1270 grains of rice

[piranha]

fun time waster for people who like words. :) with the added bonus that our time wasting feeds hungry people. this is really the ultimate in first world privilege charity, ain't it.

i knew i wasn't gonna be able to stay away from the rice thing for any length of time when i first saw it, though i held out for several days. but today it's rainy, i am cold, and not in the mood for photoshop, or for organizing my smut, or, naturally, anything productive.

i'm hovering pretty much on 48, with a few forays all the way to 50, but i cannot stay on 49 reliably. i MUST NOT second-guess myself; if i have an immediate flash of recognition, even if i doubt it when looking at the choices, i should just trust it; i am much more often right than wrong.

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[kmd.livejournal.com]

good god.

I am clicking and clicking and clicking.

Cool link, thanks.

1500 grains

[dr-brat.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was gonna go to bed early. I must have played a bit longer than you, because I'm sticking around 45

[liv]

The rice grains are so addictive! And yeah, I get a pretty similar score to you, somewhere around 48 with occasional leaps to 49 or 50. I've found a fair number of biological technical terms in there, which do give me an unfair advantage.

unfair advantage?

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

that's interesting that you say it gives you an "unfair advantage". it's clearly an advantage (as is my long-term interest in bio and medicine -- which makes up for never taking latin in high school). but how is it unfair?

Re: unfair advantage?

[liv]

The way I'm thinking of it is a bit like this: if the examples are skewed towards biology, and I happen to be a biologist, than I am going to get a higher score than really represents my "vocabulary level". (If such a measurement exists, I suppose it would be how well I do compared to the total population on a completely unbiased vocabulary test.) But I'm not so convinced any more that the word list over-represents biology as much as I thought at first.

Actually I'm quite impressed with the breadth now I've played a few more times. Their "hard" words are not exclusively latinate, which can be a major flaw in a vocab exercise. They have foreign origin words (which is great for me when they happen to be Yiddish!) and old-fashioned words and technical terms from various domains. Not a bad mix overall.

[firecat]

good sick day activity. finally my six years of latin are being put to some use :)

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

My hover is on 45, with the occasional foray to 46. I'd also do a bit better if I didn't second guess myself.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Well that was Friday. I tried again today. Sticking mostly at 46 with a fair amount of success at 47, and a couple of brief blips up to 48 or 49. Haven't seen a 50 yet.

[prairierabbit.livejournal.com]

Like I need ANOTHER computer habit! *grin* Actually, it's quite fun. Similar scores in 5 tries, but must wait to play more.