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December 18, 2004 at 4:58 am #42944switzo123456Member
I’m planning on staying up for a week soon, the most I’ve ever managed so far is 73 hours, after that I felt like I couldn’t see my legs, didn’t have any hallucinations but I found myself being… excessively aware, checking out everything I sensed in great detail, maybe some sort of instinctive survival thing 😛 I have no idea, it was weird, but I think it’d be interesting to keep going after that point, plus after watching the pilot of Battlestar Galactica where they stay up for like 6 days, I just have to 😛
Any tips on staying awake _without_ stimulants such as coffee would be appreciated, I’m happy to take cold showers and listen to excessively loud music but I want to do this… fairly naturally.
December 18, 2004 at 5:14 am #42911colinMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by DavidQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingraeokay for real, I don’t think anyone has been listening to rabid or anyone else of the matter. your brain SHUTS DOWN for a small period of time, even if you are not aware of this. or else, you would die.
no one listens, so there is no point in me talking about this topic anymore.
It’s true though. Every few weeks my Friends (heh) and I get together and have a LAN party (I know, I’m a loser), for those of you who don’t know what a LAN party is, it’s when a bunch of geeks get together with their rigs (powerful computers) and play games, share files/media and hang out. Naturally this goes on all night, and we generally don’t sleep for more than 1 or 2 hours. This is usually a Friday night (~4pm) -> Saturday Morning (~11am) thing, So we end up being up for about 40hrs without sleep, by the end of it, we are so out of it that we can’t type anymore. 😀 But I always lose concentration and can’t focus on anything. I’ve heard this is caused by “micro-naps” (your brain shutting down for a short period of time). It surely can’t be healthy.
Ugh, I wish I were a true computer geek/nerd so I could have LAN parties! Actually, I think I am, just not any people that I would assosiciate at my school are computer nerds. If I were to actually suggest a LAN party to them, first they wouldn’t know what it was. Once I explained it to them, they would ask if I’m kidding. When I say that I’m not, them I’ll get made fun of:D
December 18, 2004 at 5:49 am #42938vikshankerMembergrr I am a nerd/geek/whatever youre gonna call me but I dont have a ‘rig’.
my computer sucks royal ass. its a laptop. I play high-graphic games on low detail on a 1.8 GHz 256 MB ram 18 meg nvidia vidcard laptop.
*=not very good.
lan parties kick ass. oh and im building a kickass rig for 550 bucks, check it out here
Mach Speed V600DAP VIA Socket A ATX Motherboard / AGP 8X/4X / Audio / 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / CNR
Broadway Com 4in1 Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case With 400W PSU, With Multimedia Keyboard / 3D Optical PS2 Mouse
AMD Athlon XP3000+ / 512KB Cache / 333MHz FSB / Socket A / Barton Core
SAMSUNG 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
Lite-On Black 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive
GIGABYTE ATI RADEON 9250 Video Card, 128MB DDR, TV-Out, 8X AGP
Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader
and of course the random custom parts such as case fans and cold cathode lights and the likes.
MORE RELEVANT… im on 4 days right now. I <3 when 4 honors classes give 293704 projects within the same week.
December 21, 2004 at 7:47 pm #42941MrEggsaladParticipantThe longest amount of time I have stayed up without sleep is 40hrs. I stayed awake from 6 A.M the previous day to 10 P.M the next day.
I don’t ever want to do it again. I finally just fell asleep in front of the T.V I was soooo tired. ZZZ….. I had thrown a party and didn’t fall asleep till the night after it – it was a all-nighter🙂
December 21, 2004 at 9:41 pm #42893BookieMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by MrEggsaladThe longest amount of time I have stayed up without sleep is 40hrs. I stayed awake from 6 A.M the previous day to 10 P.M the next day.
I don’t ever want to do it again. I finally just fell asleep in front of the T.V I was soooo tired. ZZZ….. I had thrown a party and didn’t fall asleep till the night after it – it was a all-nighter🙂
That’s actually one of the first believable stories I’ve read on this thread… seriously.
December 21, 2004 at 10:11 pm #42885DavidParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by BookieQuote:quote:Originally posted by MrEggsaladThe longest amount of time I have stayed up without sleep is 40hrs. I stayed awake from 6 A.M the previous day to 10 P.M the next day.
I don’t ever want to do it again. I finally just fell asleep in front of the T.V I was soooo tired. ZZZ….. I had thrown a party and didn’t fall asleep till the night after it – it was a all-nighter🙂
That’s actually one of the first believable stories I’ve read on this thread… seriously.
LAN parties aren’t believable?! You haven’t lived man, not when you haven’t owned someone in UT2004 at 4am high on caffeine from drinking 10 cokes. =) Our next one is on the 26th, with our new Gigabit back-boned network.
December 21, 2004 at 10:30 pm #42894BookieMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by DavidLAN parties aren’t believable?! You haven’t lived man, not when you haven’t owned someone in UT2004 at 4am high on caffeine from drinking 10 cokes. =) Our next one is on the 26th, with our new Gigabit back-boned network.
Yeah, I understand LAN parties. I love checking out the “Pic O’ the Day” at lanparty.com every once in a while. I can understand where people could go 30-40 or more hours without sleep (like at a LAN party) but it’s the “I was up for omg like 6 days with absolutely NO sleep, I swear!” that is completely unbelievable.
December 22, 2004 at 1:08 am #42912colinMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by vikshankergrr I am a nerd/geek/whatever youre gonna call me but I dont have a ‘rig’.
my computer sucks royal ass. its a laptop. I play high-graphic games on low detail on a 1.8 GHz 256 MB ram 18 meg nvidia vidcard laptop.
*=not very good.
lan parties kick ass. oh and im building a kickass rig for 550 bucks, check it out here
Mach Speed V600DAP VIA Socket A ATX Motherboard / AGP 8X/4X / Audio / 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / CNR
Broadway Com 4in1 Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case With 400W PSU, With Multimedia Keyboard / 3D Optical PS2 Mouse
AMD Athlon XP3000+ / 512KB Cache / 333MHz FSB / Socket A / Barton Core
SAMSUNG 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
Lite-On Black 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive
GIGABYTE ATI RADEON 9250 Video Card, 128MB DDR, TV-Out, 8X AGP
Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader
and of course the random custom parts such as case fans and cold cathode lights and the likes.
MORE RELEVANT… im on 4 days right now. I <3 when 4 honors classes give 293704 projects within the same week.
Case looks cool, I don’t really understand about hardware. CPU’s, mobos…nope, no nothing about them. Anyways, lights are a MUST for a pimpin PC. Unfortunatly my dad wont let me put lights etc in our PC, but soon we are getting one for just the kids, and Im gonna make that one so cool.
December 22, 2004 at 1:47 am #42921camsterMemberlol…OFF TOPIC
Well, probablly 48hrs or so? But, even then, I think I dozed off midday. I always get 8hrs of sleep. I follow a schedule of when I need to go to bed and I stick to it.
December 22, 2004 at 2:02 am #42913colinMemberFor some reason I’ve never really ever thought about trying to see how long I can stay up. I just go to bed when I’m tired. Except of course when I have a project due the next day:D
December 23, 2004 at 6:55 pm #42939LLXerxesMemberum, probably 22 hours. but that’s a guess, although I do stay up a long time sometimes.
December 30, 2004 at 7:04 am #42945CrazymanMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by foleyit is possible. her record is around 40 days but most times it is around three weeks.
its all due in the insomnia thingpersonally, I think she’s a “super-human” because she is also super flexable and she was born without the sense of smell, so I am scared/puzzled about her.
and when I say super flexable, I mean, when she does splits, instead of her legs being straight, they look more like a “v”
That’s just plain stupid.
Oh , mine is like 24-25 hours . yea I know it’s much but, I always make the mistake of getting too comfortable. remember if you want to stay up all night, remember to not to get to comfortable or you’ll fall asleep! -
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