Blocked From Viewing iboats...

[Knot Waiting]

Boy do I feel outta the loop. I havent been able to search and chat this forum for a long dang time. Our IT guy at work has installed this invasive little web filter fittingly called Baracuda. It blocks access to anything under hobbies/recreation, shopping, sports, fun, etc. Sucks, and I cant figure a way around it yet.... I fear that I may have to actually start doing work at work and save my iboatin' for home.

 

[wlewis]

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I hear you. Since joining, I have been consumed, and work ethic at real work has suffered. I dred the monthly report that shows the sites visited and time spent. However, I work for a US unit of a Canadian company, (Canadians love the outdoors/hobbies. Barbecue in snow!!!) I should be ok.

 

[mthieme]

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Don't you hate when that happens?
We upgraded our filter the past month too.
The first day was a real pain...couldn't do anything...not even work related.

 

[puddle jumper]

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This just dawnd on me. Thats how so many of you get guys get your remarks that dont match your on line personality or how political remarks get out of hand. Its acualy a coworkers remark that you put in.

 

[JB]

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It embarrasses me that so many are cheating their employers instead of doing what they are paid to do.

 

[JUSTINTIME]

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i foget the site, but it is a web site that uses it's own window
i need 2 do a serch again

 

[SgtMaj]

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It embarrasses me that so many are cheating their employers instead of doing what they are paid to do.

Hey, I'm surfing WHILE doing what I am paid to do.

 

[SnappingTurtle]

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It embarrasses me that so many are cheating their employers instead of doing what they are paid to do.

My employer is me.

That has good, and bad points. No one automatically supplies me with anything to do, bad point. The good point is I can generally do it when I want, when it is there. When it is there, is the key to the last sentence.

It is really slow, and I mean really, really slow over here. In years past, I had little time left to eat or sleep. Hobbies were not part of my life for at least the last 25 years. 80 hour work weeks, no vacations. Now I have a little extra time for life, but the money doesn't flow like it used to. A nice compromise between the two is what I would like now.

So if I spend time here during the day, when I have work, it just gets moved to the middle of the night, or the weekend.

When I work on site, instead of my office, I don't touch the net if it doesn't have a direct correlation to the job at hand. It often does, but I make sure that when I leave, I leave with the cleanest list of IP addresses visited, of anyone in the company.

 

[Shizzy]

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since I started my new job last month I was told No one is supposed to have internet without special permission. I had to talk my way in to it since many of my customers use a web based deal to upload and store the files I need to produce their product. the only non work related internet I use is to check the weather or my bank account.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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It embarrasses me that so many are cheating their employers instead of doing what they are paid to do.

Welcome to the 21st century. Some folks cheat their employers, some cheat on their wives/ husbands, some on their taxes, some folks even cheat themselves.
Some of this stuff have probably been going on from the time that man set foot on planet earth, i don't see any changes coming anytime sooner or later.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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i can't imagine, anyone wanting to block the best site on the web. employers should require all employees, to view it, 15 minutes in the morning and afternoon. rest and recuperation.