Before I had a computer,and used to read of people spending hours on them,I used to think, How can they spend all that time on a computer., now Ive got one its different.Mind you being with Pay as you Go, Dial up, I dont go on it till 9.p.m. at night, and three or four times, SAT&Sundays.But Im amazed at how the time flies,are you ?

At the moment I seem to spend near enough all my awake hours on the net. I havent got much to do until i go back to uni.

Plus when I go to work in the evenings I work on the computers and use the net there aswell so I cant get away from it.

Moi????:confused:

Well, my job involves computers, and I use them when I get home, on a good day, probably 15-16 hours, on a bad day, 24 hours.

Joel

:confused: wheres the off button?

Originally posted by Jon
:confused: wheres the off button?

Heh

joel@apollo$ uptime
1:12AM up 42 days, 4:57, 10 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.12, 0.21

joel@aries$ uptime
1:05AM up 126 days, 10:27, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

joel@eros:~$ uptime
01:21:12 up 117 days, 6:45, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

joel@xena:~$ uptime
01:21:12 up 213 days, 12:53, 13 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

joel@zeus:~$ uptime
01:21:12 up 351 days, 5:11, 23 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

hmm

:heyhey:

Quiet time atm, not even going to begine listing the uptimes of my servers in London, most have about 30 days, I tend to update them all at the end of the month, unless something major appears to break/be insecure

Joel

*closes eyes* Too many!!!! :rolleyes:

But you all knew that already ;)

Approx 8 hours a night during the week....

Weekends..... Ohh dear...:suspect:

I tend to sit at the computer and think "just acouple of hours, check mail and forums etc..." after getting in from work. Then it's gone midnight.

Usually I'm in and out all day or working from home and spend all evening on the PC and where I can use the laptop on the internet in the day. It's not often I'm away from the internet or a computer, unfortunately. I do think it has ruined my life!

I spend most of my waking hours alternating between my Xbox and my PC, they're both next to each other so I just shift my bum slightly to each.

I use a computer at work from 9-5:30, get home for 6:15, have tea, exercise then back on the computer for around 7:30-8 ish till between 10-11

Originally posted by Jon
:confused: wheres the off button?

What is this mysterious 'off button' of which you speak?

Originally posted by Lurch
I tend to sit at the computer and think "just acouple of hours, check mail and forums etc..." after getting in from work. Then it's gone midnight.

Usually I'm in and out all day or working from home and spend all evening on the PC and where I can use the laptop on the internet in the day. It's not often I'm away from the internet or a computer, unfortunately. I do think it has ruined my life! I find I must limit myself.I think I would use it less,if it wasnt for The Forum ,but I know Im going to use it much more in the winter time. Just had force myself to go out and do some gardening,as I feel guilty, because I used to love gardening,but must admit I like my computer better. Now Ive got to force myself to hang some washing out,and come off this damn thing !

Pattricia, don't ever consider getting broadband. If you're worried about how long you spend on the computer now it's a bad idea! Getting a wireless internet hookup for my laptop was the worst thing I ever did - I can't escape!

Originally posted by Kristian
Pattricia, don't ever consider getting broadband. If you're worried about how long you spend on the computer now it's a bad idea! Getting a wireless internet hookup for my laptop was the worst thing I ever did - I can't escape! Kristian, we dont want you to escape !:clap:

i usally spend a good 6 hours :gag:

Too many! I wouldnt be surprised if its 12 or somethign :help:

I spend 10 hours a day at work on a pc and have a permanent connection to the web, got bb at home so that's on all day when I'm in. When I'm not in my wife has it on all day talking to friends and family at home in Germany. My wife and I once spent 8 hours talking via email as we couldn't get IM to run on her pc, this was the period when I was chatting her up via bb. The web has totally transformed my life as we married a 6 weeks ago after a Sheffield to Stuttgart long distance relationship over two years. :clap: :D

so many hours I seem to meet myself at the end of the day.....so many hours I seem to meet myself at the end of the day..so many hours.....

But, but, but...
the Forum keeps your brain ticking over.
There are all these issues to be discussed:
moral, political, local, personal, historical, domestic, just plain fun...what more could you ask?
And it doesn't make you ill, fat, diseased, hungover....

Too many. I'm crying out for :help: here!!!

Originally posted by Jon
:confused: wheres the off button?

There's an off button?!?

dunnowhatyouretalkingabout... :suspect:

Far too many hours for me, I've started doing more design stuff too so both home & office PCs are spawning more monitors. And when I'm travelling on train or bus I'm usually playing chess or monopoly (or bluejacking people :hihi: ) on my iPaq too.

Anyone know a good website with instructions on how to get a life? :blush:

You can try a forum meet to brake you in abit, are they still going?

Originally posted by adaline
You can try a forum meet to brake you in abit, are they still going?

Yes I've nearly been dragged to a Sunday Dev Cat (or /dev/cat as it seems to re-arrange itself to in my head) meet by someone before (where are you Sian? :P ) but never quite got round to it, had been ill recently at the time & didn't feel up to it. Maybe another one...

I am on 8:30am - 7:30pm weekdays

about 3-4 hours saturday

finally around 2 - 8 hours on sunday.

2.8 days a week. :O

Oh dear god... i better sort myself out!!!

i only spend 2.3 days a week sleeping.

I'm very seriously considering changing my forum name to "square eyes" because apart from Friday/Saturday or away, I'm using this flaming computer for one thing or another from about 5.30 am until 11pm most days. OccasionallY I'll get out for a walk or something.

about 10 during the week and 3-4 during the weekend, but mainly because of work... It would be 2-3 hours a day otherwise... :)

Like Kris, Wireless broadband is the great void into which all my time disappears.

I actually have to leave my room and go to the library to do any external work. It's too much of a distraction in my halls, that my flatmates and another person means I do nothing.

Wilf

Originally posted by Kristian Getting a wireless internet hookup for my laptop was the worst thing I ever did - I can't escape! [/B]

Me too, Kristian. The Sheffield Forum and 'Stumble' have a lot to answer for :D

In answer to Pattricia - Mrs Draggle reckons my usage = twenty four and a half hours per day :suspect:

I'd tell you :suspect:


But then i'd have to kill you :suspect:

Im a right geek.....

I get home bout 430, when i go on comp till bout 830-9, watch a bit of tv wiv the missus then go on comp from bout 10-1am

How sad is that......................


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It depends, I'm not sure how many exactly, but how's this for a guess 'too many'. Everyone I live with is the same. There's just something about computers/the internet that is addicting.

way too much, especially if im working and using the pc.

so on average its probably about 8 hours, sometimes more sometimes less, bloody hell, i need to get out more:help:

im on forums every week night 6-11 (ish) and weekends the puters normally running while downloading etc and then i post on a forum go do something else etc

Originally posted by melthebell
im on forums every week night 6-11 (ish) and weekends the puters normally running while downloading etc and then i post on a forum go do something else etc

Sheez, do you not go to the pub during the week anymore??

;)

Originally posted by taxman
Sheez, do you not go to the pub during the week anymore??

;)
nope :(

i have kids now so its a bit hard
i dont get to many gigs now round here, its way too hard getting anywhere..........i live 10 miles from whitby, 25 miles from middlesbrough, theres only 1 bus an hour, and the last bus is about 10 lol

in sheffield i was out at pubs, nightclubs, gigs 7 days a week

My computer consumes most of my free time, but I have a more varied schedule. Seeing as I amnnot working yet, I have a fair amount of it too. I tend to play games more than anything else, or I will talk to freinds on MSN. Sometimes I just surf for hours following link after link on webpages. I wonder how I get to some of the site :confused: :confused:

My computer consumes most of my free time
i do spend too much time on my pc i must admit:clap:

I spend quite a bit of time on my pc the last long one I did was for 36 hours and that was talking to a friend of mine in japan plus doing my photos for work now I do spend ex amount of time on it. what makes it worse is I have now got 2 pc's one for work and one I use to play my games on plus doing other things on it.

Pay as you Go, Dial up
How i remember those days....getting nowere.....but slowly :(

Get yourself broadband ......you will get there more quickly and spend less time on your computer......well maybe not :gag:

I spend nearly all my waking hours on the internet now unless im at work but then im stright back on at the first chance i get :)

ok people i have a plan....
we evolved into predators, jungle hunters, killing machines, SURVIVORS!

and look at us now...
cant even be bothered to get off this damn chair to go to the toilets! look at what we have become?

what happen to that blood in our viens? where did it go?
well people i have a plan... i have a plan... ok... this is what we do...

i have a plan licence, so we'll all take to the skies find a island, get lost, and survive, back to our true nature... but once we get there we have to blow the plane up.

anyone up for it?

Count me in, anythings gotta be better than this dump of a life :P

Originally posted by jamesconner3
ok people i have a plan....
we evolved into predators, jungle hunters, killing machines, SURVIVORS!

and look at us now...
cant even be bothered to get off this damn chair to go to the toilets! look at what we have become?

what happen to that blood in our viens? where did it go?
well people i have a plan... i have a plan... ok... this is what we do...

i have a plan licence, so we'll all take to the skies find a island, get lost, and survive, back to our true nature... but once we get there we have to blow the plane up.

anyone up for it?

As long as I can bring my laptop, solar charger, portable sattelite internet, GPS device, and a large fridge full of the finest ale.

Joel