Away longer than online?

[Smurvis]

Was browsing my friends list on AIM checking people and I noticed something odd about one person...



How in the HELL is that possible? (Blown up to 2x, since 1x was kinda small)

[Vandal KING]

Re: Away longer than online?

He/She/It leaves their comp on all night, and logged on to the service, while they sleep. Plus of course, they put themselves as Away.

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

Re: Away longer than online?

this person, like a stupid amount of people do these days, keep their computers on but dont use them. i know how much of a pain it is to get ahold of people like that cause you never know if their there or not.

[Pandable]

Re: Away longer than online?

Keeping your computer on all the time is not stupid.
Shutting it down and powering it up repeatedly is worse on it than leaving it on.

[Caciss]

Re: Away longer than online?

I think I turn my comp off like once a week.

Anyhow, I guess her internet connection probably signed off and on real fast while she was away.

[Ryner]

Re: Away longer than online?

I don't really see the point of keeping my computer on while I'm sleeping or not home.

[d2king10]

Re: Away longer than online?

I turn my computer off about once a month haha

[Smurvis]

Re: Away longer than online?

I think most of you missed what I was referring to (except Caciss).

I'm not talking about the time being several hours. I'm talking about how his Online time is only 4 hours, but his away time was almost 20 hours. It's basically saying he signed on... 16 hours after he put his away message up. Which makes no sense

But it was probably an internet service flicker, he had auto-reconnect on and he d/c'd around the 16 hour mark. Didn't think of that.

[Translucid]

Re: Away longer than online?

Ask if he uses gaim. Gaim has actually an option for you to set how long you've been idle :P

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: Away longer than online?

I turn my computer off every night. Sometimes during storms, though I'll probably rely on my power surge protector.

[Drazus]

Re: Away longer than online?

There's still a chance of your comp getting damaged during a storm though.

I just don't shut my comp off, because I don't want to. I'm too lazy.

[Translucid]

Re: Away longer than online?

all you have to do is press the windows key, then "u" twice. it takes less than a second.

[SkylureX]

Re: Away longer than online?

That happens to me too. My wireless connection will get disconecting while I'm not here, so I'll still have been idle for so long, but I get reconected automatically without touching the computer at all. Or its just buggy.

[The Toecutter]

Re: Away longer than online?

That dude probably wastes ~$100 of electricity a year keeping that computer on all the time.