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Re: Today's Explosm
calmeilles (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:33 am Don't make me laugh like that in the office. People stare!
You read EA at work?! I'm scared to death to touch the site. Though I have wondered whether or not it's filtered by the firewall for being porn.
Still, don't even wanna try it.
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Re: Today's Explosm
I use my verizon wireless card for internet acces at work so I can avoid the prying eyes of the network administrators.
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Re: Today's Explosm
incuse (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:11 am You read EA at work?! I'm scared to death to touch the site. Though I have wondered whether or not it's filtered by the firewall for being porn.
Still, don't even wanna try it.
AHHH! A teachable moment.
The reason why you cannot read the E.A. site at work in America is because the damned management attitudes are still formed from assholes who preached shit like THIS.. (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1 ... taylor.htm)
read below...
Taylor was concerned by what he saw as considerable inefficiency in the typical workplace of his era. He posed the question: "What is the cause of this inefficiency?" He was curious about why workers were often to be seen slacking. He concluded that some slacking is natural -- that all persons have a natural inclination to take it easy.
Workers also tend to see their relationship with management as a fundamental conflict of interest. If managers discover that work can be done faster then piece rates tend to be reduced. In essence, a worker's attempt to earn more money by increasing his/her own output is self-defeating: The piece rate will be reduced, and then the worker and everybody else will have to work harder just to stay in place.
Further, he concluded that there is systematic slacking where the working group controls output through the enforcement of norms. Workers who don't adhere to group norms can expect ostracism if not physical abuse.Workers, according to Taylor, thus evolve rational ways of promoting their own (not the company's) best interests.
From his observations, management must also carry a large part of the blame. Too often, he argues, they lack information about worker abilities. For example, they have rarely studies the work itself to determine how long it takes to do tasks. Managers engage in guess-work that is frequently inaccurate.When management discovers that a job is too easy (that the worker completes it too quickly) they often unilaterally/autocratically alter the times required to complete the task. Not surprisingly, workers then collude to deceive management in order to ensure maximum rewards for minimum effort.
Of course, he could have been right if you apply These PRINCIPLES (http://books.google.com/books?id=dEQDI0 ... &ct=result) to CEO's that make outrageous sums of money...
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calmeilles (imported)
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Re: Today's Explosm
We have exceedingly liberal firewalls: I work for a newspaper and as soon as anything is restricted the journos scream about the "need to research."
If I had to justify my er... unconventional browsing it'd be because I have longueurs while code complies and there's nothing practical I can do. See No 23 below, also at need Nos 22, 12 and 5. Possibly also No 13.
It'll be a lot better when we move into our new premises: wireless "public" access that is unrestricted because it isn't part of our corporate network.
On one occasion, many years ago, a journalist found the secret door* into IT and demanded that we enable some usenet porn groups for, of course, the purposes of research. We were reluctant and punted it up to management who in turn punted it to the board who said do it. So we did it. After a week of taking the usenet feed for various obviously named groups the journo came back. We showed him how to browse the groups, how to display pictures, how to join up the larger files that came in bits and so on then left the room closing the door firmly behind us. Fifteen minutes later he stormed out obviously furious and went to complain to the editor. It turned out that the most "disgusting" thing available was a middle aged woman posed with a large carrot in her backside (oh, those innocent days).
The eventual article was, in my opinion, more fiction about what someone might wish to find than what was to be found. But then what do I know?
[ * of course we had to shoot him afterwards.]
Useful Phrases in the Office
1) Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
2) The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
3) I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
4) Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
5) I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn.
6) I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
7) What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
8) I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
9) I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
10) Ahhh...I see the fuck-up fairy has visited us again...
11) I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
12) It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
13) Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
14) No, my powers can only be used for good.
15) How about never? Is never good for you?
16) I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
17) You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication.
18) I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
19) I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
20) I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
21) Who me? I just wander from room to room.
22) My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!
23) It might look like I'm not doing anything, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
24) At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.
25) You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
26) I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
27) Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and quickly change the subject.
(Thanks to of LJP of news:alt.tasteless.jokes)
If I had to justify my er... unconventional browsing it'd be because I have longueurs while code complies and there's nothing practical I can do. See No 23 below, also at need Nos 22, 12 and 5. Possibly also No 13.
It'll be a lot better when we move into our new premises: wireless "public" access that is unrestricted because it isn't part of our corporate network.
On one occasion, many years ago, a journalist found the secret door* into IT and demanded that we enable some usenet porn groups for, of course, the purposes of research. We were reluctant and punted it up to management who in turn punted it to the board who said do it. So we did it. After a week of taking the usenet feed for various obviously named groups the journo came back. We showed him how to browse the groups, how to display pictures, how to join up the larger files that came in bits and so on then left the room closing the door firmly behind us. Fifteen minutes later he stormed out obviously furious and went to complain to the editor. It turned out that the most "disgusting" thing available was a middle aged woman posed with a large carrot in her backside (oh, those innocent days).
The eventual article was, in my opinion, more fiction about what someone might wish to find than what was to be found. But then what do I know?
[ * of course we had to shoot him afterwards.]
Useful Phrases in the Office
1) Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
2) The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
3) I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
4) Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
5) I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn.
6) I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
7) What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
8) I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
9) I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
10) Ahhh...I see the fuck-up fairy has visited us again...
11) I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
12) It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
13) Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
14) No, my powers can only be used for good.
15) How about never? Is never good for you?
16) I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
17) You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication.
18) I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
19) I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
20) I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
21) Who me? I just wander from room to room.
22) My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!
23) It might look like I'm not doing anything, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
24) At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.
25) You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
26) I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
27) Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and quickly change the subject.
(Thanks to of LJP of news:alt.tasteless.jokes)