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		alecperkins on March 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pick a number from 1 to 10 Indeed. The goal there is to see if people think about the choice, then second guess it before actually submitting. Edit: Quickly skimming through the database, it also reveals "tab" loaders who open up a bunch of tabs and let them sit. (It couldn't possibly have taken someone 300s to make a decision!) Not the goal, and it does skew the data, but still interesting.

mmavnn on March 27, 2011 | [–]

Mine will be slow due to trying to select a value on a slider with a well used G1 phone...

recoiledsnake on March 27, 2011 | [–]

Don't use the data for timing purposes, that's more than, say 40 seconds?

joezydeco on March 28, 2011 | [–]

How about not starting the timer until you see mouse activity on the page?

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