On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:53:08 -0500, woodchucker nospam.nospam.com
wrote:

On 1/8/2013 1:59 PM, Casper wrote:
First it says that cyberspace is now legally considered an extension of
the workplace. as such, I am not allowed to post anything negative about
anyone or anything at anytime whether work related or not. I am not
allowed to post any negative comments period.

If you are permitted access to the internet from work for personal
use, you are fortunate. Many companies do not allow access for
regardless of if it may help with work.

Some comapnies setup guest internet connections but usually employees
are not allowed to access them as they could violate policy, leak
information, or inadvertantly allow outsiders access.

Honestly, the worst thing you can do is access the internet, personal
email or other personal information from your work computer. Once you
do the company has access to that information and should any
authorities request it, they are legally bound to divulge it.

You may not think much of that but as someone who has witnessed
employee firings and prosecution for doing just that, it's one thing I
will never do. Long gone are the .com days of happy work computing.

Here is one example ...
Guy working in a software company would go out to lunch and pick up a
DVD rental. Back at the office he would rip it to his work laptop,
which he took home every night to work on. When the company found out
he was immediately terminated and fortunate not to be prosecuted. He
didn't think he was doing anything wrong. Ergo, he wasn't thinking.

What happened to this country... (I don't need an answer I already know).
woodchucker

This is not about work computing, this is about home computing. They
believe that my time at home is an extension of their time.

They believe any negativity is a poor reflection of them. So if I were
to call you a name here on my time, my computer, my network, it would
violate their policy, and could lead to my termination.

If they really think your time is theirs, to that degree, it's
certainly not a place I would work. Overtime is one thing (I agreed
to do the work). Owning my inventions/patents is OK (I just won't
bother on my own time). But owning my thoughts after I've left work, I
don't think so.

As far as that guy using their equipment to rip DVDs he was an idiot.
That violates other agreements big time.

We are all going to be plain vanilla people going forward. No one will
be any different than the next. All men will wear dresses and all woman
the pants, since that is what society is expecting of us. Men are now
encouraged to not exhibit any hostility... any hostility means we are
abnormal.... funny, I thought that's what made us men....

Can't have *any* individuality. Vote Democratic. "You didn't make
that."

What made this country great... having the balls to explore and go out
in tough environments .. the meek followed. We are repeatedly being told
that this is bad behavior not acceptable. Anger must be controlled. It
would be F'd up if some idiot walked around punching people in the face,
but controlling everything to the Nth degree is preventing everyone from
being themselves, that's not acceptable. We need to explore and
sometimes slap someone around verbally ... it's natural. For companies
to say no you can't is the beginning of the end.

If you're a cow, you'll be cowed.