Nice one Jim! the perfect way to get my brain in gear for todays whamming of the thesis of doom!
For the record, the game also works incredibly nicely with Hal, I'm already on my 9th word in a row! I'm going to be interested to see if this one can catch me out! Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kitchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Audyssey gamers list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:31 AM Subject: [Audyssey] FWD: A web site Game that helps solve world hunger > > Even though this is not something you would do at work, here is a web site > game that works fine with JAWS. > > http://freerice.com/ > > The page lets you play a word game of guessing the meanings of various > words. For example: > > food means: > angry > nourishment > trade > philosophy > > > To play the game you would choose one of the four possible links for the > definition under the first statement. If you get three choices right, > then you move up into the fifty various levels. The game is mind > stimulating, educational, and broadens your intellectual horizons. > > You might then say, "Why should I play this game?" I'm glad you asked. > Well, for every answer you get right, the various corporate sponsors for > Free Rice web site will donate the funds necessary to buy ten grains of > rice for the United Nations to help feed the hungry. The sponsors are > listed on banners at the bottom of the web site, but these do not > interfere with JAWS. > > You might then ask, "How can ten grains of rice help?" Well, its amazing > how the correct answers pile up so quickly, for the web site is intuitive > and will move you up and down the levels until it reaches the one where > you start to be challenged. In one setting over the weekend, I got over > twenty right answers, so I sent more than 200 grains of rice. This may > seems small, but if it helps feed one small child, its well worth the > effort. > > So, if you get addicted to this site, and you then start spending more > time on the computer than before, you can always tell your significant > other that your helping to solve world hunger. And, by the way, if you > missed my example above, you really need to go to the Free Rice web site > and practice your vocabulary. > > Dennis > > Jim > > My parents were soooooo poor, they got married for the rice. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: > 02/12/2007 20:34 > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
