how long can i stay awake for? - Page 2

stttafffy · 15th February 2002, 21:43

im in ******* a lot, and i am alternating terragen and cursors. i am listining to the 'm's in my mp3's . these are radiohead, ratm, ram science, rancid, RHCP, REM, regurgitator, resin dogs, rob d, robert miles, roland clark, run DMC, i think thats it. thats 150 some odd mp3s ooh, all of my 'r' s are fast and upbeat- nice.
the point to staying up late is to see how long i can last.
also, i think i am going to try out a new sleep pattern.
i want to wake up on a morning, stay up that whole day, night,the following day, and then sleep for 12 hours. this is kindof a test run.

Spiffed · 15th February 2002, 21:49

Why?? because there's no reason not too, and because i need to prove to myself that i wasn't dependant on caffine

Merlin · 15th February 2002, 21:56

Quote:

Originally posted by stttafffy
the point to staying up late is to see how long i can last.
also, i think i am going to try out a new sleep pattern.
i want to wake up on a morning, stay up that whole day, night,the following day, and then sleep for 12 hours. this is kindof a test run.

No offence, but that's as absurd as David Blaine freezing himself in a block of ice, to see how long he could last. Would having that sleep pattern give you any advantages?

papadoc · 15th February 2002, 22:19

Hey.......LOOKOUT........

Did you see it?
Damn...it almost got me...

Curi0us_George · 15th February 2002, 22:37

Several people keep mentioning hallucinations and such. That really depends on the person. Some people will start to hallucinate after a few days, some are just really sleepy.

stttafffy · 15th February 2002, 23:14

only 28 hours in. the sleep pattern would do me great good. i sleep 12 hours a night anyway, and i am almost positive that if i get used to it i will be able to skip a night of sleep every ohter day. thats 12 extra hours for homework :P

2tall · 15th February 2002, 23:17

its rather difficult to stay awake more than 48 hours without very actively keeping yourself awake. you will have to be VERY VERY ACTIVELY trying to stay awake... even loud music alone will stop working.

However, short 15 minute naps every few hours would be extremely beneficial and allow you to stay up with no normal sleep for a lot longer.

i've experienced such extremes in a a few types of situations, and the main negative side effect i get (besides being sleepy of course) is that my jaw starts to hurt very much.. for some reason i think i subconsciously start to bite down when that tired.

Curi0us_George · 16th February 2002, 00:12

Quote:

Originally posted by 2tall
the main negative side effect i get (besides being sleepy of course) is that my jaw starts to hurt very much.. for some reason i think i subconsciously start to bite down when that tired.

Me, too.

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 01:58

wow, 13hrs now (in 3min), which means Sttaffy is 18hrs ahead of me.

Earlier today i was going to try to race him to the 72hr mark. Then reality reared it's ugly head.

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 02:01

(how i know how long it's been)

Lightspeed · 16th February 2002, 02:24

Hope you make it. I once made a thing like that -- I was up about 60 hours... I slept over a day afterwards (about 24,5 hours). Well, I actually sleep about 15-17 hours under normal conditions (If nobody bothers me while sleeping

)

Well, I'm going to bed now. Have fun on what you will do.

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 02:38

well, its ten thirty i guess i am due for a check in. i am done the cursors and i am tring to skin mikroamp, but it is a little quirky. i think i am, 7.5 + 24 so that its 31 and a half. ill shck back in at midnight

if anyone knows how to skin mikro or has good links post post!

Curi0us_George · 16th February 2002, 02:49

Well, I suppose the upside is that you can get a lot done.

After a few more hours the results of your work might start to go downhill, though.

_Blackdog_ · 16th February 2002, 02:54

you skin in ms paint. you try to stay up all night. STOP TORTURING YOURSELF!!!!

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 05:23

ok, it's 1:30am, just got back from work... it's um.. let me check my counter... 16.5hrs in, only 55.5 left.

-Spiffed

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 05:53

it is 2 am here, which means 35 hours. gonna go watch a movie later.

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 07:00

its been 36 hours, im watching braveheart- that movie kicks ass. well as of 3 secons ago, i am halfway! yay for me. i think i will make it

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 07:03

18hrs, i'm 1/4 of the way there now

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 07:57

now its 37. i think im gonna make it to 72, it is very do-able

Xerxes · 16th February 2002, 08:38

There was an event I believe took place in the fifties- a Radio DJ did forced sleep deprivation- there was a hot story in the news about sleep deprivation being used as a communist torture technique i believe it was, and captured US soldiers were coerced to leak info without even knowing it.

He started to become paranoid and thne started to hallucinate after a week of deprivation- afterwards he literally became an easily suggestible "zombie."

Where do you live? If you try a week experiment I want to ask you a few questions... PIN numbers... passwords and the like

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 09:20

naw, im not going for a week! that would kill me. you can kill someone by sleep deprivation, even though i dont think it is exactly known why you need it. your body systems start shutting down, and youu slip into a coma and your breathing stops and you become a vegetable or die :P i dont know how long that takes, hough. it is a little past 5:15 am, so that makes 38+ hours. i just watched braveheart and i always cry at the end

i dont know why, not many movies make me cry. cool runnings did, though. that jamaican bobsled movie. ok, well, i am going to watch the monty python dvd now (yay)

'brother maynard, bring forth the holy hand grenade' 'pie iesu domine, dona eis requiem. >>SMACK<<' and when the black night launches his sword through the guy's head. classic.

'theres some good filth over here'
'on second thought, lets not go to camelot, tis a silly place'
'1, 2, 5!' '3 sir.'
'there are some who call me tim'
'with a herring!'
'no shrubbers. no, no shrubbers here'
'well i didnt vote for you'

ok, well im off to watch the movie cheerio gov.

c2R · 16th February 2002, 13:45

Quote:

Originally posted by stttafffy
ok, well, i am going to watch the monty python dvd now (yay)

'brother maynard, bring forth the holy hand grenade' 'pie iesu domine, dona eis requiem. >>SMACK<<' and when the black night launches his sword through the guy's head. classic.

'theres some good filth over here'
'on second thought, lets not go to camelot, tis a silly place'
'1, 2, 5!' '3 sir.'
'there are some who call me tim'
'with a herring!'
'no shrubbers. no, no shrubbers here'
'well i didnt vote for you'

I didn't realize that it was available on DVD - now my life is complete!

/do is off to Amazon now to purchase the hold grail...

ujay · 16th February 2002, 14:14

Quote:

Originally posted by stttafffy
naw, im not going for a week! that would kill me. you can kill someone by sleep deprivation, even though i dont think it is exactly known why you need it ...

Tiredness is the result of a build up of toxins in the body.
Physical tiredness for example is the build up of lactic acid, a by product of energy production. If this is not flushed out of the system then bodily functions can't operate properly. This is accomplished during sleep.
As far as the brain is concerned the toxins involved are the neuro transmitters(serotonin I think). Too much serotonin and the synapses fire at innapropriate times. Overloading the brain with serotonin is the classic route taken by halucinogenic drugs. Again this is cleaned out during sleep. I often view dreams as your brain taking a good dump.

So drink plenty of water, and lay off any artificial aids.

Please be careful with yourself.

UJ

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 14:30

Ah, that makes sense
just got back from going out for breakfast w a friend, it's 10:30 now so the counter says um... 25hrs in, 47 to go.

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 14:48

it is almost 11:00 am, and when it is 11 i will be up for 44 hours. my tounge is stained brown from all of the pepsi and coke i have been drinking .

i am really bored. i think i will make spaghetti... that will be good.

n_ick2000 · 16th February 2002, 15:41

if your really bored, go into a good text editor (one that has no filesize limit, so Notepad won't work).

Get your dictionary and type every single word followed by a return. Then send that file to me.

I was making a word prosessing program a long time ago, but that was the only way I could figure out how to do a spell checker.

That will take forever and keep you occupied.

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 15:45

righty-o n_ick, any brand of dictionary you like?

n_ick2000 · 16th February 2002, 15:48

whatever is the biggest

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 15:50

Ok, it's 1000 someodd pages... this may take a while

CraigF · 16th February 2002, 16:42

place your bets on who passes out first!

I for one passed out last night while drunk. more to the fact that i had a power cut, and couldnt finish watching my film than being drunk.

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 17:02

can i bet on myself??

rm' · 16th February 2002, 17:14

Nick:

rm' · 16th February 2002, 17:15

Nick:

http://home.primus.ca/~bakht/english...gewordlist.txt

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 17:35

it is 1:30 pm, 46.5 hours after i started out

i thiiink i am going for the full 72. i feel as good today as i did 24 ago, but it might get harder to stay awake. i almost fell asleep a few times at the beginning of a movie, i was having a dream whenever i blinked. my hands are frozen from my roomy's cold rom, im not spazzing out or anything

anyway, thats just a check in. gonna watch another movie now, i dont know which yet.

Spiffed · 16th February 2002, 17:38

29hrs and counting, i still feel awesome, just thought i;d say something...
and sttaffy (i got both t's this time) i apreciate you sarting a wee-bit ahead, now i know what i'm in for

eleet-2k2 · 16th February 2002, 18:08

Ya, I've done about 26 hours before, but in March, I'm gonna try for 48hours.

Why would you put yourselves through so much physical stress though?

n_ick2000 · 16th February 2002, 18:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Radioactive Man
Nick:

http://home.primus.ca/~bakht/english...gewordlist.txt

one problem. For words like "walk", i want multiple entries for "walked" and "walking".

Maybe stttafffy or Spiffed can look through that file and find every word that has another tense and add that word in. That should keep you guys occupied.

stttafffy · 16th February 2002, 18:39

noooooo nick i would never do that. no real end product. anyway, 20 minutes until my 48th hour is over. its a 3

o est, and 8:00 gmt, i think.

Curi0us_George · 16th February 2002, 18:49

n_ick, why not just write the spell checker so that it assumes that every word can have "s" or "es" or "ed" etc. tacked onto the end? It would be a lot simpler. If you can get your hands on some books in text form (a lot of books have a text form on CD now), just write a program that will parse the entire book and create a word list, sans duplicates? Do this with a few books, and you'll have a pretty good-sized word list. I expect that it will be fairly close to correct, with only a few typos. Acceptible, if you as me.

rm' · 16th February 2002, 18:55

Go here for a huge database of ebooks. They have a bunch of books that uses words you likely won't find in most other places.

You will likely need to also get txt2pdf by SanFace if you don't own Adobe Acrobat so that you will be able to create text file that your program will be able to read (all the ebooks on Alex are only downloadable in PDF form). Also, you can try this.

15th February 2002, 21:43	#1
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	im in ******* a lot, and i am alternating terragen and cursors. i am listining to the 'm's in my mp3's . these are radiohead, ratm, ram science, rancid, RHCP, REM, regurgitator, resin dogs, rob d, robert miles, roland clark, run DMC, i think thats it. thats 150 some odd mp3s ooh, all of my 'r' s are fast and upbeat- nice. the point to staying up late is to see how long i can last. also, i think i am going to try out a new sleep pattern. i want to wake up on a morning, stay up that whole day, night,the following day, and then sleep for 12 hours. this is kindof a test run. In space no one can hear you scream.

15th February 2002, 21:49	#2
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	Why?? because there's no reason not too, and because i need to prove to myself that i wasn't dependant on caffine the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

15th February 2002, 22:37	#5
Curi0us_George Forum King Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: -1 Posts: 5,179	Several people keep mentioning hallucinations and such. That really depends on the person. Some people will start to hallucinate after a few days, some are just really sleepy. For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned. 47 65 6C 61 65 64 2E 63 6F 6D 00

15th February 2002, 23:14	#6
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	only 28 hours in. the sleep pattern would do me great good. i sleep 12 hours a night anyway, and i am almost positive that if i get used to it i will be able to skip a night of sleep every ohter day. thats 12 extra hours for homework :P In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 01:58	#9
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	wow, 13hrs now (in 3min), which means Sttaffy is 18hrs ahead of me. Earlier today i was going to try to race him to the 72hr mark. Then reality reared it's ugly head. the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

15th February 2002, 22:19	#4
papadoc Comfortably Numb (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 4,619	Hey.......LOOKOUT........ Did you see it? Damn...it almost got me...

15th February 2002, 23:17	#7
2tall Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 47	its rather difficult to stay awake more than 48 hours without very actively keeping yourself awake. you will have to be VERY VERY ACTIVELY trying to stay awake... even loud music alone will stop working. However, short 15 minute naps every few hours would be extremely beneficial and allow you to stay up with no normal sleep for a lot longer. i've experienced such extremes in a a few types of situations, and the main negative side effect i get (besides being sleepy of course) is that my jaw starts to hurt very much.. for some reason i think i subconsciously start to bite down when that tired.

16th February 2002, 02:01	#10
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	(how i know how long it's been) the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 02:24	#11
Lightspeed Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 19	I sincerely wish you luck Hope you make it. I once made a thing like that -- I was up about 60 hours... I slept over a day afterwards (about 24,5 hours). Well, I actually sleep about 15-17 hours under normal conditions (If nobody bothers me while sleeping ) Well, I'm going to bed now. Have fun on what you will do.

16th February 2002, 02:38	#12
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	well, its ten thirty i guess i am due for a check in. i am done the cursors and i am tring to skin mikroamp, but it is a little quirky. i think i am, 7.5 + 24 so that its 31 and a half. ill shck back in at midnight if anyone knows how to skin mikro or has good links post post! In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 02:49	#13
Curi0us_George Forum King Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: -1 Posts: 5,179	Well, I suppose the upside is that you can get a lot done. After a few more hours the results of your work might start to go downhill, though. For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned. 47 65 6C 61 65 64 2E 63 6F 6D 00

16th February 2002, 02:54	#14
_Blackdog_ Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: detroit Posts: 1,418	you skin in ms paint. you try to stay up all night. STOP TORTURING YOURSELF!!!!

16th February 2002, 05:23	#15
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	ok, it's 1:30am, just got back from work... it's um.. let me check my counter... 16.5hrs in, only 55.5 left. -Spiffed the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 05:53	#16
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	it is 2 am here, which means 35 hours. gonna go watch a movie later. In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 07:00	#17
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	its been 36 hours, im watching braveheart- that movie kicks ass. well as of 3 secons ago, i am halfway! yay for me. i think i will make it In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 07:03	#18
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	18hrs, i'm 1/4 of the way there now the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 07:57	#19
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	now its 37. i think im gonna make it to 72, it is very do-able In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 08:38	#20
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	There was an event I believe took place in the fifties- a Radio DJ did forced sleep deprivation- there was a hot story in the news about sleep deprivation being used as a communist torture technique i believe it was, and captured US soldiers were coerced to leak info without even knowing it. He started to become paranoid and thne started to hallucinate after a week of deprivation- afterwards he literally became an easily suggestible "zombie." Where do you live? If you try a week experiment I want to ask you a few questions... PIN numbers... passwords and the like

16th February 2002, 09:20	#21
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	naw, im not going for a week! that would kill me. you can kill someone by sleep deprivation, even though i dont think it is exactly known why you need it. your body systems start shutting down, and youu slip into a coma and your breathing stops and you become a vegetable or die :P i dont know how long that takes, hough. it is a little past 5:15 am, so that makes 38+ hours. i just watched braveheart and i always cry at the end i dont know why, not many movies make me cry. cool runnings did, though. that jamaican bobsled movie. ok, well, i am going to watch the monty python dvd now (yay) 'brother maynard, bring forth the holy hand grenade' 'pie iesu domine, dona eis requiem. >>SMACK<<' and when the black night launches his sword through the guy's head. classic. 'theres some good filth over here' 'on second thought, lets not go to camelot, tis a silly place' '1, 2, 5!' '3 sir.' 'there are some who call me tim' 'with a herring!' 'no shrubbers. no, no shrubbers here' 'well i didnt vote for you' ok, well im off to watch the movie cheerio gov. In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 14:30	#24
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	Ah, that makes sense just got back from going out for breakfast w a friend, it's 10:30 now so the counter says um... 25hrs in, 47 to go. the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 14:48	#25
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	it is almost 11:00 am, and when it is 11 i will be up for 44 hours. my tounge is stained brown from all of the pepsi and coke i have been drinking . i am really bored. i think i will make spaghetti... that will be good. In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 15:41	#26
n_ick2000 Forum King Join Date: May 2001 Location: - Posts: 2,501	if your really bored, go into a good text editor (one that has no filesize limit, so Notepad won't work). Get your dictionary and type every single word followed by a return. Then send that file to me. I was making a word prosessing program a long time ago, but that was the only way I could figure out how to do a spell checker. That will take forever and keep you occupied. \|

16th February 2002, 15:45	#27
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	righty-o n_ick, any brand of dictionary you like? the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 15:48	#28
n_ick2000 Forum King Join Date: May 2001 Location: - Posts: 2,501	whatever is the biggest \|

16th February 2002, 15:50	#29
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	Ok, it's 1000 someodd pages... this may take a while the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 16:42	#30
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	place your bets on who passes out first! I for one passed out last night while drunk. more to the fact that i had a power cut, and couldnt finish watching my film than being drunk.

16th February 2002, 17:02	#31
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	can i bet on myself?? the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 17:14	#32
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Nick:

16th February 2002, 17:15	#33
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Nick: http://home.primus.ca/~bakht/english...gewordlist.txt

16th February 2002, 17:35	#34
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	it is 1:30 pm, 46.5 hours after i started out i thiiink i am going for the full 72. i feel as good today as i did 24 ago, but it might get harder to stay awake. i almost fell asleep a few times at the beginning of a movie, i was having a dream whenever i blinked. my hands are frozen from my roomy's cold rom, im not spazzing out or anything anyway, thats just a check in. gonna watch another movie now, i dont know which yet. In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 17:38	#35
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	29hrs and counting, i still feel awesome, just thought i;d say something... and sttaffy (i got both t's this time) i apreciate you sarting a wee-bit ahead, now i know what i'm in for the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

16th February 2002, 18:08	#36
eleet-2k2 Forum King Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mobil Ave. Posts: 5,381	Ya, I've done about 26 hours before, but in March, I'm gonna try for 48hours. Why would you put yourselves through so much physical stress though? "Welcome to the Island of people who know too much."..."Did you really think balloons would stop him?!" See what I'm listening too.

16th February 2002, 18:39	#38
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	noooooo nick i would never do that. no real end product. anyway, 20 minutes until my 48th hour is over. its a 3o est, and 8:00 gmt, i think. In space no one can hear you scream.

16th February 2002, 18:49	#39
Curi0us_George Forum King Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: -1 Posts: 5,179	n_ick, why not just write the spell checker so that it assumes that every word can have "s" or "es" or "ed" etc. tacked onto the end? It would be a lot simpler. If you can get your hands on some books in text form (a lot of books have a text form on CD now), just write a program that will parse the entire book and create a word list, sans duplicates? Do this with a few books, and you'll have a pretty good-sized word list. I expect that it will be fairly close to correct, with only a few typos. Acceptible, if you as me. For the freedom to express myself in my own way without fear of being censored or banned. 47 65 6C 61 65 64 2E 63 6F 6D 00

16th February 2002, 18:55	#40
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Go here for a huge database of ebooks. They have a bunch of books that uses words you likely won't find in most other places. You will likely need to also get txt2pdf by SanFace if you don't own Adobe Acrobat so that you will be able to create text file that your program will be able to read (all the ebooks on Alex are only downloadable in PDF form). Also, you can try this.