It seems companies are tired of people surfing the net to get work done. I always like to tell the story about the time I had a computer upgrade that was actually a processor and ram downgrade that prevented me from doing my primary job for two weeks because the software applications I needed to run needed more than a 128 megs of ram and a Celeron processor.

I have worked for years in an organization that takes surfing to unauthorized sites very seriously and they have long laundry list of sites you cannot get to. I once e-mailed a commonly used utility to my work account and because the file was a executable in a zip the system admin went nuts on me. After I showed him the application was on the authorized use list he calmed down, but I have had to deal with my share of Internet Police.

What's it like at your work, how much are you controlled, do you have problems getting to legitimate resources? [www.notestips.com]