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  • Jun 10, 2009, 03:40 PM
    Catsmine
    A better time waster and you feel good about it
    Check this out, it's as addictive as the Eyeball Engineering:

    FreeRice
  • Jun 11, 2009, 07:40 AM
    shazamataz

    Well, I donated 910 grains before I got bored :o

    Very good site though... I'm hungry now.
  • Jun 12, 2009, 01:28 PM
    adam_89

    Well, I can't do it anymore but I donated 3,110 grains of rice.

    This is a pretty cool site though. I might have to go back and do a couple thousand per day.
  • Jun 14, 2009, 07:25 AM
    shazamataz

    I got 880 today...

    Wow Adam... :eek:
  • Jun 14, 2009, 07:46 AM
    Catsmine
    In a totally bored insomniac moment a while back, I figured out that 600 grains of rice makes a cup when cooked.
  • Jun 14, 2009, 07:50 AM
    s2tp

    Whew got 1450 pretty cool though- I like the brush up with my vocabulary- I know more than I thought.. haha
  • Jun 15, 2009, 05:11 AM
    shazamataz
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catsmine View Post
    In a totally bored insomniac moment a while back, I figured out that 600 grains of rice makes a cup when cooked.
    Cool, so I donated nearly 3 cups!
  • Jun 18, 2009, 01:15 PM
    adam_89
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catsmine View Post
    In a totally bored insomniac moment a while back, I figured out that 600 grains of rice makes a cup when cooked.
    That's pretty cool. I gave a little over 5 cups. So about 5 people unless you gave smaller portions.

    I'm going to head over there and donate a couple thousand or however many in the next 45 minutes.
  • Jun 18, 2009, 07:45 PM
    friend4u178

    Not really a Time waster but Uhmmmm... how do they do this :cool:

    Regifting Robin

    Did you trick Robin??
  • Jun 18, 2009, 08:40 PM
    nikosmom
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by friend4u178 View Post
    Not really a Time waster but Uhmmmm.........how do they do this :cool:

    Regifting Robin

    Did you trick Robin???
    Because the answer always end up being 9 once you do the math... so you always end up with the same thing. :p
  • Jun 18, 2009, 08:51 PM
    friend4u178
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nikosmom View Post
    Because the answer always end up being 9 once you do the math... so you always end up with the same thing. :p
    So if I pick say 65

    65 -6 -5 = 9?
  • Jun 18, 2009, 09:12 PM
    nikosmom
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by friend4u178 View Post
    So if I pick say 65

    65 -6 -5 = 9 ??
    LOL, no Silly!

    65-6-5=54
    then 5+4=9


    31-3-1=27
    then2+7=9

    10-1-0=9

    78-7-8=63
    then6+3=9

    :cool:
  • Jun 18, 2009, 09:13 PM
    friend4u178
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nikosmom View Post
    LOL, no Silly!

    65-6-5=54
    then 5+4=9


    31-3-1=27
    then2+7=9

    10-1-0=9

    78-7-8=63
    then6+3=9

    :cool:
    LOL... clear as mud right ;)
  • Jun 18, 2009, 10:36 PM
    Stringer
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by friend4u178 View Post
    Not really a Time waster but Uhmmmm.........how do they do this :cool:

    Regifting Robin

    Did you trick Robin???
    Ha ha... doesn't work when your number is 0 1 -1 =0 And you know that 0 is a number for calculations... :eek::rolleyes:
  • Jun 18, 2009, 11:04 PM
    Stringer

    Do I win something..

    I could use an all expense paid vacation... :)
  • Jun 20, 2009, 08:51 AM
    adam_89

    5,000 grains of rice today... I'm going home
  • Jul 15, 2009, 12:59 PM
    HelpinHere
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nikosmom View Post
    Because the answer always end up being 9 once you do the math... so you always end up with the same thing. :p
    Well, it's not actually because it's "nine" or that the two digits add up to nine. Actually, multiples of nine. That's just a coincidence though, and not the actual reason.

    10 - 1 - 0 = 9 : 20 - 2 - 0 = 18 : etc.
    11 - 1 - 1 = 9 : 21 - 2 - 1 = 18 : etc.
    12 - 1 - 2 = 9 : 22 - 2 - 2 = 18 : etc.
    13 - 1 - 3 = 9 : 23 - 2 - 3 = 18 : etc.
    14 - 1 - 4 = 9 : 24 - 2 - 4 = 18 : etc.
    15 - 1 - 5 = 9 : 25 - 2 - 5 = 18 : etc.
    16 - 1 - 6 = 9 : 26 - 2 - 6 = 18 : etc.
    17 - 1 - 7 = 9 : 27 - 2 - 7 = 18 : etc.
    18 - 1 - 8 = 9 : 28 - 2 - 8 = 18 : etc.
    19 - 1 - 9 = 9 : 29 - 2 - 9 = 18 : etc.

    No matter what you pick, every two digit number will go up by one (in relation to the one before it). All two digit numbers starting with the same number (ie, 12, 15, etc.) will always have the same possibility. That way, instead of having 89 possible outcomes (10-99), there are only nine. If you look through, the choice for 9 will be the same choice for the other possibilities. Then, if you try again, they will just change the "regift" but it will still be the same for all 9 possibilities...

    Yay for boredom!

    BTW: I've donated too much to freerice... it was all we did for a week in my computer class...

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