@bukkookkub: If you're really working at a bank, you should know they will monitor everything you do on the network. Better not go to ANY non-work related site, let alone Giantbomb.
Heh heh heh. I've sometimes felt awkward wabout typing the words 'Giant' and 'Bomb' right next to each other at school but jokes on the people who thinks it's literal!
Never, wierdly the security software in my college which shuts down windows with "Firefox" and "Opera" in the title (and of course others) dosent shut down "Bomb" or even "How to Build a Bomb" lol then again its a peice of crap, Opera is shut down unless you change the title (which takes 10 seconds).
" @bukkookkub: If you're really working at a bank, you should know they will monitor everything you do. Better not go to ANY non-work related site, let alone Giantbomb. "
well that sounds boring. are they really that careful? maybe they just say that, but never bother checking it.
" Never, wierdly the security software in my college which shuts down windows with "Firefox" and "Opera" in the title (and of course others) dosent shut down "Bomb" or even "How to Build a Bomb" lol then again its a peice of crap, Opera is shut down unless you change the title (which takes 10 seconds). "
Oh, and when I was watching How to Build a Bomb at home. That was kinda weird.
well that sounds boring. are they really that careful? maybe they just say that, but never bother checking it.
It depends on how strict they are about it, but most businesses will monitor every site you go to and all your email over the network. Banks are just more strict about that sort of stuff usually. I guess you will get away with it if you're an exec.
I would never go to a game website at work because I know that everything is monitored down at IT. For my gaming fix, I used CNet which is also a mainstream news site.
@Diamond: Yea, they give access or deny sites right off the bat. I'm assuming this one couldn't be viewed at work, as i've tried others like Joystiq. But, I was apprehensive to even type giantbomb, for fear that they would be alerted or something crazy. It probably doesn't help that one of my favorite bands is All Shall Perish, and I have sweatshirts/t-shirts that I wear of the band on the weekends.
Has anyone other than you said anything when the address bar stores the website for future viewing? LOL WHAT IS TIMMY GETTING INTO NOW? BOMMMBSS?!
The thought crossed my mind when I was at the airport waiting for my flight. That was until common sense assured me that I was on my laptopn and they don't give a shit about me looking at websites about games if they happneded to look over my shoulder.
I think I was on a different computer (owned by someone outside my family), and my father told me to not have the name of a document called "giant bomb." So yeah, I have to think twice about stuff like that.
Never.. I think it would just be funny if the guys and girls at work saw the website. They would probably bitch and go "Why do you check up on gaming websites when you work as a reviewer for this mag" or some dumb stuff like that. Or my boss would joke around with me being on another site checking for easy ways to get off work.. And when I'm in town and have my Laptop with me I can go to Giantbomb.com anyway without people going nuts. Kinda think the cute bomb in the logo makes it not so mysterious :P
I have double guessed at my new college, but mostly during peak library hours when terminal capacity is full. I don't care so much now and visit despite that.
" Never, wierdly the security software in my college which shuts down windows with "Firefox" and "Opera" in the title (and of course others) dosent shut down "Bomb" or even "How to Build a Bomb" lol then again its a peice of crap, Opera is shut down unless you change the title (which takes 10 seconds). "
1. Change Internet Explorer titlebar in registry (this is how you get "Internet Explorer provided by <insert company here>") to contain Firefox 2. ??? 3. Profit!
Course I'm sure it's not stupid enough to let you change the registry, but the idea's there!
" Never, wierdly the security software in my college which shuts down windows with "Firefox" and "Opera" in the title (and of course others) dosent shut down "Bomb" or even "How to Build a Bomb" lol then again its a peice of crap, Opera is shut down unless you change the title (which takes 10 seconds). "
1. Change Internet Explorer titlebar in registry (this is how you get "Internet Explorer provided by <insert company here>") to contain Firefox2. ??? 3. Profit! Course I'm sure it's not stupid enough to let you change the registry, but the idea's there! "
Well they done let us but the sort of taught us how since im on an HND Technical Support course. Then again one of the guys in my class also delete the security program (fairly easy, since one of the lecturors gave us all a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 as a Live CD and we just delete the file lol) and then later on delete the whole operating system and replaced it with linux.
Whenever I sign up to join a website I like to google it first to learn more about it and see if anyone has complained about joining in the past. So when I decided to join giantbomb.com I was about to type it in when I realized, "I don't know if I want to type GIANT BOMB into a google search." So that's about as close as I've come to second guessing it.
Back when the site was just a WordPress site - I remember watching a "How To Build A Bomb " and Jeff coming on and saying "You're watching how to build a bomb" and my fiance(girlfriend at the time) asking me what the fuck I was watching.
I also recall one time pulling it up at work and my supervisor saying that I probably should look at the site as people may be concerned about the name. She made a good point so I went out and got an iPhone so I could check out the site from work (pre iPhone app) without scaring my co-workers.
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