This is a chronologically ordered series of pictures capturing the steps involved in something. What is being implemented here?

Forward path

Return path:

Cracked by:madhur , jayanth , udupendra , Dibyo , prasanth , Rahul Ranade , shashank , sumanth , yaksha and duriel.

madhur, jayanth, udupendra, Dibyo, prasanth, Rahul Ranade, duriel, shashank, sumanth and yaksha

Millions of geeks started off their coding life using this man’s invention. Identify the man in the photograph below, the contraption in his hands, and what it created.

Many clues in the picture.

Cracked by: shashank , madhur , jayanth , Dibyo , duriel , piezocake (can’t just come out and say it, can you…), Shreyas , udupendra , sidsen and sumanth.

shashank, madhur, jayanth, Dibyo, duriel, piezocake, Shreyas, udupendra, sidsen and sumanth

This popular internet retailer is the pioneer of a particular business model. They are also known for their un-conventional marketing style, where they sometimes mock themselves and/or their customers.

For example:

In-spite of these un-conventional methods, they are immensely popular.

Identify the retailer and the business model they pioneered.

Cracked by: jayanth , RajT , Biki , bs , duriel , madhur , teju , pratap , Vinod P.V , sidsen , yaksha , shashank , sumanth , BiGFooT , Arjun Chennu and Dibyo.

jayanth, RajT, Biki, bs, duriel, madhur, teju, pratap, Vinod P.V, sidsen, yaksha, shashank, sumanth, BiGFooT, Arjun Chennu and Dibyo

This question was sent in by Prasanth. Just 3 of 300+, identify the three and name the inventor.

Don’t forget: guest questions should go to boiledbeans@gmail.com.

Also, please try to avoid copy-pasting websites verbatim into answers. We’re usually quite liberal if you just give us a one-liner that captures the essence of the answer, so that’s more than enough!

Cracked by: Dibyo , teju , duriel , Shakeel , udupendra , sumanth , sidsen , jayanth and shashank.

Dibyo, teju, prasanth, duriel, Shakeel, udupendra, sumanth, sidsen, jayanth and shashank

This ancient sword is made out of steel which is full of a “miracle material”, “discovered” only in 1991. The presence of this material made this sword extremely hard and flexible. This sword is claimed to be the first place where this “miracle material” was used (much before it was “discovered”).

Identify the sword and the “miracle material”

Cracked by: vaibhav008 , jayanth , madhur , teju , gammafunction , Dibyo , duriel , nishansolo , shenoyvarun86 , shyam , sumanth , shivathilak , , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , shashank , prasanth , udupendra and sidsen.

vaibhav008, jayanth, madhur, teju, gammafunction, Dibyo, duriel, nishansolo, shenoyvarun86, shyam, sumanth, shivathilak, Anonymous, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, shashank, prasanth, udupendra and sidsen

This question may be a month too late, but it deserves to be asked. Identify and connect all of the above.

Cracked by: bs , jayanth , teju , madhur , Arjun Chennu , Dibyo , duriel , udupendra , shenoyvarun86 , Ganesh Prasad , Archana , shashank , Shakeel , prasanth , nishansolo , sidsen , yaksha and gammafunction.

See the comments for the answer. Everyone who posted got it right.

bs, jayanth, teju, madhur, Arjun Chennu, Dibyo, duriel, udupendra, shenoyvarun86, Ganesh Prasad, Archana, Anonymous, Anonymous, shashank, Shakeel, prasanth, nishansolo, sidsen, yaksha and gammafunction

They were the first few “victims” of what?

Cracked By: udupendra , sidsen , Tathagata Chatterjee , jayanth , duriel and shashank.

udupendra, sidsen, Tathagata Chatterjee, jayanth, duriel and shashank

This company claimed tons of things. When asked to show proof, this was the closest they came to showing it

But, as every sane person expected, it couldn’t stand up to closer examination, and even these proofs turned out to be false.

Which company? What claim of theirs am I referring to here?

Cracked by:udupendra , gammafunction , madhur , BiGFooT , Biki , Dibyo , duriel , Ganesh Prasad , rajeshvj , prasanth , bs , shashank , shenoyvarun86 , Prasad , yaksha and jayanth.

udupendra, gammafunction, madhur, BiGFooT, Biki, Dibyo, duriel, Ganesh Prasad, rajeshvj, prasanth, bs, shashank, shenoyvarun86, Prasad, yaksha and jayanth

Connect 1,2 and 3 to a popular unix tool and tell us who is missing.

1. 2. 3.

Cracked by: madhur , Dibyo , bs , duriel , piezocake , Tathagata Chatterjee , BiGFooT , shashank and udupendra.

madhur, Dibyo, bs, duriel, piezocake, Tathagata Chatterjee, BiGFooT, shashank and udupendra

Identify the man in the picture and connect with the audio clip:

1. 
2. Clip: [audio:http://www.boiledbeans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/69c190ab759a5b7c10371d8d19e56122.mp3]

Cracked by: teju , madhur , prasanth , Biki , duriel , Dibyo and yaksha

teju, madhur, prasanth, Biki, duriel, Dibyo and yaksha