Play Tetris... for Science!!!
So, my daughter needs your help. It's for science, so I'm sure it's okay. Here's what she needs you to do by next Tuesday, December 16.
1. Play Tetris.
2. Play Tetris while talking to someone on the phone. Don't talk about the game you're currently playing, though.
3. Send her your scores (off the phone and on the phone). (Also send if you've played Tetris before or not, your age and gender, and where you're playing. (These could be variables that affect the data.))
That's it, really. So, remember, you're not wasting time. You're helping a teenager with her science project.
Posted by
ironic1 on December 11, 2008 10:51 PM | Permalink
Comments
I'm in! But, do I really have to give my age? Can I give it in binary? It makes me feel better seeing all 1's and 0's. I know, I have issues.
Posted by: Zoe | December 12, 2008 08:08 AM
I think this officially certifies your daughter as the coolest kid ever. (And I've heard your son is pretty cool too.)
Posted by: Jen | December 12, 2008 11:58 AM
I'll try it out. I think I already know what the tendency will be, at least for me having grown up in a video game era (muscle memory part of the brain has had a little more exercise; thus my terrible command of the English language :-) As an example, I've found I can do the Rubik's cube faster when I watch TV than when I'm focusing on the puzzle (noo... not blindly solving it, but just occasionally glancing down).
Posted by: huitz | December 12, 2008 05:08 PM
By "terrible" I meant horrible, of course; complete lack of grammar skills.
Posted by: huitz | December 12, 2008 05:11 PM
I'm in. Not much af a video gamer, but always loved Tetris.
Posted by: purple | December 12, 2008 07:22 PM
Thanks for everyone who has already sent in results! Emma promises to post the final analysis when she's done crunching the numbers.
Zoe, Emma included age because she wants to see if the difference varies by age. Also, as far as the where question, it's really a question of "work" or "home" or some other option like "coffee house." She wants to see if the environment changes the results as well.
Posted by: ironic1 | December 13, 2008 02:21 PM
But, hey, Zoe -- binary is okay. Emma and her little brother (Simon) helped me figure out how to write "love" in binary a few years ago for our Geek Valentine Conversation Heart Project. And Simon thought it was so fun that he did his third grade math homework in binary that week. Yup.
Posted by: Charlotte,MomofCoolKids | December 13, 2008 09:57 PM
Thanks to all who've played Tetris and sent in your results. If you still want to, please do it today so my daughter has time to crunch the numbers and get her project ready by the 23rd.
She's so far got in 7 responses and she needs at least 20 results to make her project viable.
Posted by: ironic1 | December 16, 2008 07:04 AM