BS: When fun keeps you from working-software

Subject: BS: When fun keeps you from working-software
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 03:18 PM

Read about this in a magazine and decided to check it out. Anyone else use it? Temptation Blocker:

So, have a major deadline looming or ripe opportunity closing and just don't have time to waste playing Half Life 2 or checking Bloglines one last time? Well then, add Half Life 2 and Firefox to the list of programs you want to block in Temptation Blocker, set the timer for how long you want to block them and then hit the "Get Work Done!" button.

Now, everytime you try and access Half Life 2 or Firefox, you'll get a dialog box telling you how much time you have left before you can access that program. During this blocked time, you can't access those programs. You also can't access Temptation Blocker during this time without entering in a random, 32-character string. This acts as a deterrent from you getting to your program before time is up, but it also let's you access it if you really need to. (Note: During the blocked time, your Windows Task Manager is also disabled, in an attempt to save your from yourself and a quick Ctrl-Alt-Del. If you don't like that idea, then you probably shouldn't download the software).

Subject: RE: BS: When fun keeps you from working-software
From: MMario
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 03:24 PM

well - the conditions it creates would prevent me from working - so it would have the oppisete effect.

Subject: RE: BS: When fun keeps you from working-software
From: mack/misophist
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 09:48 PM

Who works?

Subject: RE: BS: When fun keeps you from working-software
From: number 6
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 10:02 PM

I work with software and I don't consider it fun.

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