tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post116117490063687716..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: Net-headsRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1161296364009245612006-10-19T15:19:00.000-07:002006-10-19T15:19:00.000-07:00Yeah, well it's definitely a lot better than most ...Yeah, well it's definitely a lot better than most other ways of killing time in that case. I got the feeling from the article that they were looking at how much people surf the net in their free time, but maybe not.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1161292943191088882006-10-19T14:22:00.000-07:002006-10-19T14:22:00.000-07:00When I had a job that involved a lot of sitting in...When I had a job that involved a lot of sitting in front of the computer, I spent hours and hours on the internet to keep myself from going insane. First of all, this damn company frowned upon workers interacting and talking to each other and frowned on reading as well, and second, when you're waiting for your next bit of work, what else you going to do?<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't just go on raw numbers. Those numbers need to be put into perspective. If I spend five hours a day Mon-Fri on the internet during work -- and trust me, it's possible to do this without harming productivity if you're a smart person doing a monkey's job or if there's simply a lot of downtime for you -- but then do other shit later, there's really no problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com