The Conservative Cave
The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on December 14, 2008, 03:30:49 AM
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It was only when a would-be guest phoned the next day to accept, that she found out what she had done.
The 44-year-old woman, whose case is reported by researchers from the University of Toledo in the latest edition of medical journal Sleep Medicine, had gone to bed at around 10pm, but got up two hours later and walked to the next room.
She then turned on the computer, connected to the internet, and logged on by typing her username and password to her email account. She then composed and sent three emails.
Each was in a random mix of upper and lower cases, not well formatted and written in strange language.
One read: "Come tomorrow and sort this hell hole out. Dinner and drinks, 4.pm,. Bring wine and caviar only."
Another said simply, "What the……."
The new variation of sleepwalking has been described as "zzz-mailing".
The report says: "We believe writing an email after turning the computer on, connecting to the internet and remembering the password displayed by our patient is novel.
"To our knowledge this type of complex behaviour requiring coordinated movements has not been reported before in sleepwalking.
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link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3743289/Zzz-mail-What-happens-when-sleepwalkers-go-online.html)
As if drunk emailing isn't enough to be scared of. :thatsright:
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This isn't nearly as bad as those that drive while sleeping, usually after taking some of the sleeping medication.