Thread: Earth from Outerspace

fuckin work disabled youtube videos =(

Originally Posted by sofargone561

fuckin work disabled youtube videos =(

That sucks. I mean, I can understand that they want to block me from porn sites at work, but who blocks YouTube?

This is the most awesome stuff, the galaxy & the universe.

idk its stupid as fuck they have facebook and everything else blocked and i have no problem with that but why youtube? i used it to listewn to music and pass time during the slow hours. would they rasther me talk on the phone? i dont get it but im pissed about it!

This is truly amazing. It's insane to think that this exists somewhere, and how small everything truly is. Jupiter exists. Saturn exists. It is not fantasy, that is actually somewhere, touchable, observable.

Originally Posted by sofargone561

idk its stupid as fuck they have facebook and everything else blocked and i have no problem with that but why youtube? i used it to listewn to music and pass time during the slow hours. would they rasther me talk on the phone? i dont get it but im pissed about it!

a lot of company's block all website that can basically "distract" the worker which don't serve any other purpose. that and reducing bandwidth from all streaming content sites, etc.


sick videos though...

There was a video I saw before about the end of the NASA space program. Was about 3 mins long and was talking about the feats of NASA, the Apollo program, etc., and it was pretty epic vid. Can't find it now although...

ya idk what happend though. they even told me when i got the job it was ok to watch videos as long as it wasnt work friendly and i had nothing else to do. theirs night when i cant even finish my work and theirs nights when i come in sit down and dont move and inch for the whole 8 hours in here... i need youtube! lmoa

Originally Posted by LAM

a lot of company's block all website that can basically "distract" the worker which don't serve any other purpose. that and reducing bandwidth from all streaming content sites, etc.


sick videos though...

Originally Posted by sofargone561

idk its stupid as fuck they have facebook and everything else blocked and i have no problem with that but why youtube? i used it to listewn to music and pass time during the slow hours. would they rasther me talk on the phone? i dont get it but im pissed about it!

try hidemyass.com or any other proxy server, sometimes it works

lol ok =)

Originally Posted by ecot3c inside

try hidemyass.com or any other proxy server, sometimes it works

Assuming your company's router doesn't block proxy sites: proxify.com

Originally Posted by fufu

Carl Sagan was the man! Such an inspirational guy.




Awesome post by the way, DOMS. Amazing footage.

Originally Posted by Crono1000

This is truly amazing. It's insane to think that this exists somewhere, and how small everything truly is. Jupiter exists. Saturn exists. It is not fantasy, that is actually somewhere, touchable, observable.

If you think that's amazing try to get your head around this concept. I spent weeks thinking about this after I watched "Cosmos". It drove me crazy trying to get my head around the concept of infinity and whether this theory in particular was likely to be a reality.

Originally Posted by BillHicksFan

If you think that's amazing try to get your head around this concept. I spent weeks thinking about this after I watched "Cosmos". It drove me crazy trying to get my head around the concept of infinity and whether this theory in particular was likely to be a reality.

my head just imploded

Originally Posted by DOMS

Assuming your company's router doesn't block proxy sites: proxify.com

I ran these sites by my brother, who is a Sr Systems Admin, and he said while he already has these sites blocked, if you use such a site to hit a blocked site such as youtube or facebook those keywords trigger a block as well.

IT fukkers ruin all the fun right?

Bad ass video BTW.

Originally Posted by DOMS

That sucks. I mean, I can understand that they want to block me from porn sites at work, but who blocks YouTube?

I block youtube...except for me. I don't want workers slowing down my video loading time. They should be working instead of watching youtube.

The big blue marble with lights even...!

Way kool!

Thanks OP, and Carl sagan posters.
Always good to hear from the sagan.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I block youtube...except for me. I don't want workers slowing down my video loading time. They should be working instead of watching youtube.

i work my ass off but their are times when all work is completed and literaly nothing to do. wtf to they want me to do? use the company phone for personal time?

Originally Posted by sofargone561

i work my ass off but their are times when all work is completed and literaly nothing to do. wtf to they want me to do? use the company phone for personal time?

yep...I ran into that a lot when I worked in the private sector. then I used to get bored and start snooping around the network which just got me into trouble.

Originally Posted by LAM

yep...I ran into that a lot when I worked in the private sector. then I used to get bored and start snooping around the network which just got me into trouble.

lol ya i try not to do anything bad i mainly used youtube for music and i would put on a saved playlist and let it play while i worked but now nothing so im left gpoign through things and trying to text everyone in my phone for a convesation lmao

Originally Posted by sofargone561

lol ya i try not to do anything bad i mainly used youtube for music and i would put on a saved playlist and let it play while i worked but now nothing so im left gpoign through things and trying to text everyone in my phone for a convesation lmao

The 21st century blues...

Originally Posted by sofargone561

i work my ass off but their are times when all work is completed and literaly nothing to do. wtf to they want me to do? use the company phone for personal time?

I know your joking, but a serious reply is this: I believe that there are proper ways to manage company resources. T1 lines are expensive, and resources are limited. If I allowed youtube, facebook, or myspace on my network, worker productivity would fall, and load on the network would jump dramatically. The hospital internet access would be almost unusable.

I treat my users with courtesy and respect, but I look on them like the scum of the earth. "You whiny worthless fucking maggots! I wouldn't have to be the internet Nazi if you ignorant fucks would stop pegging out the t1 doing stupid like 5 people in the business office all listening to a different internet radio feed."

Network and system Admins grow a thick skin pretty quick. We get use to telling people "no", and the people we say no to all think we are just being dicks when we are just doing what has to be done to keep the system running.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I block youtube...except for me. I don't want workers slowing down my video loading time. They should be working instead of watching youtube.

You're a sys admin, alright.

Originally Posted by DOMS

You're a sys admin, alright.

Director of IT, but for a hospital of this size, it is the same thing really.

Originally Posted by Mitchelha

This is the most awesome stuff, the galaxy & the universe.

True and the steroids also