Can I use my iPod on my home computer and work computer?

This may be a very dumb question, but can I use my iPod on my home computer and work computer? I noticed that it seems to want to do weird things to my iPod if I try to hook it up on my work computer (I have all of my music on my home computer... it is backed up 1 or 2 times a week to preserve my music). Thanks for any help.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675'>Using iPod with multiple computers

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