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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/01/24/do.nothing/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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(CNN) -- How long is two minutes?
Not long if you're cooking an egg or trying to score a come-from-behind touchdown.
But in the age of live blogging, push notifications and Twitter, it can seem like forever when you're trying not to do anything. Especially when you're staring at a computer screen with your fingers twitching on a mouse.
Soothing those fast-twitch tendencies -- or perhaps just exposing them -- is the point behind "Do Nothing for 2 Minutes."
The new Web page features an idyllic ocean scene backed by the calming sound of gently crashing waves.
"Just relax and listen to the waves," it reads. "Don't touch your mouse or keyboard."
An onscreen timer begins counting down from two minutes. If the users try to interact -- and it's surprising how easy it is to do without even thinking about it -- they get a "Fail" message and the timer resets. If you make it to the end ... well, we won't undercut the point of the site. Try it and see. In a Huffington Post story Monday about the site, more than 22 percent of readers responded to a poll admitting they couldn't make it through the full two minutes on "Do Nothing."
Tew posted a message on Twitter last week saying the average length of time on site was 58 seconds. "C'mon peeps you can do better!" he urged. |
http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
Posts: 1690
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You're telling me that I don't have to study or do homework for two minutes? Fuck yeah!
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
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I was disappointed when I got to the end and it didn't turn out to be a screamer.
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Stormtrooper2011
Title: Resident Stormtrooper
Joined: Jan 29 2009
Location: Tatoine
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easy as taking a trip to the bathroom 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Is it bad that I found a way to cheat?
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
Posts: 1818
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Depends. How long did it take you to find a way to cheat?
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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| Sehkmaenzo wrote: |
| Depends. How long did it take you to find a way to cheat? |
Prior to 2 minutes.
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Miguelius
Title: 83956789546
Joined: Apr 16 2009
Location: Chaco, Argentina
Posts: 420
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I can't play. My mouse moves alone and it fails every 5-10 seconds.
But I bet I could nail it. As long as I have the countdown to stare
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
Posts: 4274
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I got down to 5 seconds and it said I failed...
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