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  • #16
    How about an IRC Java client?
    There's an Opera in my macbook.

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    • #17
      As a network admin I am pretty horrified by this thread. Basically your workstation and everything that goes on in your workstation is the property of your company. So they will get annoyed when they find out (depends how rigorously they check logs) what she's trying to do. Most people think it's a rather gestapo way of running a company but what else do you expect them to do?

      Buy her a phone with plenty of free sms credits and use that. It's much safer.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by dbdg
        Were not allowed to install anything on our machines at work, not that that stops me though. we are also not allowed to use any webmail apps, again not a problem for me, they don't block webmail.mydomain.com

        We're slowly upgrading to Lotus 6.5, once we do we will be able to use the built in IM, or so we've been told.
        You would, except that AIM now blocks sametime.
        The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

        I'm the least you could do
        If only life were as easy as you
        I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
        If only life were as easy as you
        I would still get screwed

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Whirl-Secret
          As a network admin I am pretty horrified by this thread. Basically your workstation and everything that goes on in your workstation is the property of your company. So they will get annoyed when they find out (depends how rigorously they check logs) what she's trying to do. Most people think it's a rather gestapo way of running a company but what else do you expect them to do?

          Buy her a phone with plenty of free sms credits and use that. It's much safer.
          Ok here's the deal. Her corporate IT is FINE with instant messaging, BUT they can't poke holes in her firewall. They're FINE with her running but not installing Trillian, but they won't facilitate it.

          As an IT Engineer (yeah, I'm employed now) and a Systems Administrator, I wouldn't ask these sorts of questions without having done due diligence.

          The problem is that the "accepted solution" that corporate agreed on was to use AIM. This resulted in closing the MSN ports by corporate decree. Now AIM is blocking their sametime plugin, and IT is in a bind. They are working on getting corporate to re-authorize MSN but in the meantime people are just stuck and everyone is upset about it.

          So, no need to be "horrified".
          The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

          I'm the least you could do
          If only life were as easy as you
          I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
          If only life were as easy as you
          I would still get screwed

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          • #20
            Gurm has a job? *horrified*

            Seriously though, nice one Gurm! You kept that quiet on here.
            FT.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Fat Tone
              Gurm has a job? *horrified*

              Seriously though, nice one Gurm! You kept that quiet on here.
              Yeah he's even a decent coworker. yeah I was shocked too.
              Wikipedia and Google.... the needles to my tangent habit.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by Claymonkey
                Yeah he's even a decent coworker. yeah I was shocked too.
                So he is modelling for your life drawing classes?
                FT.

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                • #23
                  as for the topic at hand MSN has a hard problem running on 80, 8080 or 21. However, I know yahoo works on most of those as does aim I believe.
                  Wikipedia and Google.... the needles to my tangent habit.
                  ________________________________________________

                  That special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts, Or maybe below the cockles, Maybe in the sub-cockle area, Maybe in the liver, Maybe in the kidneys, Maybe even in the colon, We don't know.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Claymonkey
                    as for the topic at hand MSN has a hard problem running on 80, 8080 or 21. However, I know yahoo works on most of those as does aim I believe.
                    Hmm really? Yeah IIRC the "real" Yahoo client auto-drops to 80 or 8080 when it can't get to the server. I'll have to install that at home, suss out the server IP, and get it going with trillian. Bleh.
                    The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                    I'm the least you could do
                    If only life were as easy as you
                    I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                    If only life were as easy as you
                    I would still get screwed

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Fat Tone
                      So he is modelling for your life drawing classes?

                      HAHAHAHAHA....eww heck no *shudder*

                      He is working for my company now. At my day job I am an IT Engineer. The art thing is still currently my night job.
                      Wikipedia and Google.... the needles to my tangent habit.
                      ________________________________________________

                      That special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts, Or maybe below the cockles, Maybe in the sub-cockle area, Maybe in the liver, Maybe in the kidneys, Maybe even in the colon, We don't know.

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                      • #26
                        So tell us more about the real Gurm...
                        FT.

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                        • #27
                          In real life, he is a left wing tree hugger
                          Juu nin to iro


                          English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Sasq
                            In real life, he is a left wing tree hugger
                            You caught me. In fact, with this new job I can finally afford a new pair of Birkenstocks!

                            (*shudder*)
                            The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                            I'm the least you could do
                            If only life were as easy as you
                            I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                            If only life were as easy as you
                            I would still get screwed

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Gurm
                              You caught me. In fact, with this new job I can finally afford a new pair of Birkenstocks!

                              (*shudder*)
                              darn it.. now I have to return your gift. Wait... I hand made them with twigs and leaves... sigh
                              Wikipedia and Google.... the needles to my tangent habit.
                              ________________________________________________

                              That special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts, Or maybe below the cockles, Maybe in the sub-cockle area, Maybe in the liver, Maybe in the kidneys, Maybe even in the colon, We don't know.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Gurm
                                Ok here's the deal........ So, no need to be "horrified".
                                Well now that you've explained a bit more it's not sooo bad. But I have to admit from my point of view, my job is to make sure that the IT technology always provides the best support for people to do their jobs, and that people don't get the chance to mess up their technology, or their job workflow.

                                IM is a big no-no in my company, so that shapes my opinion on it. I'm pretty suprised that any large company would allow it since it's very hard to log, and everything really needs logged these days. If the police came to the front door and said that people were transferring child porn to a company's IP addresses through IM, then guess who gets in trouble?

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