Jan Heirtzler (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jan_andrea) wrote2007-11-24 08:24 pm
jan_andrea) wrote2007-11-24 08:24 pm
I'm enjoying FreeRice.com, but...
I just looked it up and it takes roughly 29,000 grains of long white rice to make a pound.
So in playing for about 30 minutes (with a top vocab level of 47 but a median of closer to 43, out of 50), I've donated 4,000 grains... or about 1/7 of a pound.
Also, in Googling it, I found this page: http://debrisblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/free-rice-or-free-publicity/
I'll still play, but will give to the World Food Programme in dollars as well as vocab, since the former will go a lot further.
So in playing for about 30 minutes (with a top vocab level of 47 but a median of closer to 43, out of 50), I've donated 4,000 grains... or about 1/7 of a pound.
Also, in Googling it, I found this page: http://debrisblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/free-rice-or-free-publicity/
I'll still play, but will give to the World Food Programme in dollars as well as vocab, since the former will go a lot further.