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Post subject: No more guitar porn for me!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:57 am
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I am the senior engineer in my division of a large telecommunications firm. As such, I have to sit in on countless conference calls about projects that typically last over an hour. My active participation is usually only 5 or 10 minutes, but I have to sit through the entire call "just in case" a technical question arises.

Over the past several months, I have enjoyed filling in the time by browsing the forums. It's made the otherwise tedious process quite enjoyable.

Well, there's a new sheriff in town in our IT department. In the pursuit of the Holy Grail of networking, Internet bandwidth, he has locked down access to the following classifications of Internet site:

Social Networking. No more YouTube clips of performances recommended by fellow forum users!

Image hosting. This one is the worst. Image Shack, Photo Bucket, etc. NO MORE GUITAR PORN!!! No more "build thread" pictures! I can't even see NikkiNinja's famous penguin signature, it's just a "broken link".

Classifieds. Gone is the ability to view Craig's List or Flea Bay offerings on the "Is this a good deal?" threads.

Perhaps the worst part is that I still can read the text as Ceri describes a truss rod subtlety or Martian points out a headstock anomaly, but I can't see the pictures! It's like the death of a thousand paper cuts!

ARRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:09 am
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That is torturous!! I could not take it!


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Post subject: Re: No more guitar porn for me!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:11 am
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realoldschool wrote:
Perhaps the worst part is that I still can read the text as Ceri describes a truss rod subtlety or Martian points out a headstock anomaly, but I can't see the pictures! It's like the death of a thousand paper cuts!


Now this is SERIOUS!!!

We have several software bods on the Forum. Somebody pipe up fast and tell realoldschool how to hack the system and get his pics back!

This is a human rights issue - those awful conference calls have to be survived!

We feel your pain, realoldschool.

BTW: is this picture not the most beautiful Strat we've ever seen?

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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:15 am
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WOW!! Ceri, it sure is beautiful!! I wish you could see it realoldschool! :(


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Post subject: Re: No more guitar porn for me!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:29 am
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Ceri wrote:

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Oh god, not one of those again? I get seasick just by looking at it.

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Post subject: Re: No more guitar porn for me!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:38 am
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bluestube wrote:
Oh god, not one of those again? I get seasick just by looking at it.


Yeah? Then prepare to puke:

http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/gallery.html

( :( Sorry, realoldschool. But think of it as evidence for when you bring your employment tribunal...)

Cheers - C


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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:14 am
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What kind of sick people to do you work for... expecting you to do your job... it's not like they pay for your time... oh wait.

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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:54 am
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realoldschool wrote:
Well, there's a new sheriff in town in our IT department. In the pursuit of the Holy Grail of networking, Internet bandwidth, he has locked down access to the following classifications of Internet site:


uh..... well as the IT admin for the firm I work for, I kinda sorta take exception to the above quote.... every time my managers want me to make a change to our network, I have to watch my back in the parking lot.... :wink: Everyone thinks I came up with the idea. Hey, I'm just the guy that makes it happen! The decisions come from above my pay grade! :cry:

But if it makes you feel any better, I can guarantee that he isn’t imposing those same restrictions on himself... oh, maybe that didn’t make you feel better. :twisted: The IT guys and myself enjoy total freedom because like I said.... I'm the one that makes it happen. :wink: :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:09 am
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Solutions:
1. Get an Iphone or Ipod touch / Wi-FI = internet unlimited whatever
2. Get a mini laptop ($200-300) / Cellular wireless card (free with $40/month unlimited palns and they do high speed/3G) = internet unlimited whatever.
3. Other devices on the market in various sizes can do USB connectivity to cellular card or do WI/FI if you are in the big city.

Anarchy in the I.T. :x :x


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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:21 am
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Makes you wonder what they're doing with all of that bandwidth. Hmmmm :wink:


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Post subject: Re: No more guitar porn for me!
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:51 am
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Ceri wrote:
bluestube wrote:
Oh god, not one of those again? I get seasick just by looking at it.


Yeah? Then prepare to puke:

http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/gallery.html

( :( Sorry, realoldschool. But think of it as evidence for when you bring your employment tribunal...)

Cheers - C


Sir Ceri, there's a cruel side to you that we don't often see. :lol:

fhop and bluestube, that's just piling on!

KK5fe, my world and yours have converged, I understand the reason...but that doesn't mean I have to like it! :(

danielhelc, I have an IPhone and can use it to browse, it's just that the screen is too small to do those lovely guitars justice. Or maybe it's my tired old eyes.

Thanks for the thoughts, folks. I take them in the spirit given. The wife is just going to have to get used to me hogging the home PC. 8)


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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:13 am
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Through many meetings I put the phone on mute and play my guitar :D
Since we are completely globalsourced (another term for go where the cheapest labor is to be found) I am rarely in the same room never mind same country as the other cowworkers in the meetings.

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