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10-24-2007, 09:26 PM
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 Vocabulary improvement game... for charity! I found this too much fun not to pass on. Of course, trying to figure out exactly which forum it belonged in was a wee bit challenging... FreeRice For every vocabulary question you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated. Imagine that, simultaneously learning, having fun, and doing good in the world. Huh. And yes, it is ridiculously easy to use this as a procrastination method, but it's intellectually challenging in a way different from anything I've done since high school. Always nice to find a new way to keep the brain sharp.      |
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10-24-2007, 10:04 PM
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 Cool game. Helped me suck up the last few minutes of work, too.
__________________ A truly open mind will seriously consider all points of view, even those with which it strongly disagrees for there may be a grain of truth in even the most ridiculous of opinions. |
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10-24-2007, 10:52 PM
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| Awesome site! According to the International Development Research Centre the average weight of 1000 grains of rice is 27.5–28.4 grams. There are 28 grams / ounce, so about 16,000 grains of rice per pound. That brings us the yield amounts in pounds for FreeRice so far: Looks like they are doing about a ton of rice a day.  Pretty good..
__________________ Best, Dan Linehan |
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10-24-2007, 11:14 PM
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10-24-2007, 11:24 PM
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| Except on weekends, only half a ton then. 
__________________ Best, Dan Linehan |
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10-25-2007, 12:13 AM
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| Well that was fun. I'll have to pass this one on. |
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10-25-2007, 02:12 PM
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__________________ A truly open mind will seriously consider all points of view, even those with which it strongly disagrees for there may be a grain of truth in even the most ridiculous of opinions. |
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10-25-2007, 04:00 PM
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| sulk = pout lol, i'm pretty clueless about both words. pretty happy when i know all the words i can choose from, then at least i get a decent guess :P |
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10-25-2007, 05:10 PM
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Just for the record though, I'm not cheating.  Not as much fun that way. I'm only looking up the words AFTER guessing.(As to where I'm looking things up, I've got a nifty little dictionary widget, but I expect a physical dictionary or dictionary.com would work perfectly well.) |
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