Do you think spending practically the whole day on your computer is healthy?
472443
Absolutely not!\n\nThere is life to live outside!  Get some fresh air and sun, run around, go play, mingle with humans in the real world, walk your pet, smell the flowers, join a league/ team, go out to eat, jump in puddles, go to the museums, pray, fly a kite, meet new people, etc.  There is a whole world out there to participate in!  Enjoy life & use all your senses!
826347
no....because you spend too much time on the computer.
1119074
Yes, the home computer or just the computer itself is the gateway to the world without ever leaving your home.  i love it.
1057063
thats not that bad, just dont keep it in the heat, and dont do a lot of activities at once on it, and it should run fine. just dont look at porn on ur computer either, cus that will seriously fuk up a computer... badly
619555
It would mean you spend to much time on the computer.
150683
I think it is very healthy. As long as youre not sticking it in anything that would be considered harmful, then go crazy and have fun with yourself
1071358
I check mine to much every hour it seems,the only thing is I don't get anything that's what is sad,I love hearing from people,but some thinks once a day is enough,just I like my computer to much,it's exciting meeting new and different people,that's just me.
574008
There are two schools of thought on this and you can ask 100 experts and get many varying opinions.  If you use your computer often throughout the day, I'd reccomend leaving it on all the time.  If you only use it for a short while once a day then I'd shut it off.  It is correct that you want to reboot every few days; older operating systems often had problems with programs holding memory even when they were no longer running, but this is much less of a problem on today's systems.  I have four computers, and two run all the time; the others I start up as needed.  Of the two that run all of the time, one has Windows XP Media Edition, so it records TV shows throughout the day.  It and the other one that run all of the time donate their computing power to World Community Grid to help find cures for AIDS and cancer when I'm not using them.
1182162
When it comes to computers, there are only a few stupid questions; this is not one of them.\n\nUnless your computer overheats (a rare occurence these days), you're fine.  You can scan for viruses all day & night if you want to, and if your computer can handle it.\n\nImmediately scanning everything you download is perfectly OK; I do that myself.\n\nAlso, as a side note, if you want to scan for viruses on your entire computer, you only really need to do that about once a week at most.
359982
I have an HP Pavilion zv5000 laptop, and its been very reliable for almost a year and a half, running it every day for at least 6 hours a day, and never had crashes or any bugs, running WinXP, although I did have to replace the power cord, cause I dragged it around too much (oops)
1089761
Very little cost.  :)   Computers use very little power, and electrical power is cheap.  If you left your computer on 24 hours a day, you're probably using roughly 10 cents of electricity in a day.  Turning it on and off is hard on the hard drive.  Good rule of thumb is to turn it on when you go to use it, and leave it on the remainder of the day until you're done with it for the day.  You can turn on and off the screen, that'll increase your screen life.  But turning it on and off a lot puts stress on the hard drive.  Mostly leave it on once it's on.
783888
I think it's a great idea.Good in more ways than two.Don't listen to the naysayers.It's just ignorance or laziness,and I wish more people were like you.I need to get away from this evil computer,because it's the only really bad thing I do,as far as energy use goes.Keep up the good thinking,and kudos to you!
1064115
By day one I would be huddled in a corner gripping my knees, staring into space and repeating silently, "INTERNET! INTERNET!" By day two, I would have died from a massive heart attack. \n\nJust kidding! I can live without a computer for a week, but two weeks...that's a whole different story!
959405
I work on a computer every day for 8 hours and leave I never turn it off. I leave it running the whole week including weekends and only reset it sometimes. I don't believe that there is a problem with leaving it running.
112321
Yea you could probably call me an addict. I tend to get very irritated if someone else tries to get me off the computer or get it before me. I spend probably 6 hours each day during the week (from 4:00 p.m. right when I get home to 10 or 11 p.m. before I go to bed. I take occasional breaks to go visit with my family and stuff. I feel bad for always being at the computer.) and 10-17 hours each day during the weekend depending on when I get up. I know it's way too much but I live out in the middle of nowhere and the only thing to do is get on the computer.
946543
My computer's on almost all the time, but I'm rarely home. During it's idle hours it crunches SETI@Home and Rosetta@Home.\n\nWhen I'm using it I'm doing homework or playing games.
493659
It depends on who you are. You can use computers to isolate your self, or you can use them to expand your life. You cant JUST use computers, get out and play Frisbee once in a while! (Not virtual frisbee either)