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Using Your Laptop In Bed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-mind-out-of-the-gutter dept.

ryanaip writes "The New York Times has an article looking at the social implications of technology in the home. Specifically, the problems a spouse can face when their loved one is working in bed." From the article: "As electronic devices get smaller, people tote their technology around the house more than ever. And as the number of home wireless networks also grows, laptops — along with Treos, BlackBerries and other messaging devices — are migrating into the bedroom and onto the bed. The marital bed has survived his-and-her book lights and the sushi-laden bed tray. Can it also survive computers that tether their owners to the office or make the bed the workplace itself?"

12 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Sorry I'm on the phone by saskboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't come to the Slashdot right now, because I'm on the phone with my girlfriend. Please leave a comment after the beep, and I'll get back to you right away.

    What's this about technology interfering in relationships? It's the only reason I have one right now cause she lives 3 hours away!

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    1. Re:Sorry I'm on the phone by SP33doh · · Score: 5, Funny

      ExCuSe Me BuT wAhT pArT oF dA sOuTh Do Ya LiVe In?

  2. Why Slashdot? by andrewd18 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why the hell is this being posted on Slashdot? It's not like having spouses angry at us for using the PC in bed is ever gonna affect us. Either we won't get a spouse, or she'll be too busy surfing the 'net on her own laptop to care.

  3. Sweet! Now I can work in bed by ben+there... · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always wanted to feel what it was like to be a prostitute!

    1. Re:Sweet! Now I can work in bed by Kadin2048 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's like consulting, only with more sex.

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  4. Re:You're doing it wrong by dadragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're clearly not a parent. You don't profit from step 2. Step 2 has serious financial obligations for at least the next 18 years!

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  5. Re:You have to set boundries by rmadmin · · Score: 5, Funny

    No gadgets in the bed room? BORING! We have pleanty of battery operated "gadgets" in our bed room. And we both enjoy them quite a bit. >:)

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  6. I DO!!! by Freaky+Spook · · Score: 5, Funny

    She's called sxcgrrl182, I just paid off her car loan a month ago and she's been too busy driving it she isnt on IRC anymore, I hope she comes online again soon

  7. Our bedroom is the same way by melted · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why I work and sleep on the couch in the living room.

  8. Re:You're doing it wrong by Agthorr · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're a parent, it means you forgot step 2.

  9. Re:You have to set boundries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope for you they aren't powered by Sony Li-ion batteries.

  10. Re:I sleep in my bed by human_err · · Score: 5, Funny

    Welcome to /. where using a bed for sleeping is modded insightful! :P