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Roll Poll: What's your "signal?" News about ________ -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:23 9
- Oppuntunities. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:32
- Video games. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:31
- Libraries and info searching, I guess. Or ukulele? -- nm - mara Dec 14, 11:28
- awesomeness -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:26 1
  - Like all my wicked Batman:AA2 links from last night. Awesomeness. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:31
- comics -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:26 2
  - nmbB - Spawn Dec 14, 11:29 1
    - in was a good scene. -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:31
- Supernatural -- nm - Epiphany Dec 14, 11:23
Alpha Chi hates me. -- (link) - Dano Dec 14, 11:20 [youtube]
I don't think any employer should be able to access personal communications from its employees. - Loyola Dec 14, 11:14 16
- I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an employee to conduct their personal stuff on their personal equipment. - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:30 1
  - I could imagine a situation where the boss calls an employee into the office and says "Look you've been sending 50 personal emails a day. Now I don't - Loyola Dec 14, 11:36
- I have access to all comms that use our servers, and from a legal standpoint it's in the companies best interest to have that. That said - scorpion Dec 14, 11:20 8
  - I don't have a dog in the hunt about this, as they say, but I will say the rights of an individual to privacy should not be checked at the employer's - Loyola Dec 14, 11:30 3
    - And don't think I don't treat VP's with the same scrutiny as I do the floor sweeper, any CEO that wants to be above reproach doesn't hire me -- nm - scorpion Dec 14, 11:36
    - The company owns all data and corospondance as a function of continuing to do business, email is nothing more than data. -- nm - scorpion Dec 14, 11:34
    - The rights aren't checked at the door. Their rights are restricted when using company property. The employer has - TWuG Dec 14, 11:33
  - Can you read their gmail if you want to? - psilotum Dec 14, 11:29 3
    - HTTPS is harder, you need to intercept on hte equipment it self. Non HTTPS is not really hard with ARP cashe poison -- nm - scorpion Dec 14, 11:40
    - Anything can be intercepted and decrypted, if you have enough time and resources. - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:31 1
      - Was just going to say that....I know the tools and how to use them, but it's never come up so far. -- nm - scorpion Dec 14, 11:34
- What if a civilian employee of the local police station abuses the caller ID of the police station to impersonate an officer and steal money? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:16 2
  - *kick* -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:18
  - Save for official police investigations into criminal offences obviously. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 11:17
- Don't use your work computer for personal communications. Case closed. And if you do, use HTTPS to access the website -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:15 1
  - *Ding* -- nm - scorpion Dec 14, 11:22
(TFoX Signal): SXSW adds 230 more arists for 2010 - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:12 18
- ive heard of 7. seems much more international this year?. -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 11:25
- david francey's kind of a less political, scottish billy bragg - mafic Dec 14, 11:23 2
  - Luke Doucet is like the lost third lead singer of Blue Rodeo. - Reagen Dec 14, 11:25 1
    - Russian Futurists = boring psychedlic electronic pop. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 11:29
- huh, I went to university with jill barber. -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 11:19 1
  - (and a good friend of mine stalked her brother matt, to the point of figuring out what classes he was in and signing up or waiting outside). -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 11:25
- Yeah, don't know like any of them -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 11:18
- *shrug* The Low Anthem are a pretty well regarded local band, but other than that, I got nothing. -- nm - TFox Dec 14, 11:17
- On first glance I've heard of about... 6 of them. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 11:14 9
  - that's the point (theoretically) of SXSW - exposing new acts -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 11:19 3
    - as I said, not a criticism. - Reagen Dec 14, 11:21 2
      - more of a general comment. it does seem like they are much closer to that goal than usual. -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 11:26
      - Don't back down! -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:23
  - really? -- nm - dogbert Dec 14, 11:17
  - Silly Reagen, this is all about quantity, not quality. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:16 3
    - it's not a criticism. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 11:18 2
      - I think it is. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:20 1
        
        kid, your face... -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 11:22
STIS: I need some noise reduction software for photos. Should I go Photoshop? Noise Ninja? any freeware? -- nm - CQ Dec 14, 11:11 1
- I've used the noise reduction in paint.net with good success -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:14
I'm loving this $20 game trend. This zero gravity FPS looks freaking awesome -- (link) - oblique Dec 14, 11:10 [youtube] 2
- #games# -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:16
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Now I feel bad. I built and am using the GB base and I just caught the base BPs again. - TWuG Dec 14, 11:09
I hate to say it, but I'm a bigger fan of Diet Dr. Depper and Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper than Cherry Coke Zero. Cherry Coke Zero is tasting too syrupy - oblique Dec 14, 11:04 3
- Diet. Pepsi -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:10
- diet wild cherry pepsi -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:05 1
  - I've always thought Pepsi worse than Coke in that department -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:05
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- I don't see how picking on Nick Folk is going to solve anything. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:06 1
  - L5 -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:08
Dear Wiley: Take That is an annoying song. Don't do that again. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:59
Wow...the Red Sox really are the Yankees annoying little brother, aren't they? - Jim Dec 14, 10:55 1
- I agree with your IM. -- nm - TFox Dec 14, 10:56
I need 45 point and over combined tonight to win $105 -- nm - CQ Dec 14, 10:55
I'm ready for Lita Ford's comeback. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:54 2
- funny you mention that. She's been hitting the road and playing a lot of festivals lately. Apparently doing a good job. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 10:55 1
  - well then she's ready for a reality show, at least. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 11:02
ML, Hernandez probably has a shot at being 5th starter. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 14, 10:53 2
- I hope Bergesen is okay. I'm scared the weirdness of this leg injury will mess up his delivery. -- nm - Inigo Dec 14, 10:56 1
  - I've heard he's either 100% or very close. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 14, 11:03
The World's Busiest Target� was surprisingly manageable last night. - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:52
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- No. In fact I'll go so far as to say that any communication over a device provided by an employer is that employer's business. - TWuG Dec 14, 10:58 2
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    - Are you talking USPS mail or electronic mail? Because the USPS is governed by rules that protect the privacy of the mail - TWuG Dec 14, 11:02
- I think he had unless he was explicitly told prior to getting the phone that his boss can read his text messages whenever he likes. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 10:56 1
  - Oh he signed a "computer usage, internet, and email policy" Still though, hardly covers phones. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 11:01
- I'm sure the same application of privacy can be expected as with Workstation PC's owned by a company, which is the employee doesn't have any. - scorpion Dec 14, 10:56
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- your IM was my initial reaction as well, without having read any details. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:53
- Might it depend on what he was told in his training? -- nm - mara Dec 14, 10:53
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- I can't get a feel for if I'll like this show/movie or not. - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:04
- This will be a musical, right? - con_carne Dec 14, 11:00 3
  - Hm. The number "Be Italian" is all over the ads. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 11:02 1
    - Clearly, I'm not paying attn - con_carne Dec 14, 11:13
  - you don't hear the big musical number and see...the musical numbers? -- nm - Max Dec 14, 11:01
- I know I'm not going to like it. plus, I'm in the minority, but I don't find Cruz luminous or sensuous or luxurious or blah blah blah. - Max Dec 14, 10:57 3
  - Loren is kind of perfect for that role...hope she does a good job with it. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 10:59
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    - nor radiant nor captivating nor icon. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 11:00
- I'm there... -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 10:52
has Stacy been around lately? -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 10:47 4
- she last posted on December 9th -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:03
- She got, or is in the process of getting, a job with the TSA. Her time may be limited now. -- nm - TWuG Dec 14, 11:00 2
  - she seems to have plenty of time for Mob Wars -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 11:25 1
    - oh, so maybe she's just gone to the mattresses -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:27
ugh I hate peach yogurt. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 10:46 4
- yum. Had some with breakfast this moring (Yoplait light, Harvest Peach. ) -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:47 3
  - Dannon Light&Fit for me. I buy this big pack of assorted flavors and peach is in it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 10:52 1
    - ~Peaches come in a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown~ -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 10:55
  - I have that one all the time. It rules. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 10:49
Top 25 Canadians albums of the 2000's (no House of Ill Fame makes Beak something something) -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 10:46 1
- a decent list as they skipped Nickelback entirely -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:47
STIS: I'm looking for a site that has NFL team records against every other, like the Dolphins & Jaguars series is now at 2-2. -- nm - ceregon Dec 14, 10:44 1
- never mind, found it -- nm - ceregon Dec 14, 11:08
Here's my whole movie list for the year, with Away We Go on top. that and Up in the Air, 500 Days of Summer, and Management make for a good string. -- (link) - Max Dec 14, 10:39 7
- heh - Knowing is lower than Miss March -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:08
- State of play was my biggest disappointment of the year, followed by District 9. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 10:43 3
  - I'm probably a little biased on it because of how much I liked the British miniseries. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 10:44 2
    - yeah the mini was solid. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 10:47
    - i loved the miniseries too. Would probably have been better if I'd watched the film first and the tv run after. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 10:46
- 1 & 9 barely rated above average for me. #7 is in my bottom 5 of the year. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 10:42 1
  - I still don't get your opinion on #1. - kelly Dec 14, 11:30
Well that's one way to get people to not come to the department holiday party. - znufrii Dec 14, 10:38
So I had at least 6 different people at Christmas parties and church tell me that I looked thinner - oblique Dec 14, 10:37 22
- nice -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:47
- "Hey, wow, you can use doors now?!" -- nm - TFox Dec 14, 10:46 4
  - heh. I don't think it was that bad but 20lb must visibly show -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 10:48 3
    - yeah, 20 lbs does show. In my case, my face would look a lot different if I dropped 20, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:53
    - makes sense. That's getting close to 10% of your body weight. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:50 1
      - I never really though of it that way. *grin* -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:01
- nee-chay! -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 10:46
- Fair play to you. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 10:44
- good for you! -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 10:43
- Right on! -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 10:41
- that's the Sex Panther working. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 10:40
- WTG!!! - MojaveMeg Dec 14, 10:40 6
  - What she said^^^^ - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:41
  - It does. I joked that my whole point is to lose weight so I can eat everything in sight in Mexico in a few weeks - oblique Dec 14, 10:41 4
    - *flee* -- nm - Mexican Children Dec 14, 10:42 3
      - *follow* -- nm - Mexican dogs Dec 14, 10:43 2
        
        *unsure* -- nm - Mexican Senoritas Dec 14, 10:44 1
        
        acción hobbit suave? nos encanta! -- nm - Mexican Senoritas Dec 14, 10:47
- excellent -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:39
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  - It's funny because at first I think "Oh, so I was fat?" and then I think "Oh, yeah, I was" - oblique Dec 14, 10:39
- nice job. -- nm - decline Dec 14, 10:38
B3: Truman: Rome and Band of Brothers are 1/2 in my best ever TV shows...a must watch IMO -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:36
I read this and thought of nubby and then though, that bitch ain't worth $90 though -- (link) - oblique Dec 14, 10:36 1
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$12.99 for 37 Tragically Hip songs on iTunes ... I don't think I can say no to that. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:34 2
- is that their GH? An excellent GH album if so. -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:37 1
  - "Yer Favourites (International version)" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:38
I bench the players (and asked the exact same question last year :) ). -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:33 1
- Now I have to root for 'Zona's D to suck donkey balls as I am up by 4 and opponent has their D -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:34
I'm a free bitch, baby -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:32 9
- Still overpriced. - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 10:35
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  - what, are you planning the next ST gathering or something? -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:34 5
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      - I'm confused by this. - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:42 3
        
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        ha. - adventy97 Dec 14, 10:45 1
        
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