No More Unrestricted Internet At Work 797
Schlemphfer writes: "You can forget about using private email or surfing the web while at work if these bozos have their way. And judging by the Reuters article, it looks like they might. Basically what they're doing is trying to scare senior management into thinking that allowing employees unrestricted use of the net will cripple a company with viruses and lawsuits."
Not true for everyone (Score:5, Funny)
connected to the T1 lines.
There are already a few hundred routes in the
tables... who's going to notice everything from
my workstation misses the filtering appliance?
Oh that's right, it's my job to make sure no one
*else* does this, too.
Re:It will hurt them (Score:2, Funny)
Please speak to my employer.
-Sara
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Re:Bozos? Gimme a break! (Score:2, Funny)
Scenario A: Employee needs break desperately, has net access and goes to
Scenario B: Employee needs break desperately, does not have net access, wanders outside to smoke and oggle female co-workers. Returns to work with a hardon and a brain that is more fuzzed than before.
Proposed rule: Limit all NON-GEEK employees from accessing the internet. They mess with the bandwidth that could be better spend downloading the latest Slackware distro.
-Sara
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What about phone access? What about the door? (Score:2, Funny)
Do you realize how much time people waste talking on the phone? One guy next to me used to spend at least an hour a week chattering about bridge. It was very annoying. But he did good work so there.
Do businesses realize that people might call up phone sex lines? They can also contact prostitutes, drug dealers, hit men, or even rat out the company to the SEC/FBI. The list of bad contacts goes on and on. I say, "Let's rip those phones out of the wall."
And what about the friggin door. Many good companies like to say that their most important assets walk out of the door every evening. Hah. Do you realize the trouble they can find when they leave the protective womb? There are drugs, criminals, blackmailers and spousal distraction units. Heck, there are even video games. I say, "Just lock them up for good." To heck with the door.
Re:Wasn't yours to begin with.... (Score:2, Funny)
Except that it can be quite bad when your client comes in, sits down at a computer, opens a folder and discovers the gigs of porn and mp3s.
Dinivin
they won't stop me! (Score:3, Funny)
I'm a BOFH!
Besides, I'd rather have the users porn surfing than asking me about excel and access anyway.
Re:Duh, quit using Outlook (Score:2, Funny)
Shit, this is about my 15th post already. All your companies suck. (except sideshow- he has a clue, for fucks sake!)
Oh no! (Score:1, Funny)
Analogy (Score:5, Funny)
--Blair
Re:FUD FUD FUD!!!!!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
No real management is going to take this seriously.
Hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha
You're so naive its almost cute.
No more internet at work... (Score:2, Funny)