Workin’ for fun?
One of my students, Andy, linked the following video from his blog this week. Games being one of my interests, I find the concept of taking advantage of human “cycles” for computation fascinating–basically, getting needed work done by layering it under a veneer of fun (If I could only get those hours of Super Mario Bros back). The bit on circumventing captchas was enlightening, too–reminding me of WoW’s “Chinese farmer” problem–Chinese working from China in WoW to sell the goods (loot) to Americans.
