Your Computer Or iPad Could Be Disrupting Sleep 351
Crash McBang sends in a CNN report on electronics and sleeplessness and asks, "So, what do Slashdotters do to get a good night's rest?" "More than ever, consumer electronics — particularly laptops, smartphones, and Apple's new iPad — are shining bright light into our eyes until just moments before we doze off. Now there's growing concern that these glowing gadgets may actually fool our brains into thinking it's daytime. Exposure can disturb sleep patterns and exacerbate insomnia, some sleep researchers said in interviews. ... Unlike paper books or e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle, which does not emit its own light, the iPad's screen shines light directly into the reader's eyes from a relatively close distance. That makes the iPad and laptops more likely to disrupt sleep patterns than, say, a television sitting across the bedroom or a lamp that illuminates a paper book, both of which shoot far less light straight into the eye, researchers said."
Simple fix (Score:5, Funny)
"So, what do Slashdotters do to get a good night's rest?"
If you get a girlfriend she will put all those computer things away at night. You also get to have sex and cuddle and spoon her, making it really easy to fall a sleep. It's the easiest and simplest fix.
iPhone (Score:5, Funny)
hmm (Score:1, Funny)
Wait, a device that buzzes, beeps, has whirring fans that spin at several thousand RPM, harddrives, printers, and sometimes entire home entertainment systems connected to them... could disturb sleep? I have to disagree. I've fallen asleep on my keyboard numerous times, and the newer models don't beep when the keyboard buffer gets filled. It's a disappointing feature, really -- it means about once a month, the first hour of my waking life has QWEASDFZXCV written on the side of my face.
I think the real issue here is that keyboards aren't comfortable to sleep on.
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That explains it (Score:2, Funny)
And here I was blaming the four pack of Red Bull I just downed.
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You must be new here.
I sleep like a baby (Score:5, Funny)
Waking up screaming and shitting in my pants every couple of hours.
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Yeah, and blowing her up before getting into bed every night wears you out.
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Q: What's the difference between a fake girlfriend and a real girlfriend?
A: Your blow the fake one, the real one blows you.
Naturally (Score:3, Funny)
Of course my computer disrupts my sleep.
While I'm using it.
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Re:iPhone (Score:1, Funny)
yet another xkcd pun (Score:2, Funny)
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Even roaches have kids.
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And if you get married, you get to have sex all the time!
Re:Bright Blue LED (Score:1, Funny)
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I swear every time my wife and i get it on, the computer wakes up, brightly lighting the room
Well, maybe you'll think twice next time before stealing a Pennsylvanian school kid's MacBook!
Re:f.lux (Score:3, Funny)
the White Sox are playing a day game in May when the games don't mean anything and you make it through the second inning and the next thing you know, you're dreaming [...]
Or you could just do what I did: move to San Diego, become a Padres fan and have the games mean nothing the entire season.
Just think of all the extra sleep you could get.
Re:f.lux (Score:4, Funny)
Wow! Impressive. I thought it was only supposed to work on humans. :-)
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