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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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Unhappy Well after four years.....

They finally caught up to me at work.....

The Blocked LS1tech.com at my work place!

It does happen on occasion, what had happened here was Youtube vids can get linked here and I did click on one to see a race and it threw up the red flags. Now no one talks to you, its just blocked... WTF!! I am going through withdrawls on down time.

Anyways, it gives me time to brush up on reading about LSX stuff and keeping busy waiting for calls to come in.

I swear if they ever saw my internet useage, it would be disgusting.

Anyone else have something similar happen to them??
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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Similiar situation.............my employer blocked a bunch of stuff that I used to be able to access, like YouTube and other video sites, blocked Flash Player, etc.................but I can still get most web sites including LS1Tech.
In fact, I'm at work right now............
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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usually you can get in through the back door. try running a google search for tech than click on one of those links, it usually works. we have craigslist blocked here but if i run through google, it comes up. just a thought. dunno if it'll work with tech cause its not blocked here, but its worth a try.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
usually you can get in through the back door. try running a google search for tech than click on one of those links, it usually works. we have craigslist blocked here but if i run through google, it comes up. just a thought. dunno if it'll work with tech cause its not blocked here, but its worth a try.


If that doesn't work, on the same Google results page, click "Cached" below the relevant search result. Of course, this tip won't help you if you're at work right now...
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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the perks of working at home on my own network....not sure what else i would do to pass the time...ls1tech is a serious time filler throughout my day
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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Try going in through a proxy!

http://proxy.org/
http://sslunblock.com/
http://secure-tunnel.com/
http://www.hidemyass.com

Most sys admins don't take the time to block those. (Myself included!) Considering if you have the knowledge to go that route, then props to you because you are the minority.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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best part about all this....he's probably at work right now and cant see these replys untill he gets home tonight...
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Y2KFirehawk
Try going in through a proxy!

http://proxy.org/
http://sslunblock.com/
http://secure-tunnel.com/
http://www.hidemyass.com

Most sys admins don't take the time to block those. (Myself included!) Considering if you have the knowledge to go that route, then props to you because you are the minority.
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Would those proxies work with Saint Bernard, now called Iprism? A friend of mine is stuck behind that Iron Curtain, I myself have been known to check a few things...cough...disgusting record indeed.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
best part about all this....he's probably at work right now and cant see these replys untill he gets home tonight...
ROFL! So true!

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Would those proxies work with Saint Bernard, now called Iprism? A friend of mine is stuck behind that Iron Curtain, I myself have been known to check a few things...cough...disgusting record indeed.
Something like Iprism you probably won't be able to get past. That is doing content filtering. (It is often a subscriber service that lists websites by content type.) Those proxy sites would most likely already be included in their content filtering. From the sounds of the OP, they are blocking site-by-site, not necessarily content based.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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With all the time that the BS machine can't spend on tech now... the insurance company probably can have him do about 10 times the work, and let 15 people go and still get everything done
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 12:07 PM
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Wait a second. So what you're telling me is this isn't my job...?

I better update my resume. LOL
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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It's good to be the IT supervisor!!

Try those proxies above, but if you get busted, you didn't get it from us!
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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Damn Aaron, I saw the title and thought I was about to read a "selling my car" thread. Don't scare me like that.

Originally Posted by JL ws-6
With all the time that the BS machine can't spend on tech now... the insurance company probably can have him do about 10 times the work, and let 15 people go and still get everything done
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
best part about all this....he's probably at work right now and cant see these replys untill he gets home tonight...
That is exactly what happended.

Like 3 years ago I came across a wiki article on Anna Malle (**** Star) on a random article search, and wiki was banded for like 2 weeks, then I think they realized it was a mistake and it became avalible
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
With all the time that the BS machine can't spend on tech now... the insurance company probably can have him do about 10 times the work, and let 15 people go and still get everything done
Lol, very true, I just read GMHTP or some LSX based reading meterial.

It is about time I break the habit as with looking at management position, there will be no time for that stuff.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
It is about time I feed the habit as with looking at management position, there will be more time for that stuff.
Corrected
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine

Like 3 years ago I came across a wiki article on Anna Malle (**** Star) on a random article search, and wiki was banded for like 2 weeks, then I think they realized it was a mistake and it became avalible
That's a good one. Did your employer buy that?
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Old Aug 25, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by YeloFevr
That's a good one. Did your employer buy that?
The funny thing is that no one ever talks to you unless your trying repeatedly access a blocked site, I never heard nothing, and I suspect this will be the same.
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Old Aug 25, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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I wish I had time at work for LS1tech! I'm lucky they allow me to go home at night
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