What a great and needed program (Feb 3, 2005)
This will help elimate people that consider their work computer their own.If you use the work computer for personal things, then get a personal computer at home. Employers have the right to use this product.



Employees to be billed for personal Net use?
By Munir Kotadia ZDNet Australia February 1, 2005, 9:13 AM PT


Employees who surf the Net at work could receive a bill each month for the cost of borrowed bandwidth and wasted time if Australia-based Exinda Networks' URL- and bandwidth-monitoring system takes off.
Exinda Networks says it's developed a system that allows a company to monitor exactly which Web sites are visited by each employee and how much bandwidth has been used--in terms of a cash loss to the employer.
Con Nikolouzakis, director of Exinda Networks, said the URL- and bandwidth-monitoring system was designed to ensure that employees are held responsible for the cost of misused bandwidth and time.
"If you use your office computer for Internet banking and booking theater tickets, you're fine. If you choose to use it to download illegal software, research personal interests or other non-business uses, then you could be issued with a 'please explain' and a bill for the costs of the bandwidth and time you wasted," Nikolouzakis said.
According to Nikolouzakis, access to certain sites can be blocked, and bandwidth abusers can have their bandwidth throttled, which would significantly slow that individual's access to the undesirable Web site. Additionally, the employee could be presented with a bill.
"Theoretically, individual employees could be charged a fee for non-business-related Internet usage on a monthly basis, if an employer wanted to get tough on staff abusing their Web access but didn't want to block them altogether," Nikolouzakis said.
However, not everyone agrees that charging employees for personal bandwidth is a good idea.
James Turner, industry analyst for security and services at Frost & Sullivan, said that charging employees for personal bandwidth usage would stir up a hornet's nest because bandwidth is relatively cheap and employees get a "morale boost" from having some freedom to surf at work.
"Most employees sign an acceptable-Internet-usage policy when they join a new company," Turner said. "After that, there is a level of trust between employer and employee. Companies like Computer Associates already have software that can measure an individual's bandwidth usage, so the technology isn't new, and across the market there is not a huge demand."
However, Turner did agree that there is a need for employers to spot the employees that regularly abuse the system.
"The tiny minority of bandwidth abusers are most likely downloading illegal material (such as pirated movies)," Turner said, "and their employers need to be able to detect and stop this for antipiracy reasons. No company wants to be involved in trafficking stolen goods, and storing illegal digital material is an extension of this."
Munir Kotadia of ZDNet Australia reported from Sydney.

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Hurricane Juan (Sep 28, 2004)
The hurricane hit our home very hard one year ago tonite. Nobody was hurt, but the repairs are not completed. What a night that was, not any sleep. The power was out for 10 days, the phone longer.
Thank goodness we made it through.




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Organ Donors (Sep 23, 2004)
Organ Donors

“Statistics say that 13-15 people per 1 million are organ donors.”*

Two things hit me hard with that statement; why such a terribly low number and what the heck are the non-donors holding out for, a better offer for their organs? I am completely at a loss with this, my entire family all my close friends say “Of course I’m an organ donor; it is on my drivers license. What will I need with them when I’m dead?” So I must travel in a very small circle to not meet the “selfish” non-donors.
What do you think, am I looking at this in the wrong way?


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Gmail (Aug 8, 2004)
I have an account at google mail now. 1000mb free storage!!!
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many non-living things have a gender (Jun 2, 2004)
You may not know that many non-living things have a gender; For example...


1) Ziploc Bags -- They are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.


2) Copiers -- They are Female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.


3) Tire -- Male, because it goes bald and it's often over-inflated.


4) Hot Air Balloon -- Male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it, and of course, there's the hot air part.


5) Sponges -- Female, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.


6) Web Page -- Female, because it's always getting hit on.


7) Subway -- Male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.


8) Hourglass -- Female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.


9) Hammer -- Male, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.


10) Remote Control -- Female...... Ha! You thought it'd be male. But consider this -- it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying.

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