Timdog1010 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 So there was so much bandwidth used to follow March Madness yesterday that my company has now blocked any and all websites that refer to sports. Including the sports sections of all newspapers, yahoo sports, everything.I'm puting my resume together. This is absolutely killing me. The best part is that the grapevine is telling me that these sites are now blocked permanently. I simply can't work like this... Link to post Share on other sites
ShakeZuma 586 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 hahahaha, you slackerat least you can still post here Link to post Share on other sites
RhinestoneCowboy 2 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 This free streaming video is pretty sweet. I should work on my resume..not because they might block the sports but because they pay like crap.Can't complain too much as I am watching the game though... Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,768 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 So there was so much bandwidth used to follow March Madness yesterday that my company has now blocked any and all websites that refer to sports. Including the sports sections of all newspapers, yahoo sports, everything.I'm puting my resume together. This is absolutely killing me. The best part is that the grapevine is telling me that these sites are now blocked permanently. I simply can't work like this... And your company knows you can't work like that, which is why they banned it. Link to post Share on other sites
Trustno1 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Make friends with the IT guy, we are a very lonely lot. He can put a proxy exception for your IP if he is slightly unscrupulous.Nobody (but me) can access the high bandwidth sites here as well. That Iowa-Northwestern St. game was awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
RuffRidr 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Bah. You guys need some bigger pipes. Our network barely blinked from the added load.--RuffRidr Link to post Share on other sites
MasterLJ 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Is this definitive proof that poker is not a sport?:gasp: Link to post Share on other sites
lvpro 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Make friends with the IT guy, we are a very lonely lot. He can put a proxy exception for your IP if he is slightly unscrupulous.Nobody (but me) can access the high bandwidth sites here as well. That Iowa-Northwestern St. game was awesome.This doesn't work very well for me. I'm good friends with one of our IT guys here, but he, unfortunately, isn't the unscrupulous type.The most he does is tell me when I pop up on the high-bandwith list. That way I can lay low for a couple of weeks. He's not willing to bend any rules for me.Bas.tard. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 There's a high-bandwidth list? I must be the entire top-10 of that thing here... Link to post Share on other sites
lvpro 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 There's a high-bandwidth list? I must be the entire top-10 of that thing here...Yeah, where I work they track who uses the most bandwith everyday. If your name keeps showing up, IT comes to have a talk with you. And our main IT guy can be a real ****in' a.sshat if he wants, so it's best not to mess with him. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yeah, where I work they track who uses the most bandwith everyday. If your name keeps showing up, IT comes to have a talk with you. And our main IT guy can be a real ****in' a.sshat if he wants, so it's best not to mess with him.We don't really have an IT "department" persay, but I did catch the IT guy for our office checking the NCAA scores on SI.com this morning. I think I'm probably safe (read: If they haven't said anything by now, they probably ain't gonna). Link to post Share on other sites
lvpro 0 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 We don't really have an IT "department" persay, but I did catch the IT guy for our office checking the NCAA scores on SI.com this morning. I think I'm probably safe (read: If they haven't said anything by now, they probably ain't gonna).Yeah, I'm usually safe with ESPN.com and FCP, as long as I stay away from streaming video and audio, I can stay under the radar.Playing poker at work was a bad idea though...All four times I did it. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yeah, I'm usually safe with ESPN.com and FCP, as long as I stay away from streaming video and audio, I can stay under the radar.Playing poker at work was a bad idea though...All four times I did it. Yeah, they've most definitely blocked out those ports. I tried to hit the FCP server so I could watch DN vs Dreamclown, and it didn't even try to connect. :naughty poker junkie face: Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 For a fee, I can keep you updated through emails while you are at work. I don't watch basketball, but I would if I got paid. Link to post Share on other sites
pckt10s 0 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 wow... I don't know what I'd do without the internet at work... I'm on like at least 7.5 hours a day... Link to post Share on other sites
Timdog1010 0 Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 UPDATE:I came in this morning hoping that perhaps access to my favorite sites would be restored. No such luck. The is the web-surfing equivilant of being castrated. I've had by far my most productive day of work ever. I can't take this...Thank god for FCP... Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 If I read about a "Postal" incident in Keane, NH this week, I'll know who to deny all knowledge of. Link to post Share on other sites
dms26 3 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 wow... I don't know what I'd do without the internet at work... I'm on like at least 7.5 hours a day...me too, most of them are spent here. I know our IT guy and he doesn't care at all so I'm in the clear. But if I ever got a job where I couldn't get on I don't know how I'd make it through the day. Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 So there was so much bandwidth used to follow March Madness yesterday that my company has now blocked any and all websites that refer to sports. Including the sports sections of all newspapers, yahoo sports, everything.I'm puting my resume together. This is absolutely killing me. The best part is that the grapevine is telling me that these sites are now blocked permanently. I simply can't work like this...have you not tried a workaround? there's hundred of "anonymous surfing" sites out therei used to use them to get to "various sites" at college. if you want, i'll pull up a couple of them for you to try. Link to post Share on other sites
aadams_22 3 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 If you think that's bad my company firewall's the radar from the National Weather Service. Since I am in the field quite a bit we don't have a TV to watch for when severe weather comes about. Link to post Share on other sites
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