# The "Quantum Sleeper" - How stupid is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132 "2004-08-29T22:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/41 "2004-08-31T04:08:43Z")
Ah, but is it 1920s style death ray proof? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/42 "2004-08-31T04:41:34Z")
> [@Steelerphan](#): > > (I remember reading that the Japanese are trying out just such a system.) [Tried it. It worked. It’s still being done.](http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/lodging/capsulefontaine/) Ranchoth (As seen in the opening titles to _Ghost in the Shell_) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/43 "2004-08-31T11:33:43Z")
Actually, are we sure this qsleeper thing isn’t just a spoof site, like manbeef and bonsaikitty? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/44 "2004-08-31T13:34:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Actually, are we sure this qsleeper thing isn’t just a spoof site, like manbeef and bonsaikitty? Oh Mangetout, [it’s such a precious concept, does it really matter?](http://www.stormfax.com/virginia.htm) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/45 "2004-08-31T13:40:30Z")
Damn you, **Astro**. Now that I followed your first link, my Amazon “recommendations” page shows the 48-count box of Depends alongside the book _German Secret Weapons of World War II_ and Portishead’s _Dummy_ album. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/46 "2004-08-31T13:52:27Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > …provided none of these phenomena shut off the power, I guess: Check again. Sucker’s got a UPS built in. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/47 "2004-09-02T04:35:50Z")
Maybe I’m weird, and I’ll never have the money for one, but I’d really, really enjoy one. I think. I have strong urges to be in a sort of cocoon while I sleep (hence lots of heavy blankets on my bed) - I like the security of feeling like I’m, in some way, back in the womb. Maybe others wouldn’t, but I’d like to close myself up in a box with a controlled atmosphere and a DVD player. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/48 "2004-09-02T05:51:30Z")
Is anyone else reminded of [The Abominable Dr. Phibes](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066740/)? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/49 "2004-09-02T07:12:53Z")
If I can put my sleep comfort mattress in it, that’s my dream bed. Really, I sleep best where there’s warmth, no light, no sound, no movement, and my feet are covered (in socks) and warm. I thought that one day, I’d end up being one of those odd people who buy coffins… but this would be roomier! (I’m not worried about biohazard or bullets. I just wanna keep out the noise and light!) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/50 "2004-09-02T10:53:07Z")
> [@Dag Otto](#): > > What? No gun rack? Looks like it’s an option: > [@](#): > > The unit can also be fitted with defensive devices customized to the requests of the purchasers such as tear gas spray, robotic arms, or projectile weaponry. What no “_LASERS_”? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/51 "2004-09-02T15:07:29Z")
> [@Small Clanger](#): > > What no “_LASERS_”? I think you could put those on the end of the robotic arms. In fact, you’re probably supposed to. I mean, a robotic arm doesn’t seem like a very intimidating defensive device. “Ooo, get out or I’ll…poke you with my robotic arm.” I suppose you could give an intruder an animatronic bitch slap maybe. But the intruder would have to stand still and let you do it. But a robotic arm with a laser on it? Whoa-ho! Install a remote control lock on your door to keep the perps from escaping, and it’d be an FPS jubilee right there in your bedroom! Live out your James Bond-ian fantasies with your in-bed joystick and monitor as the trespassers scramble to escape your very own 1920’s style death ray. Best of all, the laser would cauterize the stumps of any limbs you slice off, so there’s no bloody mess on the carpet and walls! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/52 "2004-09-02T17:16:51Z")
AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!! As a claustrophobic, I should never have opened this damn thread. That’s almost as bad as being buried alive and if you die in your sleep… :eek: ::: goes back over to _extra_ roomy corner and cowers in fear ::: Please mommy, make them stop!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132.md?page=2)