View Full Version : Worst Day Ever!!
Psimet2001
11-06-07, 07:36 PM
Got to work this morning and discovered that my worst nightmare had come true.
BIKE FORUMS is now BLOCKED from work.
It has been added to a "Custom Prohibited Sites" list. :rolleyes:
There are less than 20 people there that use a computer so no problem figuring out what user caused the excess internet traffic.
No doubt this is a retaliatory move for me pointing out how stupid they were for instituting a new security policy early last week.
Our IT department is full of no-talent rump clowns. It's enough to make me consider quitting.
It's going to be a long frickin winter.
Little Rider
11-06-07, 07:47 PM
Where do you work?
Psimet2001
11-06-07, 07:51 PM
Where do you work?
Hell.
CyLowe97
11-06-07, 07:59 PM
I'd make fun of you, but karma tells me that would be unwise.
Dude, that stinks.
Uncool.
I'd make fun of you, but karma tells me that would be unwise.
Dude, that stinks.
Uncool.
you mean randy hickey told you karma would get you?
and, that totally sucks donkey butt.
later.
garysol1
11-06-07, 10:10 PM
It's enough to make me consider quitting.
It's going to be a long frickin winter.
Gotta a resume you send this way.......LoL.....:D
Psimet2001
11-06-07, 10:41 PM
Gotta a resume you send this way.......LoL.....:D
HAHA - You know I've been down that road.
Hard to explain to new perspective employers though that you quit your last job because you weren't able to spend time on a Bike webste while at work.
....unless I finally get that dream job at a bicycle industry manufactuer that will actually stick around for 40 years. HEY! I DID say dream job.....
Oh and I get a laptop that weighs 400 lbs, resembles a briefcase, and has a keyboard with keys that don't work unless you punch them. Just wasted 2 hours getting connected to work via VPN. Their response "the extra security we added to your laptop firewall is blocking your VPN connection".
.....worthless...
John Wilke
11-07-07, 02:50 PM
Ah ... just about everything where I work is blocked. Fear not, they'll add to your work load so wouldn't even have any time to surf anyway.
(our new hospital database is SO SLOW ... it takes 8 seconds to accept new vital signs when I click on the button. "Click" ... 8 seconds ... "Click" ... 8 seconds ... ARRRRGGGHHHH!!! :( They don't call it an "hour glass" for nothing.)
Just make sure your new job is only a bike ride away.....
....unless I finally get that dream job at a bicycle industry manufactuer that will actually stick around for 40 years. HEY! I DID say dream job.....
I'm interviewing at a place that is two floors down from SRAM's wwh. If I get the job, I'll go upstairs to see what's what. Do they still have US manufacturing in Elk Grove Village?
cyclpsycho
11-07-07, 07:16 PM
Where do you work?
Hell.
When did you start? I thought that was you I passed in the hallway!
Nice to know I'm not alone Taking it from the man :mad:
Psimet2001
11-07-07, 07:31 PM
Right now I can't even connect to our VPN through my home network. I was always able to before they rebuilt the laptop and applied their security to it. The response I get is, "it must be a problem with your home network, or user error."
IT guys are fools. Absolutely no common sense, or ounce of perspective.
ColorChange
11-07-07, 07:43 PM
Sorry to hear man!
CPcyclist
11-07-07, 09:04 PM
Hey at least your IT guys Talk to you.... well maybe thats not good.
The guy we have now is so worthless yet makes way to much. We are left to fend for ourselves most of the time. For better or worst.
Psimet2001
11-07-07, 09:13 PM
Ha! That's actually my problem. I wish they would take off all of their restrictions and let me take care of things on my own.
biffstephens
11-07-07, 09:18 PM
Ok, the real question IS...
How do we get around it? How do we hack YOUR problem......Come on Geeks....there as to be some way we can get PSimet2001 access to BF? Yes?
biffstephens
11-07-07, 09:20 PM
Is there a mirror? A stage site?
Psimet2001
11-07-07, 09:42 PM
I can read stuff by using proxy sites, but I can't sign in. No posting and no PMs
On the bright side I have gotten a TON of work done lately.
ColorChange
11-08-07, 07:55 AM
Cell phone. My Q works. ;)
For some reason, BikeForums has always been blocked by the proxy server that we're forced to go out through. However, I work in the product development group and our network developers convinced IS that they needed an unblocked outbound channel in order to test our products. So I have my proxy server address set to a "stealth" networked PC that doesn't use the company filtering software, and can browse pretty much anywhere.
First we gotta get your VPN working. Once that's done, start the VPN connection before leaving for work, once there remote console into your home pc and surf BF :) Can you change the security settings on the laptop? If they locked you out of that...pm me, I have something for you. Gotta help a brotha get his fix!
atomship47
11-08-07, 11:03 AM
one of the perq's of working from home!
what's your line of work? i do hr consulting (including some recruiting projects), i can keep an ear to the ground for you.
Psimet2001
11-08-07, 07:18 PM
First we gotta get your VPN working. Once that's done, start the VPN connection before leaving for work, once there remote console into your home pc and surf BF :) Can you change the security settings on the laptop? If they locked you out of that...pm me, I have something for you. Gotta help a brotha get his fix!
Hmmmm....interesting. Maybe worth a shot. We use a lot of "gotomypc.com" stuff at work so I was thinking about starting an account for my home PC. Slowly phasing all of that out while we are switching to VPN.
I can not change the security settings. That's what started this whole arguement with them. I can't even change my power settings. I'm a lowly user.
Psimet2001
11-08-07, 07:20 PM
one of the perq's of working from home!
what's your line of work? i do hr consulting (including some recruiting projects), i can keep an ear to the ground for you.
Manufacturing Operations for metal fabrication-heavy industrial markets. :D
this sucks. i have to wait around until 8pm to get my Psimet2001 fix. you should terminate employement immediately. later.
De Fietser
11-09-07, 12:24 PM
HEY! I DID say dream job.....
Yeah, I "dream" all day about how much more money I'd be making if I hadn't left my engineering job to work in the bike industry! :D
(just a friday joke...I love my job!)
Hipcycler
11-09-07, 04:00 PM
At least they didn't find all your porn....or did they?
Psimet2001
11-09-07, 09:52 PM
At least they didn't find all your porn....or did they?
Encrypted. At home, or on portable drive. NEVER mix business with pleasure. ;)
Hipcycler
11-10-07, 06:50 AM
"Portable drive"
....just something funny there, but I'll leave it alone.
no motor?
11-10-07, 10:43 AM
I'm interviewing at a place that is two floors down from SRAM's wwh. If I get the job, I'll go upstairs to see what's what. Do they still have US manufacturing in Elk Grove Village?
They phased that out years ago. One of my biker friends works for them, and he spends a lot of time in Taiwan checking on their mfg sites.
slim_77
11-10-07, 12:15 PM
I work for CPS...I can read and post on BF, but on occasion can't get the NY Times website without the "I'm looking at porn" sirens going off...now it is like a car alarm: no one cares...really.
Well, PSI, I'm sorry the NAZIs found you out...but that is why they are NAZIs, they are good at that kind of evil.
Hey, how much would the mod position on BF pay?
Kimbercop
11-10-07, 03:28 PM
Webfilters are funny things. My city gov't in their infinite wisdom doesnt allow the Police to access sites that include any of the following: Guns, Knives, Holsters, pepperspray and tasers. Even retail catalogs containing the above are forbidden. Can still access ebay thankfully, go figure.
when at my home office i noticed we/i/them can not access any site with "forums" in the url. so much for running the company in 5 years.
later.
http://www.bodybank.org/lee/m/myhero.jpg
atomship47
11-14-07, 11:31 AM
interested in a commute to waukegan?
Try going in with the direct ip address 67.201.16.88/
It just depends how they blocked the access
Kenal0
Won't be around the forum as much, has my money for jersey, something smells fishy!!!!
Kenal0
Come to think of it...he did mention he had to travel for business...something about a remote site in the Bahamas.
Psimet2001
11-14-07, 01:08 PM
Try going in with the direct ip address 67.201.16.88/
It just depends how they blocked the access
Kenal0
Appears to have worked!!!
I have been reading using a proxy. Some content is blocked, but everything else appears to be working.
...for now....
If they change ip addresses, you can go to
http://www.urgentclick.com/ip_address_lookup.php
Put in Bikeforums.net and it will return the address that it actually resolves to.
Welcome Back
Now how are the jerseys coming along. I cannot wait to get in full kit and get on the trainer in the basement or wear it to spin class!
Kenal0
Psimet2001
11-14-07, 02:54 PM
Jerseys - we'll be lucky to have them before Christmas, but it should be right around then.
Excellent, I can wear it to my mother in laws for Christmas, hope the bib makes it too!
Kenal0
ah, IT. nerds who never progressed beyond learning exactly what they needed to do to get their LAN party going.
Anyone want to join my Halo Clan :D?
Kenal0
Psimet2001
11-16-07, 07:06 PM
I'm such a loser I haven't touched my PS2 since my wife was pregnant 2 years ago. Wait a minute ....I don't play games, and have proof I have been laid....I guess that makes me an anti-IT-loser
;)
LIUser22
11-17-07, 11:20 PM
this is a tragedy
slim_77
11-18-07, 01:55 PM
I'm such a loser I haven't touched my PS2 since my wife was pregnant 2 years ago. Wait a minute ....I don't play games, and have proof I have been laid....I guess that makes me an anti-IT-loser
;)
had to get one of those tests, eh!;)
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