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Old 22-04-2010, 11:56 AM
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Tme at computor

I cant believe how time disappears when you're sitting at PC. By the time you check your emails, Facebook, IIS and another Forum or 2 that you're involved with .... now its midday!!!
Have ABC on in background talking about space-time, and reckon time must increase as soon as fingers touch the keyboard.
I have things to do!! Hmm, must be a gravitational pull involved as well, making it more difficult to pull yourself away from PC.
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Old 22-04-2010, 12:02 PM
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Yep that's called TIME DILATION!,LOL
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Old 22-04-2010, 12:05 PM
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Time flies when you're having fun.
I usually have a chat window open as well at night. yak yak yakking while at the scope.
I think I'd go crazy otherwise, stuck in this town. (apologies to the iiser's from the Kilcoy region)
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Old 22-04-2010, 08:30 PM
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its true and when you try to check the time on the computer... it screws with your mind and says, 5 more minutes, 5 more minutes and so on!!
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Old 22-04-2010, 08:33 PM
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its true and when you try to check the time on the computer... it screws with your mind and says, 5 more minutes, 5 more minutes and so on!!
Yep never a truer statement Tony!
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Old 22-04-2010, 08:38 PM
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Old 22-04-2010, 08:40 PM
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Old 22-04-2010, 08:49 PM
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I cant believe how time disappears when you're sitting at PC. By the time you check your emails, Facebook, IIS and another Forum or 2 that you're involved with .... now its midday!!!
Have ABC on in background talking about space-time, and reckon time must increase as soon as fingers touch the keyboard.
I have things to do!! Hmm, must be a gravitational pull involved as well, making it more difficult to pull yourself away from PC.
Could it be that we have our heads in the stars so much that we are affected by the difference of time here on earth and the time in space. Wasn't that what was said in the program about Gravity the other day about time being different the further you get away from a large gravity well
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Old 22-04-2010, 11:10 PM
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yep im hearing ya Liz

First i check my emails open MSN chat to whoever on MSN in between emails do around 10posts on IIS go to facebook comment on what everyone is having for tea, chat on facebook and MSN play about 20 games of bejeweled go back to IIS and drool in the imaging section
Go to Dougy's chat room or dalnet play 20 more games of bejewled check 10 more emails from other night owls on IIS HOLLY CRAP its neally 3am i gotta work tomorrow
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Old 23-04-2010, 08:47 AM
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yep im hearing ya Liz

First i check my emails open MSN chat to whoever on MSN in between emails do around 10posts on IIS go to facebook comment on what everyone is having for tea, chat on facebook and MSN play about 20 games of bejeweled go back to IIS and drool in the imaging section
Go to Dougy's chat room or dalnet play 20 more games of bejewled check 10 more emails from other night owls on IIS HOLLY CRAP its neally 3am i gotta work tomorrow
Totally true!! Have jusy hopped on now, so there goes my morning .
I see that you are on late at nights Jen, and think you have been out observing, but you are chatting and playing bejeweled.

Aah, yes Peter, that would solve one problem.

Yes Warren, agree there too .... time/gravity/space has to affect out real time reality at the computor.

I dont do the chat or play many games, but time still moves along at double speed.
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