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  1. spike308

    spike308 F1 Rookie
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    #1 spike308, Jun 16, 2006
    So the freakin' ****** tech geeks @ my main place of work have seen fit to block all web addresses that contain "chat"! So, now, when I have a few moments, I can not access F-Chat!

    Man, I hate these trolls... sitting in the basement of some facility, deciding what I can and can not look at on the web. They are watching me, BUT WHO IS WATCHING THEM?????? Probably wacking it to the bikini thread as I type...

    Is there a way around this?????????
     
  2. BigAl

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    #2 BigAl, Jun 16, 2006
    what is it? bestemployee.com or......can't recall, something with employee in it gets you to FC.
     
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    #3 sparta49, Jun 16, 2006
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    #4 sparta49, Jun 16, 2006
    yep, that's it
    Fchat 1 Nerds 0
     
  5. spike308

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    #5 spike308, Jun 16, 2006
    Thanks FarmerDave!
    I'll give 'em a try

    ferrari101.com


    .........freakin a-holes........
     
  6. freespeech

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    #6 freespeech, Jun 16, 2006
    What are the rules of your company on using the internet for non-work related surfing?
     
  7. SrfCity

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    #7 SrfCity, Jun 16, 2006
    **rolls eyes** Yes, whip out the rule book and make sure you're not breaking any. :)
     
  8. BigAl

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    #8 BigAl, Jun 16, 2006
    really. sure there's abuse, but what's the diff if I spend some time surfin' the web and someone spending half the day outside on smoke breaks?
     
  9. spike308

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    #9 spike308, Jun 16, 2006
    I am not employed by the pile of crap I work at (thank GOD!).
    We are a contract group. They even make sure our ID badges to get into the hospital do not have anything that would associate me with the hospital, which is fine.
    So, as long as I perform my job, it is of NO consequence what I look at on the web. I even have to have a unique name and password to use the darn system, so it is not like every terminal is open to the "public".
    Computer nazis...... I hate computer nazis!
     
  10. spike308

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    #10 spike308, Jun 16, 2006
    Ain't that the truth!!!!!
     
  11. mdaj

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    #11 mdaj, Jun 16, 2006
    Quoted again for the truth!
     
  12. Wade

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    #12 Wade, Jun 16, 2006
    For security you block IRC (Internet Relay Chat programs - AIM, mIRC, Yahoo Messenger, etc) ports at the firewall to protect against trojans, viruses, hackers, etc. The implied intent of using web filtering tools, to include the word "chat", is to reduce non-productivity. But, I'd much rather have my team-mates available for the job (using idle time for some innocent surfing) then have them out doing who knows what ;) So, I use an effective firewall strategy instead.
     
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    #13 BigAl, Jun 16, 2006
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  14. 150shot

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    #14 150shot, Jun 16, 2006
    try togo to kproxy.com then in the address bar, goto fchat- its an anonymous redirected internet proxy. in other words it may get you through without the techies seeing fchat come through. It worked here with myspace until one of the dingy young uns told me hahahaa I can still get to myspace!!

    It should work....good luck!
     
  15. SrfCity

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    #15 SrfCity, Jun 16, 2006
    Relax there big guy. I could care less if someone logs on at work. It ain't my dime.
     
  16. freespeech

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    #16 freespeech, Jun 16, 2006

    No profit sharing at your place of work? :)

    btw - I think you meant "I couldn't care less" ... big difference.
     
  17. SrfCity

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    #17 SrfCity, Jun 16, 2006
    Not really, read up on it here newbie http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm

    Besides, you need to get back to work and quit wasting your boss's dime :)
     
  18. parkerfe

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    #18 parkerfe, Jun 16, 2006
    You have a smart employer...statistics show that an average Americam employee waste ~2 hours per day surfing the web...that is billions of dollars per year of wasted productivity...
     
  19. MarkPDX

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    #19 MarkPDX, Jun 16, 2006
    Does that wasted time include spamming for your wife's MLM?
     
  20. ferrari4evr1

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    #20 ferrari4evr1, Jun 16, 2006
    Spike, I'm in IT and i wouldnt block your F-Chat if you worked for my company......

    Matter of fact, I'd make it your home page........... :)
     
  21. freespeech

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    #21 freespeech, Jun 16, 2006
    Before I retired, I WAS the boss, head honcho, The Man, etc. :)
     
  22. BigAl

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    #22 BigAl, Jun 16, 2006
    el gran jefe de queso
     
  23. freespeech

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    #23 freespeech, Jun 16, 2006
    What's MLM ?
     
  24. freespeech

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    #24 freespeech, Jun 16, 2006
    Wouldn't that be Brett Favre ?
     
  25. BigAl

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    #25 BigAl, Jun 16, 2006
    multi level marketing
     
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