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Jedi Chris
on 2004-02-12 07:55 [#01069649]
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How do all you guys out there with jobs, manage to get away with posting all day here. Surely you must be on some network that has some form of logging. And how do you hide the fact that you have XLTronic open on the screen when other employees might be around?
*pauses of a minutes silence* Poor Thad :(
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epohs
from )C: on 2004-02-12 07:57 [#01069653]
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i've got my own office, and i use firefox, so i can either ctrl+w, or ctrl+tab and hide my surfing.
i post on at least three other forums as much as i do here.
<-- least productive person ever.
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ChildrenTalking
from United States on 2004-02-12 07:59 [#01069655]
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no wonder you guys (UK) won in vietnam
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Jarworski
from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2004-02-12 08:01 [#01069656]
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My monitor is pointed at a discreet angle so the two people either side of me can't see what's on it. I don't give a fuck about logs, I'm looking at porn most of the time - there's so many people here IT haven't got the time to check it thoroughly (so my source says) and I use someone else's password (if not IP address) to access the net.
*Goes back to Championship Manager*
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-02-12 08:01 [#01069657]
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my boss couldnt give a dick and a shit about what I do on the comp.
I basically sit here, waiting to check out gear to people... nothing else really... so we can do whatever we like in our free time that we are waiting for someone to help.
sweet.
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tragedy
from Gloucester (United States) on 2004-02-12 08:02 [#01069658]
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i need a job.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-12 08:07 [#01069661]
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I have a 3 day weekend in which is when I post here the most. :)
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-02-12 08:07 [#01069662]
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i have my own office. i only surf when I don't have anything to do.. which is most of the time because I'm so efficient whenever i get a job, so it'll be finished like 20mins after I get it.
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jonesy
from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2004-02-12 08:09 [#01069666]
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We have core hours, between 10 and 12 and 2 til 3 when we can't surf. But I'm a renegade and laugh in the face of their rules. Fuck the Welsh Assembly.
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stilaktive
from a place on 2004-02-12 08:23 [#01069683]
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If any of you use the term 'surf' again ill die of internal sadness.
I surf. like in the water, outside. (that thing thats not inside)
www.surfersofdubai.com
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-12 08:29 [#01069691]
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surfs up dude!
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-12 08:33 [#01069695]
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this one is pretty cool... (am I allowed to use the term 'cool' anymore?)
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-02-12 08:36 [#01069700]
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NO! you have to say "interesting in a non-academic way"
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stilaktive
from a place on 2004-02-12 08:38 [#01069702]
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Teaphoo? Whered you look on the internet for that bra! its gnarly! (you seen blue crush, oh how i laughed)
Cools ok, unless you use it 'just' to describe your new liquid nitrogen cooling fan system for your pc
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-12 08:42 [#01069708]
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I got that pic from www.surfersofdubai.com, I thought you would have already seen it since you posted the link. I take it that is not your site then.
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stilaktive
from a place on 2004-02-12 08:48 [#01069719]
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oh defs not bra! its some new zealand expat guys. its good we have it though. not many ppl think theres surf in the mid east, they all think we ride to school on camels and live next to pyramids. BUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! im going to put a new atvar up.
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Chri5py
from my Solarbear (United Kingdom) on 2004-02-12 09:00 [#01069756]
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so you tell us not to 'Surf' the web but you like to use the words 'defs' and 'bra'?
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-12 09:09 [#01069767]
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it's ok dude! he surfs so he is allowed to use those words. Surfing also grants you use of words such as gnarly, awesome, radical, totally, fresh and exquisite (as in 'that wave was quite exquisite) :)
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-02-12 09:10 [#01069768]
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nice bee! bzzzzzzZZzzZzzzzzZZzZ!
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Jedi Chris
on 2004-02-12 09:11 [#01069770]
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I wouldn't of thought surfers would have the vocabularly to use the word 'exquisite' :P
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stilaktive
from a place on 2004-02-12 09:24 [#01069787]
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i was actually taking the mickey to be correct. So shut your talk hole! Rar rar!
Like i said have any of you seen blue crush? thats exactly what real surfings like YEAH! WHOHHHOOOO gnarly!
'fresh'? never heard that one, but ill spread it around the surfing world
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giginger
from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-02-12 09:25 [#01069790]
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Well I use the active desktop to keep an eye on the page. I just refresh it every now and then. When I'm actually looking at the page I do it like this:
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REFLEX
from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2004-02-12 09:27 [#01069795]
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well hha... I used to work in an internet cafe for almost 3 years.... so it was easy.
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Jedi Chris
on 2004-02-12 09:32 [#01069805]
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I guess thats the only valid excuse here - hehehehe!
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-02-12 10:00 [#01069855]
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When I worked I was on here a lot more.
Tricks:
Engage in subtle replacing of desk/screen to shield view of screen.
Don't DL any big files at work (the few people whose internet usage was investigated was based on the employees who used most bandwidth. I was on XLT/doing personal email lots of the time, but the actual number of MB UL/DLed by me was very small.)
Actually do your job- if your productivity is high managers:
a) Won't investigate your net usage b) Will turn a blind eye to it if they see.
My job involved lots of small periods of waiting (for phone line modems to dial up, documents to print, files to copy, install bars to progress etc.) So I used to just use XLT to fill those small gaps. I do the same now- I'm rarely just "on the board", I'm usually waiting for graphics/sound to render, docs to print etc.
Become friends with at least one person in the dept that monitors internet usage. That way you can find out the monitoring policy and also if you're under investigation. I used to play CS with one of ours and he had far more questionable net usage than me so I was fine.
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Anus_Presley
on 2004-02-12 10:02 [#01069861]
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yeah i have no idea how they get away with it.
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afxNUMB
from So.Flo on 2004-02-12 10:37 [#01069952]
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Well my good friend this is how its done.
I dont give a fuck what they think I dont give a fuck who they be....that's me singing.
No really I know they can check where you go on the internet but they mainly take notice if youre going on porn sites constantly. My boss has walked into my office when I've had this page open with FREAKY EYES looking back at him, but he doesnt care. He knocks anyway (RESPECT BITCH) so i usually minimize and on the screen is the database i should be looking at :>
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Co-existence
from Bergen (Norway) on 2004-02-12 10:45 [#01069976]
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I'm at work now and I have 19 applications open at the moment so no boss can see the difference between xltronic and the other web based applications we use all the time, so I'm safe. And everyone here mail lots of junk to eachother all the time, including da boss...
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-02-12 17:09 [#01070611]
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They TELL me that they monitor our internet usage, and I never see anyone else surfing the net at work, so I don't do it much myself.
Fuck, I'd love to be able to surf freely. I do occasionally read some sports pages and interesting computer related things (that sort of IS my work), but I'm not a big surfer there. I've been thinking I'll test drive it though. Spend a day on a messageboard and see if I get roped. I'm a good worker so I doubt they'd fire me for that one hiccup.
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nacmat
on 2004-02-12 17:25 [#01070645]
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I have no fucking minute at work to post
I am working hard..... for once
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-02-12 17:29 [#01070649]
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I get lots of time to read magazines and eat stuff between taking calls, precious moments. Don't you get any leisure time or spare minutes to mess around?
I kind of wish my job was like that, it would make the days go faster. They're as slow as a slug slugging through mollases.
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nacmat
on 2004-02-12 17:33 [#01070654]
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mine go fasty fast I tell you
but I only work 5 hours a day so I dont really need a break... if it where 8 hours I surely would need some break for lucnh and some other break too
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AlbertoBalsalm
from ReykjavÃk (Iceland) on 2004-02-12 17:56 [#01070669]
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surf @ work, not in work
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2004-02-12 19:02 [#01070729]
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I don't work!
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-02-12 19:04 [#01070732]
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Sadly I dont get the water and waves in my office to be able to surf. I can only use the internet because my boss allows me. My boss is the greatest boss in the world. My boss is me.
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