pete_inthehills Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 ...'cos work have blocked it!BASTARDS!I posted this morning with no problems, I went back in the afternoon and I got the dreaded message.This site has been blocked by websense, if you need it for work consult your line manager. Arrgghhh.what am I going to do at work now?peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 You could try working...?I know, I know, it's against the workers code, but I'm afraid there might be nothing else for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 You could try working...?wash your mouth out with soap! what a thing to say!anyway, I've quit my job and I only have a month to go so I was going to muck around for a month, but maybe, just maybe and its only a maybe, maybe I will have to work.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Try just using the sites IP http://69.5.26.248/It becomes a pain in the ass because a lot of the site has hard coded links to the full DNS name but you can get around most of it....just replace the .com part with the IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Cheers Keilan! I'll give it a go and see if I can make it work.I'm probably breaking some kind of rules, but hey, what are they going to do? Sack me!?too late. I got out first.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Oddly enough, I can still access you tube which I would have thought was worse for eating up band width.Next they'll ban hotmail, ebay and then there'll be nothing to surf for.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHorse Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I only use work computers during worktime for work. It's my employer's time and spending the day skiving on internet fora is theft of time from them which is every bit as serious as theft of money. . Employer are quite within their rights to block forums and personal use websites. It spoils it for other people who want to check things up at lunchtime when some users abuse their internet access at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I only use work computers during worktime for work. It's my employer's time and spending the day skiving on internet fora is theft of time from them which is every bit as serious as theft of money. . Employer are quite within their rights to block forums and personal use websites. It spoils it for other people who want to check things up at lunchtime when some users abuse their internet access at work.Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :down: Square! I reached a point today in the office where I had pissed about so much on the internet that I could think of nothing else to do but work! It was horrible but I caught up on all that stuff I should have done in the past week and made me feel like I deserved a payrise! I'm doing NOTHING tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 it's funny, since I became a student and left my work (of ten years) (on sabbatical, so not quite "left")...I only use the web for research and "work".... ho ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 My boss lets me go on any website I want! Not bad considering he is a bald bastard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 You're a better student than I was! Maybe something to do with you being genuinely interested in your studies but not in your job? I grudge the work that I have to do, unable to make the correlation between the tasks at hand and the money that goes into my bank account at the end of the month. Terribly juvenile I know but I am accepting of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 My boss lets me go on any website I want! Not bad considering he is a bald bastard!any website? even rival photographers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 my class in college (altens) has filtered ab-m too also myspazz, bebo hell even hotmail.the latter for the stupidest reason ever: adult/sexually explicit. not to mention like every chat thing (which i can live without) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 It would be very useful if everyone who is being blocked from viewing aberdeen-music could tell us the reasons why their access is being denied. Obviously we want this site to reach as many people as possible, and if we're getting blocked from college computers that's a serious worry.Why?Is it not obvious why they are being blocked?Those computers were not put there so people can dick about online in forums and chat rooms. They are there believe it or not so people can do work o_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Well, yeah obviously, but if there's any other reasons (adult/explicit material, illegal download links etc) then it might be handy to know about it in case this spreads to non-work environments like uni computer rooms and the like.again tho uni computers were not put there so people could surf on forums and suchlike, they are there for educational purposes, and to be honest there isnt much you could learn on this site and if you did need it for those reasons im sure you could go ask and be allowed access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm pretty sure it could be argued that Aberdeen-Music has extra-curricular value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm pretty sure it could be argued that Aberdeen-Music has extra-curricular value.then look at it at home, not in uni. (btw this isnt a pop at you just making the point) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 They're also there for students who don't have web access at home. I'm not saying that people should be on this site while they're in a class.no i know your not, but the point is myspace is banned yeh? As is bebo i would imagine, so what makes aberdeen music any different? Computer rooms at uni are there primarily so people can learn yes? Not mess around online. Anyway you can get access to the net in a lot of places in town, if people are that desperate to post on here they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Colleges and Uni provide other things than learning though...Sports, space for societies (often not at all educational), and AU just spent 8 mil on the Hub, which has a hairdresser and general relaxing facilities inside.You could easily point out that students shouldn't be having their haircut when they should be learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Colleges and Uni provide other things than learning though...Sports, space for societies (often not at all educational), and AU just spent 8 mil on the Hub, which has a hairdresser and general relaxing facilities inside.You could easily point out that students shouldn't be having their haircut when they should be learning.yes but they paid for those facilites for those reasons, im pretty sure they never paid for all these computers and internet connections for people to waste time on pointless web sites.Again the point is if you want to use the net for recreational purposes then do it at your own expense and not at others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Maybe things have changed since I was at uni. I spent most of my time on the computers downloading guitar tabs and surfing the predecessors to this site then. It would be a shame, given that computer labs are empty for the most part at night, if people couldn't look up this site for information and entertainment at the times when computer space isn't at a premium.why should they be allowed to tho?You wouldnt expect someone else to pay for you to use the phone for personal calls would you? I know its a different situation but similar pricipals apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Graham Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 The site is banned because Neil is using it to communicate with his mole in the NHS to traffic valium to the masses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Because they're paying thousands of pounds every year to be at university, and should be allowed to use the facilities available. Also, if they're studying music, or marketing, or business, or media studies, there is material on this site that would be useful to them in a curricular sense.yes they pay money to be taught not to surf aberdeen music or myspace or anything else like that, the facilities are there to be used, for the right purpose, and as i said earlier if it was the case they needed this site for educational purposes then im sure they would be allowed access so long as they could prove it was for those reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Christ, you're like a dog with a bone tonight. All I'm saying is, there's no harm in the universities allowing access to this site, at least there shouldn't be unless there is material on the site that could prove to be troublesome for their IT and legal departments. The computers are already on, connected to the internet, and unless there's someone else who wants to use the computer for learning purposes there shouldn't be any objection to a user coming on here and doing a bit of surfing.hey its 2am and im out of weed what else am i gonna do??? To be honest i dont really care either way i think we both have valid points on this and its a case of agreeing to disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NULL Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Colleges are there to teach you, but not to allow you to browse a websiteencouraging you to read instead of surf!If you cant get something out of a book you suck at being a biological object which occupies time and space like meditating with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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