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Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:55 pm
by DaddyHoggy

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:58 pm
by ClymAngus
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:16 pm
by CommonSenseOTB
Looks like a good way to trick the me generations into contributing to the betterment of society by having them play a game. Now if only dogfighting pirates in oolite could be linked somehow to other spacial puzzles that need to be solved... 8)

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:28 pm
by DaddyHoggy
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

Goes off to look for a link...

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:34 am
by CommonSenseOTB
DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

Goes off to look for a link...
Don't forget recaptcha getting the user to identify alphanumeric characters in really old documents to enable them to be digitized. :)

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:57 am
by DaddyHoggy
DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

Goes off to look for a link...
Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today... :(

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:02 am
by Gimi
DaddyHoggy wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.
Goes off to look for a link...
Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today... :(
This it, not a game, but still!
Edit: Or maybe this. (Is a game)

Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:55 pm
by DaddyHoggy
The later is the one I was thinking of (I think!)