Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes • Hacker News Board

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by edw519 » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:25 PM UTC

1:58 FAIL

Kinda like my sex life.

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by Vivtek » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

Failed for unknown reasons three times in a row. Thinking it was noise on my mouse scrollwheel, I took the batteries out of it. I'm gratified to learn this was unintentional.

This said, the site is really, really making me think about moving back to Puerto Rico.

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

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Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by dgl » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

I was doing really well until my curiosity got the better of me and I viewed the source to see why there was no sound (no flash installed).

Although it seems in Safari I can succeed by loading it in a background tab :).

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by megamark16 » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:32 PM UTC

Passed it on my first try. In fact, I didn't realize it was a pass/fail kind of thing until I came here, I just assumed it was a self test.

I found that the time seemed to pass more slowly when I closed me eyes. I had my eyes closed for the first minute, and I opened them when I thought it should have been about two minutes, only to discover that I still had a minute left.

Nice job, bookmarked for future relaxation.

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by martinkallstrom » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

Succeeds easily on ipad. No sound though..

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by binarymax » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

Thanks for this. Will use it every day.

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by ethanhuynh » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

having gone through this, it actually makes me feel like the longest 2 minutes of my life

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by curiousepic » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

This would be a lot more difficult if it weren't for the sound and image - it occupied parts of my mind that would go crazy without any stimulation for that long.

Re: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes

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Post by nicksergeant » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

Not billable. Can't be on the page.