How many guys log onto this forum while at work or School?

[SilverSpike]

My job in IT support has me behind a computer about 99% of the time so I have many opportunities to access the MR forum while at work. Most of my replies during the week are posted from work, and those on the weekend are posted from home. I do also access the MR site at home when posting images since those are stored on my home PC.

- Ryan

[Anonymous]

I'm currently self employed, but viewed this forum at work for a couple years.

I tend to try to live by the standard of knowing that anyone could figure out where I've been on the internet (IT guys), what I've spent money on (credit card companies), where I've been physically (video surveillance cameras). I saw a thing on TV once that said the average person in a big city like New York City is captured on 75 cameras per day or something like that.

So, worst case scenario, someone would find out that I spent some time on a MRR forum. I figured it was ok, considering I'd see my boss on motocross sites (2 jobs ago), and see my most recent boss on Mountain Biking sites.

Another cool thing about this forum when I was at an office was the lack of pictures - not like the mountain biking sites I'd see my old boss on, where it was very obvious what he was doing. This site could very well look like an engineering message board!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by DSPA77

Wow there seems to be a lot of bad boys on here. LOL That is cool though, going online at work. Its much needed at some of these boring jobs out there.

I guess your job of firefighting is pretty exciting huh?

[Anonymous]

Wow there seems to be a lot of bad boys on here. LOL That is cool though, going online at work. Its much needed at some of these boring jobs out there.

[samgolden]

I do all my surfing at home. I don't work

Sam

[Attaboy]

I log in to read at work, mostly. Seldom post during work though(like now). I'm a state gov't employee and our computer work can be monitored. They kind of frown on using taxpayer funded equipment for personal use.

[Anonymous]

Im 13 and ,well my school has wi fi, and so does my laptop, so during my study halls, ill give help where i can and ask when i need to, not to say, i havent been caught, but the teachers think its a good hobby and always let me off the hook, who knew, i got to procrastinate, AND have fun, DURING SCHOOL!

[Anonymous]

Probably about 90% will admit it and 10% lie about it.

[selector]

I just won a contract to teach undergrad psych courses to military officers through the Royal Military College of Canada. It will be done through their continuing ed. program, most of which is online. So, while I monitor discussion groups, like this one, I will occasionally be able to catch up in this forum. Yay, my addiction is fueled.

[Anonymous]

Like DSPA77, I'm self employed. It's either frantic or slow in the office. When it's slow I'm either on the computer or working on new marketing plans. The office is my only access to high speed internet. Gotta have it since we do are our quoting and submitting on line. Obviously it's slow today and I'm not working on marketing.

[Anonymous]

I'll find a break, during the day and check out the forums at work or at school. But, only when I'm not busy with another project.

Alvie.

[dbduck]

My work requires me at times to be there strictly on "stand-by", just in case something should go wrong. This is usually at night or on weekends, so obviously my time is spent at the computer mostly here or e-bay

[Roadtrp]

I log onto this forum from work... sometimes a lot, sometimes just a little.

I spend my entire day in front of a computer screen. A considerable portion of my time is spent writing and running SQL queries. If a query has quite a few joins and is going against large tables, it can take 10-15 minutes for a query to complete. You have to do SOMETHING while waiting for it, right?

The only thing we really need to worry about at work is connecting to a porn site. If they ever find someone doing that they are gone. Take it from me, a guy working in an IT department. The administrators of your servers can find out EVERYWHERE you've been if they ever bother looking. For the most part they don't look. They would get nothing else done if they were chasing after where 200 different users had been every day. But if they ever have reason to be suspicious, they can easily find out everything you do.

[oX)]

[mustanggt]

I would go on the forum at school if there was good computer in my study class. but hey- I can wait a few hours.[:D]

[Train 284]

I do sometimes at school. All I do is ask the teacher if I can look up something or type something up on the computer. The student computers are out of everyone's view so I can check up every now and again.

Matt

[Anonymous]

I do it at work and at home.There are quite a few pc's around I just get on one of them and go to MRR and hit the forum and here I am.

[trainboyH16-44]

Yeeeaaaah.....
I don't have a computer at home, so I do all of my forum stuff at school during my spare. Better than last term, when I did it during Humanities [:-^] (Which is like English and Social put together)
Trainboy

[selector]

Am I addicted? AM I ADDICTED, YOU ASK? Mother, I am soooooo addicted to this forum. I really need help, or so She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed tells me......hourly.

I recently retired from the Canadian Armed Forces as a Major. They wisely gave all desk staff internet access, but with a strict policy against access to unseemly sites. Believe me, if you did access those sites, you would learn how efficient the monitoring system is in the Dept of National Defence (Canadian spelling). Let's just say it wouldn't be very good for one's career.

As for other types of surfing, that was up to you, your sense of honour, and your ability to explain your behaviour to your supervising officer..who writes your annual performance evaluation, and who recommends you for advancement and training.

Nuff said.

[Anonymous]

I login whenever I have access to a computer...which is just about ALL the time, since I am an IT geek. I always check in during hourly breaks. I recently had to curtail my online replies though, since I was spending sometimes up to an hour or two composing those. (I have to spend SOME time rebuilding my layout too[;)].)

Yes, I am addicted, I admit it...

[Adelie]

It's bad when I have 4 windows open on the computer
1) Microsoft Outlook
2) Word with a work-related document
3) Mozilla with this site
4) CadRail

[West Coast S]

Heck, I do, from work when time allows..My boss even put in a T1 line and set up the mutliple internet account for my use...

[chrismay]

I log in often enough from work when have time. Heck I even have some of the office reading over my shoulder half the time. [:)]

[jjbmish]

Isn't work the proper time to surf this website? Its always interesting to see what is going on in the Model Railroading world.

John

[Anonymous]

Work or School ????

How about BOTH !!!

(I work at my school ... University, that is!)

Currently taking a break from grading ....

[SpaceMouse]

OW! That hurt.

Caught.

[BentnoseWillie]

Ahem

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[cwclark]

I work at a water treatment plant and all i do all day is a couple of water tests and then sit in front of a computer that controls the plant ..it's hours of bordom with moments of sheer terror...so , i get to play on the computer while operating the plant...is that multi-tasking or what?...I am thankful for the company letting us use the internet..it sure beats playing computer solitaire for 8 hours straight...chuck

[Anonymous]

Well, last term I had a gap between lectures on Fridays - one finished at 10am then the next was at 4pm. Lurking in the corner of the physics library (not my department, but it was quiet, warm, and empty!) and surfing the web was a good way to use up time. The fun part is seeing the expression of the person at the next PC when they notice the names of the sites you're using (this one, ebay, walthers, railpictures, etc...).

Now it's a case of surfing when I'm bored, which is quite often!

[Anonymous]

I'm gettin paid over 20.00 an hour to read this stuff.
HHHHhhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!!!