SSmith
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One of the great privileges of working for the federal government is an unprecedented amount of oversite on every action/decision its employees take. Of course this includes internet use as well. Today it hit a new low though. I went to the retirement account website to see what the days markets looked like. And on top where there used to be Google AdSense ads, now showed the grey box with "Access Denied" across it.
I laughed and thought it was a mistake. Some 1s and 0s got mixed up in the router that ended up with it being blocked. So I went to check my blog which also has Google Adsense ads on it. Sure enough, they all had the same "Access Denied" message in the box where the ads were.
Later in the morning I cross the IT guy in the hallway and mention that Ive seen some odds things on Google Adsense ads today. He perks an eyebrow and comments, "Youve seen something on Adsense today? We blocked those yesterday evening. We got directed that they weren't mission critical." I must have done a double take, smiled, and walked away.
Its good to know that in a operating environment where our network drives are up only around 50% of the time (and they still insist we use them for primary file storage), forced XP updates locking everyone out of their computer, and the threat of thumb drives eliminated--we are now safe from the danger posed by Google Adsense. If we have Google Adsense on office computers, the terrorists win. And even better is the time that was wasted developing that solution that could have been focused working on other IT issues that affect office workflow.
(I dont really care that it was Adsense blocked. It just bothers me that THATS what they are allocating their resources to resolve.)
Anyone else got any good IT stories?
/rant
I laughed and thought it was a mistake. Some 1s and 0s got mixed up in the router that ended up with it being blocked. So I went to check my blog which also has Google Adsense ads on it. Sure enough, they all had the same "Access Denied" message in the box where the ads were.
Later in the morning I cross the IT guy in the hallway and mention that Ive seen some odds things on Google Adsense ads today. He perks an eyebrow and comments, "Youve seen something on Adsense today? We blocked those yesterday evening. We got directed that they weren't mission critical." I must have done a double take, smiled, and walked away.
Its good to know that in a operating environment where our network drives are up only around 50% of the time (and they still insist we use them for primary file storage), forced XP updates locking everyone out of their computer, and the threat of thumb drives eliminated--we are now safe from the danger posed by Google Adsense. If we have Google Adsense on office computers, the terrorists win. And even better is the time that was wasted developing that solution that could have been focused working on other IT issues that affect office workflow.
(I dont really care that it was Adsense blocked. It just bothers me that THATS what they are allocating their resources to resolve.)
Anyone else got any good IT stories?
/rant