lastonestanding.com gives you the chance to win cash prizes just by sitting at your computer. For a long time.

Competitors log onto the website and compete in endurance events against 999 others. An entry fee of £2 is charged per competitor.

As the competition commences, each player has to confirm their attendance when prompted by the web page. This occurs randomly, but with no gap greater than 2 minutes between two prompts. To eradicate cheating, competitors will use the fingerprint reader built into their laptop (or buy an external one) to swipe confirmation of their attendance.

If a competitor misses a prompt and does not swipe their finger within 2 seconds of that prompt, they are out of the competition.

The winner is the last person standing (or sitting). They win £1,000.

I keep the other £1,000, and everyone's happy.
-- jtp, Nov 12 2009

Touch The Truck http://en.wikipedia...iki/Touch_the_Truck
[calum, Nov 12 2009]

+Yes.
-- blissmiss, Nov 12 2009


I wonder how long people can stand for? Just stand still. Competition in which standers stand to stand for the longest time. Stand.
-- theleopard, Nov 12 2009


In addition to the fingerprint scanner and to allay the fears of [21], I suggest a webcam and for the random prompt to contain an instruction for the competitor to pose...
As a tiger! <Growl> ...

As a teapot! <here's my handle, here's my XXXX> Erk!

etc...
-- Jinbish, Nov 12 2009


[calum], I remember reading a Charlie Brooker rant about Touch the Truck. Brilliant.
-- theleopard, Nov 12 2009


I suppose it would help to have a lappy and wifi. Then I needn't rush through the bog for my morning grinder.
-- bdag, Nov 12 2009


What 21 Q said, and what Jinbish said.

The fingerprint scanner doesn't help to protect against cheating (in general, biometrics aren't secure unless you and a unbribe-able guard are in the same physical space as the biometric scanner), but the posing would - and actually make the whole thing rather interesting to watch. In a trashy, voyeuristic, car-crashy way.

Do you realize we've stumbled onto a whole new genre here? Gameshows with participants on webcam. I'm sure we'll see more of that in the future.
-- jutta, Nov 12 2009


what did 21 say and why has it been deleted?

ok. my miss. I found the answer on Answers.
-- pashute, Jan 13 2016



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