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10-07-2005, 10:53 AM
Any of you work in an office pre-inernet days? What did you do all day?
tdarko
10-07-2005, 10:54 AM
work?
SL__72
10-07-2005, 10:55 AM
Water cooler?
IndieMatty
10-07-2005, 10:56 AM
Smoked.
CollinEstes
10-07-2005, 10:56 AM
http://technology.rustybrick.com/blog/archives/p826025reg.jpg


Did you see Seinfeld last night?
10-07-2005, 10:56 AM
Solitaire
miajag81
10-07-2005, 10:58 AM
Every job I've had since I was 18 has involved sitting in front of a computer with Internet access. Kind of sad that I can't even imagine doing 8 solid hours of nonstop work. As for what people did pre-Internet, I guess shoot the bull with each other, talk to wife/girlfriend on phone, etc. I could ask my dad, who has worked in offices for the past 30 years. Recently, though, even he has been online a lot at work.
10-07-2005, 11:01 AM
Read newspaper/magazine, listen to walkman, daydream, can always find ways not to do work.
JordanIB
10-07-2005, 11:06 AM
Their jobs?
Toro
10-07-2005, 11:29 AM
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Be bored.
Vavavoom
10-07-2005, 11:30 AM
Talk...

Social skills are lacking now due to Text Messages/IM/Internet being used all the time...

Having I would counteract that with that Knowledge has increased by the vast wealth of knowledge being available at the touch of a button...
BoogerFace
10-07-2005, 11:30 AM
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Smoked.

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xadrez
10-07-2005, 11:57 AM
contemplated suicide
ddollevoet
10-07-2005, 11:59 AM
Sex in the supplies closet.
sfer
10-07-2005, 12:00 PM
Minesweeper.

Anyone older than me wanna explain pre-Windows and pre-PC?
Toro
10-07-2005, 12:03 PM
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Sex in the supplies closet.

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Then I would disconnect the computer if I were you.
SL__72
10-07-2005, 12:05 PM
Pre-windows would mean q-basic games. The gorillas throwing bananas at each other or nibbles!
10-07-2005, 01:12 PM
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The gorillas throwing bananas at each other

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OMFG! I forgot all about that. My boss will send you the bill /images/graemlins/grin.gif
diebitter
10-07-2005, 01:14 PM
Flirt with any marginally attractive secretary.
offTopic
10-07-2005, 01:32 PM
Work...and try to figure out WTF to do if you happened to finish up early. I had the (dis)pleasure of working for a big defense contractor in the late 80s, and a lot of my menial job was done at a PC XT. /images/graemlins/blush.gif No network, lots of paper mail. Awful.
antidan444
10-07-2005, 02:13 PM
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Interns.
TheCroShow
10-07-2005, 03:33 PM
lol @ gorillas throwing bananas, classic. solitaire and tetris were also up there
GrandmaStabone
10-07-2005, 04:01 PM
this is kind of a hijack, but whatever -

My job recently blocked ALL internet access at work (except for the company homepage). The blocking is being done by something called "Websense", does anyone know how/if I can get around this?
TheCroShow
10-07-2005, 04:10 PM
http://www.2600.com/demo/pics/moscow/plan2.jpg
TimM
10-07-2005, 04:16 PM
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Minesweeper.

Anyone older than me wanna explain pre-Windows and pre-PC?

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1987 - Chess with my Russian co-worker. Books, newspapers, magazines. Solitaire with a real deck of cards.
SossMan
10-07-2005, 04:44 PM
http://www.spilsbury.com/wcsstore/Spilsbury/images/products/large/3391.jpg
PokerMatt
10-07-2005, 04:57 PM
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this is kind of a hijack, but whatever -

My job recently blocked ALL internet access at work (except for the company homepage). The blocking is being done by something called "Websense", does anyone know how/if I can get around this?

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I work for a state government and they use Websense. The way it's set up for us is that they block or restrict certain things. They give you a certain amount of time per day to access "restricted" sites (like sports, entertainment, web-based email, etc), which you can use in time blocks (so you want to make sure you open as many pages as possible before the session runs out /images/graemlins/smile.gif). The "blocked" catagory includes things like gambling (and 2+2 by extension /images/graemlins/frown.gif) and porn. By the looks of it your company put almost everything in the "blocked" catagory.

It's not that hard to get around it, at least for me. Some sites don't even get caught by the filter. If you can access google, you can open up the cached webpage and that will get you around the filter. However, it seems like you can't get to google so I don't know if this will work for you.
BradleyT
10-07-2005, 05:00 PM
Figured out how to network chat on the mainframe OS (MVS).
10-07-2005, 05:00 PM
You could probably set up Remote Desktop (via Windows XP) and just surf the web from your home computer. It's very unlikely that they would block the RD ports, and it would get past the anemic web filters that most companies use.

-dustyn
BradleyT
10-07-2005, 05:02 PM
Or they could do the work they're supposed to be doing and not break the rules that were set in place.