasanth , Dibyo , psrinivas , Amar , Tathagata Chatterjee , bobo , svgreatest , alakh_niranjan , duriel and jayanth.

teju, shashank, Madhur, varuns88, prasanth, Dibyo, psrinivas, Amar, Tathagata Chatterjee, bobo, svgreatest, alakh_niranjan, duriel and jayanth

Mutated form of a question originally sent in by yaksha. Tumba Thanksu, Mr.yaksha!

Connect:

Hint:

Cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Rahul , vaibhav008 , rajeshvj , teju , Dibyo , shyam , jake , Amar , svgreatest , RajT , akhi , duriel , varuns88 , shashank , jayanth , alakh_niranjan , Rohan.

udupendra, madhur, Rahul, vaibhav008, rajeshvj, teju, Dibyo, shyam, jake, Amar, svgreatest, RajT, akhi, Anonymous, duriel, yaksha, varuns88, shashank, jayanth, alakh_niranjan and Rohan

Identify and connect

Disclosure: I’ve shamelessly flicked this question from some other quiz. Unfortunately I can’t remember which right now. All credit goes to the original QM :)

Cracked by: madhur , duriel , svgreatest , manubhardwaj , teju , jayanth , varuns88 , rajeshvj , shashank , yaksha , Rohan , Biki , udupendra , Prasad and Dibyo.

madhur, duriel, svgreatest, manubhardwaj, teju, jayanth, varuns88, rajeshvj, shashank, yaksha, Rohan, Biki, udupendra, Prasad and Dibyo

Connect:

[audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/a106601d5a433d40a33b7493b430223f.mp3]

Fully cracked by: udupendra , madhur , Srikanth , vaibhav008 and duriel. akhi , nishansolo , teju and shashank were almost there.

PS: Srikanth, dude, you might want to use a different name. Fact is, since you’re not registered, and you’re using my username to post anon, I’m getting all your points :)

akhi, udupendra, madhur, nishansolo, Srikanth, teju, vaibhav008, shashank and duriel