How many hours a day do you spend on the computer?
 

...AND HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

I posted a thread in tilted entertainment asking how long people could go without T.V. and quite a few people said they could go without T.V. for a while but not the internet. So here's this poll.

From surfing the net, to listening to music, to doing homework, to programming, how many hours do you spend at a computer total during an average day?

Considering carpal tunnel, eye strain, lack of sun (unless you use a computer outside), lack of sleep, lack of food (unless your computer is edible), lack of exercise (unless you run with your computer), etc. is it a bad thing to spend too much time at youre computer screen?

Could you go without a computer/internet (except to post at TFP, of course :D )?

How long could you go without one?

Work. Home. It's my life.
But I can go on vacation for a week or two and not miss it too much

2-7 right now durin the summer cuz i dont have much to do.

otherwise it would be < 2

Whenever I get bored, I hop on the computer. So I probably average 8 hours a day. :P

I and my computer are the same entity

7-12 and It has nothing to do with my job.

Yeah I know, I'm pathetic. But I think the more pathetic thing Is that I actually find things to do for that much time every day o_O.

I'm on my computer quite a bit, i would say around 7 or 8 hours a day. I don't think i could go that long without using the computer. I might be able to last a few days if i absolutely had to.

During the week about 5 to 7 hours. Mostly at night when I'm home. The weekend can be much higher if it's shitty outside.

edit: I've been on my PC about 15 hours today. I think about 8 hours of that was playing UT2K3. It was raining this morning so I didn't even bother going outside.

When I came home from school this year, my mom said I had a moon tan, cause I spend all of my time on the computer, so I guess thats too much.

Funny thing.. I live in my computer.. But when I'm on vacation I'm not least bothered by missing it...

/weird.

Anyhow since I started posting here, my computer has taken my personality... I'm stuck :)

over 12 hours a day. I work at home on the computer. I play at home on the computer. I look for a better job at home on the computer. My computer is set up so that by looking slightly to the left I can refocus from the monitor to the TV.

Workdays: It's on all day at work and then maybe an hour or two at home

Weekends: Varies from 0 to 6+ hours (depends on IM and what game I'm playing)

I said 7-12 hours. Its actully somewhere between there and 2-7. If you don't count work then its probably about 4 to 5 hours a day.

I'm always 24/7 connected to the Net.
I thought that was the idea?

I use the computer 6 to 8 hrs a day at work (and I'm considered the best engineer on a computer in our company), and I like to come home and have fun on one (games, message boards, etc.). I draw the line at spending time on the computer though when it interferes with my family time hence I'm usually on at home very late at night after the wife and kids have gone to bed.

7-12 easy, if im not out, im on the comp, end of story.

I do have my computer outside usually, so lack of sun is no prob, Im on 7 to 12, but i am doing online high school credits, so its not that bad.

It's been 8 hours a day lately, since someone just gave me Age of Mythology.

Very little in the Summer. Too much in the winter (cold outside).

Since I've got nothing to do, I sit here round 6-8 hours a day, mostly here and/or chatting with my friends.

Roughly two hours only at work.
Once home it's about a five or six hour stretch depending on what interests me on the day.

It's the only thing left that still loves me.

Probably more than I should...usually a 3-4 hours a day, sometimes more, sometimes less.

'll put in 8-12 a day, with 8 of those being whilst at work. Since the original poster didn't specify whether or not it was work related I assumed it was.

8-12 hours a day, with some days reaching up to between 16 and 20.

That's what you get for working with a team globally distributed between the US, Australia and Europe... you have to be awake all the time!

Mr Mephisto

Too damn many. Once classes start again it'll be less, but still way too many.

Everything I do is on the PC, and when I'm not at work (10 hrs+ a day), I almost forget it's existance. I'll go online in the evening, after the kids are in bed, and the laudry is done, but if I don't, then oh well.

8 hours while working
then get home and check comics, boards, and sites for a total of 1 hour or more. Then I get to chatting and/or playing games for another hour or more. Then checking the boards again, then maybe some Divx movie or episode, or in the unlikely case of something decent being shown on TV, I go watch that :)

2-7hrs. Still too much time

7-12hrs. "I want them to hook it to my viens."

/me licks her computer :p

I am a programmer, I am taking online courses and I run a web development company....I spend ALOT of time in front of the computer....nuff said..

all 9 hours at work...then maybe 1 at home if i'm not sick of it already

Let's see 8 to 8.5 hours at work, Then 2-4 hours at home. Plus with the TV tuner in the PC at Home I can watch TV and work on the computer all at once. I think I can live with out the TV.

I think. I don't want to try to find out though....

My situation exactly. Except for the engineer part.

I spend about two hours a day online

i am my computer

8.5-9 hrs at work.

And then...now.

Jesus. I need to get a life.

Depending on the day I am on the comp about 5-7 hours a day.

The only time I'm not using my computer is when I sleep.

Of course, I get paid to use a computer. :D

I'm a programmer so why don't you blow me.

bob gets sad when I'm away for to long.

In the summer I spend 12-24 hours a day on the computer. I don't program very much so the description for me is more like "My computer and I merged a long time ago."

During school times, I spend maybe 6 hours a day on the computer.

All I can say is my PC has cost me a couple of relationships. Screw it though I'm still happy spending 12+ hours on my PC then dealing with a hormonal female that just doesn't get my love of the internet.

7hrs @ work then about 6hrs @ home. Yet I still have a life somewhere mixed in there :).

Yes, I'm a programmer, so fuck you :)

Long hours are part of the job.

You mean it comes with an off switch? :confused:

Probably average about 9 hours a day, too long really.

8 Hours at work then I can go home and spend 2-3 hours easily on my home pc.

way too long :) it varies from 8 to 12 a day though on a 'bad day' I'm on it longer. tend to be a little obsessive compulsive sometimes which doesn't help ;)

::feels the pain:: *cringes* Know what that's like.

I'm such an f'n junkie. 5-6 hours probably and that's not including work.

I'm a dispatcher at work, so all my work hours are spent on it, and then do design and styling at home. I spend upwards of 14 hours a day on the computer and STILL somehow find time to maintain several relationships, drive all my vehicles, take care of several pets and play on my Xbox, as well as keep my house clean. I'm still not sure how I accomplish all of it...it'd be interesting to have someone log my day and find out.

My computer has a name of it's own now.... thats a sad sad thing. I need to get a life here .... or perhaps this is a life? I dunno I just like that way I am....

If I had 12 hours to spend on the comp...(weather being shitty...) this is where I would be. Fortunatly school solves that problem for me.

ok, so in my case, i find that if i´m on the computer for more than about 4 hours, then my back gets really sore.
so i try to limit myself to less than that... but sometimes that is impossible, esp when i´ve got deadlines.

too much, for me is spending more than 4 hours.

I use m computer less than I used to. Oh, ya I forgot im not in school anymore and got a job :(

I live here, and take short vacations to the real world.

2-7 I'm on whenever I'm in my dorm room.

Way way way too much.. egh.
And most of it here ;)

I could go without it fine, I would miss it though. I'm usually on about 2-7 hours in a day.

and I don't even use the computer for work... haha, but between TFP, JU, Fullsizechevy.com, both my emails, fark.com, and www.slickdeals.net, I have very little freetime ;)

Need an option for "too long" :)

I am waiting for someone to come up with a chip to implant into my brain so I can be online 27/7

I'm a computer engineering major. What the heck do you expect? 7-12 hours a day for me is pretty accurate. Sometimes it is 12-18 hours but there are some days it's less than 7 as well. I'm a programmer, so why don't you blow me. :D

I would love to learn to program. Im sure I will have to learn some anyway when I get into college so I am going to start early.

im usually on because i have alot of homework that is on the computer and i just love thinking that i am connected to millions of people, even if its 3 am and no one is on my buddy lists, i just dont feel as alone.