IIS is affecting my work - help!

[Robert_T]

It seems like such a harmless thing having IIS forum open in a window in the background of my work PC ... it was just for lunchtime use OK, now I find each time I move from one task to another I think... might just go have a look at what new posts have come in, won't respond or anything, just a look. Then go ooh this looks interesting... just put in my 10c worth... about $3.50 worth later - bugger what was I really meant to be doing again.

Any other's out there (yes I'm talking to you DP ;) ), maybe there should be an IIS anonomous...

cheers,

[h0ughy]

yes iam constantly going back and forth. Mike how many times a day do we visit, surely you have a log?

At least at the end of the month we only have to yell over the field to each other for a change! (Lostock, for those going)

[ving]

I am here constantly.... work is paying me to post here :P

[davidpretorius]

hmmmmmm wellll, i have the email option set to instant notification, so as soon as someone posts to a thread i have added to, then the old adsl straight to the pc. So basically, i am on this site 16 hours a day!!!

some may say addicted, but that is not true of course.... i live in denial!!!

I will turn it off saturday night as my lovely wife lisa and i go out to dinner and then pull out the projector, lay back the recliners and watch a dvd together.

[h0ughy]

IS THAT THE HUBBLE DVD from the A&S mag ?:wink2:

[toetoe]

No computers at my work place, i log on in between shifts during the day sometimes when i am home, apart from that i wait till after work like a good boy that i am. ;)

[davidpretorius]

hmmmmm well i haven't watched it yet and it is full of pretty colours, no violence!!!!

thanks houghy!!

[h0ughy]

true mate, and they say that the best things in life are free :) , but you always pay a price for something :wink2: don't we!!! :scared:

[Robert_T]

I took deep breaths and didn't come back to this thraed for a whole 30min and already 7 posts!:) ...glad to see there are a few other naughty boys out there....

[rochler]

I keep it open in the background. I don't have a high pressure job hehe, so I get plenty of opportunity to have a peek at what's going on....:)

[Moonshine]

If you find it is affecting your work too much, you could always quit work :P


Don

[33South]

Its not just work its affecting, its my mind.

for example now whenever I see the moon phase indicator showing waxing gibbous I think of Vings Waxing Gibbon......... :help3::lol:

[Thiink]

I usually keep a few forums open while I am at work, or at least lurk in them. I usually lurk in most forums actually.

Its sad but I cant wait to go back to work next week to try and get some routine back, Ive done nothing these holidays!

[avandonk]

I am retired now so IIS only keeps me away from ?. The unofficial policy at CSIRO was it's OK during work time as long as it was not stopping from you from moving to the next task. In my case while waiting for a short x-ray exposure it was OK as I was sitting at a unix workstation anyway. The eleventh commandment still holds 'thou should not get caught'. Not getting the work done falls into this category.

Otherwise I am not addicted, just want to know what is happening in real time.

Bert

[ving]

how the weather over there in egypt davo? I heard about that bus crash, terrible, that was due to the wet wasnt it?

[RB]

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself.
I'm new to IIS, is it really that addictive?

I mean really, how much harm is there in one cigarette, oh I mean, reply on your lunch break?

:lol:

[Robert_T]

Hello, my name is Robert and I'm a ISSaholic

It's been 2 hours and 11 minutes since my last IIS post....
:face:

[RB]

You need help Robert, it's only been 51 minutes for me.... :lol:

[asimov]

Get back to work....

[asimov]

but...but....

[asimov]

just one more??

[asimov]

Oh.....OK THEN!!

[asimov]

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[ving]

spongey is affecting you brain sir! :P

[asimov]

Nah! That happened years ago when I fell outa the cot Mr. Ving. But I am definitely affecting his brain! he-he!

[h0ughy]

Have you been experimenting with mind altering astro herbs again Asimov

[Robert_T]

and the Asimov-meister enters the fray with a vengeance :lol:

[asimov]

Sorry for spammin' you thread Rob!......Nah! just joking!!:P

[Robert_T]

the really SAD thing is it's Friday evening and I'm still here at work despite a 7.30am start ... if it wasn't for IIS distractions I could have left hours ago.

bugga I'm doing it again :nerd:

[ving]

ditto robert... i am here till 8 :(

[Robert_T]

BTW guys you'll have to do better because DP's thread on Mike's Placeholders is out spamming this one.... :mad2:

I cast down the gauntlett ;)

BTW - this is my 555 post :) that would be one of those things I can't pronounce :P

[acropolite]

I will admit to occasionally checking the forum during working hours, but then I frequently work through my lunch break and knock off for the day half an hour late, so I don't feel guilty.:face:

[asimov]

What!? Davo's thread out-spamming this one!? Not if I can help it! he-he!

[asimov]

Congrats on the big triple-five BTW!

[asimov]

Bring on your 666 post! (insert motley crue's song "shout at the devil!")

[davidpretorius]

motley who????

did they write stairway to heaven???

[asimov]

*sigh*

[gaa_ian]

Mostly too busy at work to post, did at one stage, but having 2 jobs to do in 1 day makes it a little difficult.
Usually have a peek at lunch time & just before I knock off.
My addiction really kicks in when I get home !

[gaa_ian]

Ohhh yay ... 800 posts, another milestone ....
Who says I'm addicted !

[asimov]

Congrats on 800 Ian! :thumbsup:

[gaa_ian]

Thanks Asi :-)

[Robert_T]

good one Ian on the 800, and you can be proud it wasn't on company time :) - I get home and I'm too knackered to post much, more just cruise the threads...

hey I just remembered what this is all about again, I have assemblies of polished metal and glass, there's a sky outside (of sorts), it has shiny things in it, maybe I could look at those instead :nerd:

[ving]

I think our mr T is developing a bit of a habit (a good one ;))

[gaa_ian]

I would love to see some of those shiny thing ....
The sound of falling rain & calling frogs is soothing though :zzz:

[Robert_T]

aahh, a guilt free post... it's Saturday and work is but a distant memory

today I will do real astronomy, I will look at the grey sky in anticipation, I will hope, I will dream of what could be, I will give up and play with kids and then then spend a pleasant hour rearranging and polishing my eyepieces....;)

love the evil sponge bob asi too:P

[Mikezoom]

Work is veeeery quite ATM. :P

Mike.

[ving]

work, hats that :D
weekends are tops!

I might even do some solar imaging if theres anything to see on the sun :)

[Robert_T]

well done Guys, thanks to your valiant efforts (special thanks to Asi) this thread's officially HOT...:nerd:

now if someone can just tell me how to obtain balance in life, family, work, play, IIS, and all other things, it will all be worth it :P

[asimov]

:nerd: ..

[wavelandscott]

Does anyone elses work track there web usage?

[Robert_T]

now you mention it, I don't know, hope NOT :scared:

[33South]

I know mine does in a bulk way, ie just total GBs downloaded each month by dept for costing purposes. We've only had 2 suggestions to cut down if possible in the last year :lol: . I think that was when Google Earth was all the rage.

Im sure any company could if they wanted to.:wink2:

[h0ughy]

My work monitors everything, thats why I hacked their own database recorder and took a sample of the data recording files for all PC's at work. I personally caught over half of the IT staff including the manager at ****ography sites and thus I would dare say I have the evidence. As with their own policy, the staff member involved viewing or passing on forbidden material is instantly dissmissed.

They don't know I have the information and it is in a safe place. yes i broke another rule and hacked the server, but it wasthere and their security at the time was hopeless.

As for the web useage we are directly billed by IT for the amount of data used. they charge for upstream and downstream data transfers at almost double the rate. My home service is quicker and more reliable then work! More secure too.

[Robert_T]

asi - B1 is cool...now did u fashion the sun-lounge yourself or is it a leftover from the Barbie's beach volleyball playset ?:P

[Striker]

Asimov...I think you have to provide us with day to day life of B1 and Sponge bob Square pants.

They are so cool.

[gaa_ian]

Houghty ! you hacker you :wink2:
There is an old saying "IT managers who live in Glass houses, should not throw stones" :scared:

[iceman]

Browse IIS during work hours?
Do IIS stuff during work hours?
Me? NEVER!!

I can't say anymore, it's too incriminating :)

[Starkler]

Hi Mike , its good to see a post from you outside business hours :rofl:

[h0ughy]

yes exactly! Just rubber balls, one will eventually break the glass :)

[h0ughy]

:rofl: :rofl: :innocent: :D

[ving]

ditto, but i dont bother looking at everyone elses profiles I just adjust mine when i have a heavy week on the net ;)

[asimov]

As you said to me the other day Houghy...."what's it worth to ya not to squeel"??.....:P ;)

Geez Rob! I wish you'd keep your brilliant ideas to youself :scared: Now I have to go out & buy Barbie & KEN dolls!!:confuse2: :lol: :nerd: :P :prey2:

I'll see what I can do striker! ;) :)