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From: Warp
Subject: Gamers succeed where scientists fail
Date: 23 Sep 2011 13:00:49
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http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail

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From: Kevin Wampler
Subject: Re: Gamers succeed where scientists fail
Date: 23 Sep 2011 13:15:32
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On 9/23/2011 10:00 AM, Warp wrote:
> http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail

FoldIt is a pretty enjoyable game, and you can download it here: 
http://fold.it/  It works pretty well as a substitute to games like 
solitaire/minesweeper/etc.

Interestingly, I'm actually friends with several of the people behind 
this project -- they've done a really good job on it.

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Gamers succeed where scientists fail
Date: 24 Sep 2011 00:46:59
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On 9/23/2011 10:00, Warp wrote:
> http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail

The Mechanical Turk! :-)

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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Gamers succeed where scientists fail
Date: 24 Sep 2011 10:59:39
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...that guy is a doctor?! o_O

Also, I'm not completely sure it's fair to say scientists "failed"; it 
was their idea to harness gamers, right? ;-)

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