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by silentific 5383 days ago
Had the same thought about Stargate.

"Sometime in 2009, Wallace started playing an online game called Prometheus, and in the course of the game he solved a math problem in order to advance to the game's next level. But unbeknownst to him, the problem that Eli solved was actually an Ancient mathematical proof that was procured from the Ancient Database, and that Stargate Command had created the game in an effort to find someone who could solve it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallace