Boiledbeans

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Daisy, Daisy... give me your answer do...

—srikanth @ 09:46

The programming language in the pic below has been used to write code that runs Space Shuttles.

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Not too big a deal in itself, but what makes it interesting is the name of this language. What is it called?

Here’s a clue:
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Cracked by: teju , udupendra , sidsen , bobo , C’na , Mahesh , shivathilak , Shreyas , bs , Dibyo , alephnull , Lord Jim , A Nony Mouse , yaksha , prasanth , aandthirtyeights , shenoyvarun86 , Quehin , shyam , ram , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee and jayanth.

teju, udupendra, sidsen, bobo, C’na, Mahesh, shivathilak, Shreyas, bs, Dibyo, alephnull, Lord Jim, A Nony Mouse, yaksha, prasanth, aandthirtyeights, shenoyvarun86, Quehin, shyam, ram, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee and jayanth

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The language is called HAL/S.


Google this!

—devadutta @ 09:27
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Who connects 1 and 2?

Cracked by: teju , alephnull , Dibyo , udupendra , prasanth , A Nony Mouse , sidsen , Tathagata Chatterjee , sumanth vanahalli , ram , Gammafunction and bobo. (Abhishek)

teju, alephnull, Dibyo, udupendra, prasanth, A Nony Mouse, sidsen, Tathagata Chatterjee, sumanth vanahalli, ram, Gammafunction, bobo and Abhishek


Monday, December 3, 2007

In case you dint believe us..

—devadutta @ 14:15

Mahesh Herle has sent in some more screen shots of boiledbeans taken on his iPhone.

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More fanfare:

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HE IZ NEAT. NO?

Thanks a lot maga!


Monday, December 3, 2007

Houston, we have no problems.

—srikanth @ 10:11

What is this little girl’s claim to fame?

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Cracked by: sidsen , udupendra , alephnull , Gammafunction and prasanth.

sidsen, udupendra, alephnull, Gammafunction and prasanth

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The two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were named from Sofi Collis’s (pic) essay.


Sunday, December 2, 2007

L.E.D?

—devadutta @ 10:39

Identify this “thing” which caused major false alarms in U.S cities in early 2007

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Cracked by: bobo , Poornima , sidsen , udupendra , teju , bs , Dibyo , Abhishek , Tathagata Chatterjee , vijayaraghavan and alephnull.

bobo, Poornima, sidsen, udupendra, teju, bs, Dibyo, Abhishek, Tathagata Chatterjee, vijayaraghavan and alephnull


Saturday, December 1, 2007

Who's crying?

—srikanth @ 10:28

Something slightly tougher for the weekend… Connect them all:

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This list is not exhaustive.

Cracked by: udupendra, devadutta, bobo, sidsen and teju.

udupendra, devadutta, bobo, sidsen and teju

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The book, “The crying of Lot 49” connects them all.


Friday, November 30, 2007

How does he do that?!

—devadutta @ 09:55

This question was sent in by Karthik Jagadeesan. Thanks a lot buddy! (and oh.. you can send in questions to boiledbeans@gmail.com)

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Who holds this patent?

Cracked by: udupendra , bobo , Poornima , jayanth , sidsen , deepak , shivathilak , Atul Mathew , alephnull , Dibyo , Vinod P.V , prasanth , yaksha , Abhishek and nisha’s thambi.

udupendra, bobo, Poornima, jayanth, sidsen, deepak, shivathilak, Atul Mathew, alephnull, Dibyo, Vinod P.V, prasanth, yaksha, Abhishek and nishas thambi

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Michael Jackson.


Thursday, November 29, 2007

Old school

—srikanth @ 10:05

This question comes to us from Nihit. Identify the man in the picture below:

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Cracked by: Poornima , sidsen , bobo , teju , Keerthi Kiran M , shivathilak , prasanth , Madan , aandthirtyeights , Abhishek , iamniks , alephnull and yaksha

Poornima, sidsen, bobo, teju, Keerthi Kiran M, shivathilak, prasanth, Madan, aandthirtyeights, Abhishek, iamniks, alephnull and yaksha

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Christopher Sholes. Famous for inventing the typewriter and now infamous for the RSI-inducing QWERTY layout of our keyboards.


Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Piece Peace

—devadutta @ 10:01

Connect

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Cracked by: bs , alephnull , iamniks , Tathagata Chatterjee , udupendra , Goutham , bobo , A Nony Mouse , jayanth , Anirudh , sidsen , prasanth and yaksha.

bs, alephnull, iamniks, Tathagata Chatterjee, udupendra, Goutham, bobo, A Nony Mouse, jayanth, Anirudh, sidsen, prasanth and yaksha


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Alternatives

—srikanth @ 10:08

Three views of what?

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Extra credit: Connect with the latest news :)

Cracked by: udupendra , sidsen , teju , iamniks , shivathilak , alephnull , Abhishek , Ganesh Prasad , aandthirtyeights , Keerthi Kiran M , Tathagata Chatterjee , yaksha , Gammafunction , prasanth , arbitguy and jayanth.

udupendra, sidsen, teju, iamniks, shivathilak, alephnull, Abhishek, Ganesh Prasad, aandthirtyeights, Keerthi Kiran M, Tathagata Chatterjee, yaksha, Gammafunction, prasanth, arbitguy and jayanth

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This is GM’s exhibit of a “future city of 1960” in the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. The whole exhibit was called Futurama. The animated series got its name from this.