Author Topic: Arrrghhhh! It's over.....And I am busted for sure! (Read 4426 times)

Bones · « **on:** October 10, 2005, 12:19:56 am »

Hot off my work email account.... Looks like the "occasional" BYOAC browsing during work hours will now be a thing of the past.

NiN^_^NiN · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:22:27 am »

it sounds like u can surf BYOAC and then they will tell u if ur using to much bandwidth.

If your just browsing the forums u will be fine once all the images are cached in IE just keep out of the project annoucments cause the pics will suck the bandwidth but i think u will be ok

I browse this and other forums alot and we have like a 5gig plan and we don't get anywere neer it

just be careful what links u open tho

Bones · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:33:27 am »

Project announcements is probably where I do the most browsing!

Ohh well, I knew the rules before I decided to log-on at work so if the crap hits the fan I have nobody to blame but myself....

duffjr · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:05:32 am »

http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html

they would see that you're using the cloak if that's a bad thing.

Jess-- · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:05:33 am »

think its not where he's looking that they are worried about, just the amount of bandwidth he uses by looking.

Goz · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:06:59 am »

It must be the cheesecake threads.

SOAPboy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:11:06 am »

Forums use dick for bandwidth..

You "by yourself" arnt doing any huge bandwidth usage..

The thing about forums, its all just a few small images here and there, while they add up, they also "Cache" up.. Most of these forums when your browsing, is cached, the only thing new is the text..

Stingray · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:11:24 am »

Yikes!

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:13:50 am »

id say you could browse these forums using minimum bandwith but thats your decision to risk it.

Havok · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:48:52 am »

Just stay away from the cheesecake posts...

missioncontrol · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:52:17 am »

wow that much BYOAC surfing while at work.....

watch out Stingray I think he's after your slacker title....

Stingray · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:55:05 am »

I'm such a slacker that I don't even have a title.

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:56:08 am »

i want more than 3 stars

Stingray · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:58:18 am »

You must have to have a poopload of posts to get four. I've got more than double the number of posts that you have and I still only have three.

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:13:04 am »

i dont think its set up for anyone to get 4 stars, full members have 3 and admins/mods have 5. we should be able to get 4 at like 5k posts

missioncontrol · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:16:20 am »

Quote from: Stingray on October 10, 2005, 09:55:05 am

I'm such a slacker that

Stingray · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:18:10 am »

Nobody ever listens to the little guys.

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:19:28 am »

i love how we constantly derail threads and take them totally OT

Stingray · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:20:57 am »

I thought that was why "Everything Else" exists. I certainly don't expect any threads that I start to stay on topic for more than three or four posts.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #19 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:39:16 am »

Threads have topics???

huh

learn something new everyday $:-\$

Stingray · « **Reply #20 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:40:10 am »

The topic is whatever the person who posted before you had to say.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #21 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:42:30 am »

Just doing my part in the "topic derailment team"

Stingray · « **Reply #22 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:52:07 am »

It's all part of the service we provide.

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:57:19 am »

so yeah, i got really drunk friday night at a bar watching my friends band. and then walked to the diner 2 blocks down to get some food at 2am to get sober. all in all a good night, lol

missioncontrol · « **Reply #24 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:07:12 am »

At a diner at 2 A.M. alone sobering up is a good night???

Kids these days I tell you....

Bah when I was your age I had to sober up walking uphill with a blonde and a brunette under each shoulder. Now that was a good night......

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:08:39 am »

no i wasnt alone, i was with my other guitar player in my band

Harry Potter · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:09:19 am »

Too bad Bones. I'm in the same situation here at work as well. Somehow my company has successfully blocked well over 80% of the internet, which includes this place.

At least I still get the news sites (yeah, I'm too cheap to buy a newspaper)

sirwoogie · « **Reply #27 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:13:27 am »

Yes, I understand how bandwidth can be a concern for the company. I'll give you the situation you face with BYOAC and then it can be taken from there

The forum and main site use gzip compression. All text is compressed at least 90% on average.
You can disable signatures and avatars from showing up through selections in your profile. This will limit the images downloaded.
Depending on your browser, you can tell it to not download images form selective sites unless you permit it to. Thus, any attachment heavy threads (read cheesecake) will not hit you either.
Ask if your company deploys content caching mechanism (forward proxy, etc) to reduce the amount of external bandwidth usage required. If they are spending 21k a month for bandwidth, and can't spend 3k up front to alleviate some of that, then they are just idiotic.

Havok · « **Reply #28 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:06:27 pm »

Don't be rippin on the cheesecake - you'll start a riot!

sirwoogie · « **Reply #29 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:21:11 pm »

Quote from: Havok on October 10, 2005, 12:06:27 pm

Don't be rippin on the cheesecake - you'll start a riot!

Not a rip at all, just a current example. I've rather enjoyed some of those posts.

hyiu · « **Reply #30 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:57:30 pm »

my $0.02 cents...

I don't think reading forums like these uses much bandwidth...

but if someone in your company listens to things thru the web...
radio, news, video,... streaming.... then they'll suck it up BIG TIME !!!...

but yeah... options like cache the page, automatically re-load page (will not re-load everything everytime you hit reload... and loading images, ... etc. that can take down the bandwidth...

Zakk · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:27:40 pm »

I just told my secretary that she can browse the BYOAC forums all she wants.

Stingray · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:43:22 pm »

Wow, she has the coolest boss in the world and she doesn't even appraciate it.

-S

Zakk · « **Reply #33 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:01:46 pm »

Yeah, considering she was at my house having a drink on a -paid- holiday Monday, while she was telling me she's thinking of going to work as an assistant for an agent at another Broker $:-\$

Stingray · « **Reply #34 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:20:37 pm »

Maybe because her new boss won't make her come over to his house for "drinks" on her day off.

-S

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #35 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:40:13 pm »

A friend of mine works for the toll way. He says every month they get a memo listing everyone in their department, and what they use the internet for. One of the things on the list is "Adult Material". They do it to scare their employees, and it works, he no longer opens any email from me or his other friends because after he told us we kept filling his in box with "Adult Material".

When they first started doing this, a guy in his department had over 80% of his internet usage go to Adult Material.

Luckily I work for wonderful people who don't monitor what I look at or post.

I love my job and everyone I work for/with.

Skadar · « **Reply #36 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:41:45 pm »

Quote from: BrokenBones on October 10, 2005, 12:19:56 am

In August, the amount of data downloaded by browsing the internet was 240 Gigabytes (GB). Just to put that in context, 240GB would account for about 240,000 average visits to the Sydney Morning Herald Website.

This heavy usage cost the company just over $21,000 for the month of August.

Your company is getting charged $87 per Gig? Who is the freakin' retard in charge of securing your bandwidth?

A homeowner can download that much from Optimum Online (cable modem) for like $45/month. That's 50 DVDs. Admittedly quite a lot for a single person... but it could be done.... um.. not that I would know.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #37 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:46:56 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on October 10, 2005, 05:40:13 pm

...Luckily I

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #38 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:04:46 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on October 10, 2005, 05:40:13 pm

Luckily I work for wonderful people who don't monitor what I look at or post.

Luckily I'm the guy that monitors what my company looks at or posts.

duffjr · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2005, 12:01:32 am »

Quote from: Zakk on October 10, 2005, 04:01:46 pm

Yeah, considering she was at my house having a drink on a -paid- holiday Monday, while she was telling me she's thinking of going to work as an assistant for an agent at another Broker $:-\$

she wants you to have sex with her and then give her a raise.


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