People on Daily Kos could not *believe* the amount of craxy internet to which I have been a witness(can I get a witness? sorry, always wanted to say that.Anyway...) They are always SO shocked by Olbermann's twitter fights(I'm shocked he can write a thought under 140 characters, but other than that...all in the game, right?) And he flounces like a fourteen-year-old Bieber fan. Which, admittedly, is a discouraging thing to find in a hero, but not shocking, once you get like Helen Keller about it and realize "Everything has a name." and that,sir, is the Great Flounce-off. But I was like "Did he steal Markos' code and make the Daily Keith and write that we all suck?" No. Did he create Baseball Tropes with a bunch of fans, take all the credit and fake his own death? No. Well, we win.

Holy shit, ita. That's bananas!

I'm at UCLA with a group of students today. I just listened to another instructor explain a poem we did in class a few weeks ago so beautifully (and energetically... plus he explained assonance much more thoroughly than I did).

I'm with le n, I doubt this is a proper study as it is so badly constructed. I would have expected a survey on the subject instead. Creepy.

Went to the doctor today hoping to get an Rx for my cough. Instead I got an Rx for antibios which I was instructed to not fill yet. Minor grrr. I miss my sleep. Oh well.

Shocked and appalled, ita !. Also suspicious. There was a scam wherein a guy would call pretending to do a survey, ask women (among other survey questions) if they were single, and if the answer was yes, he would call back the next night to "thank" them for taking the survey and incidentally, are you home alone tonight? (I hung up on him when the survey questions got personal, and when he called back I cursed at him and called the police. I bet a lot of women went right along answering questions, though.) All of which is to say, maybe that student is saying they were part of a study, but they made it up to hit on people. I can't imagine any overseeing board approving such a study, or any professor either.

I have quite possibly the firstest world problem ever right now.

Last year as a "thank you for getting through a hellish fiscal year" gift, everyone in my department got an iPad. These were purchased at retail and given to us free and clear.

This year, as a "thank you for getting through with ANOTHER hellish fiscal year and actually making money" gift, we are being given iPad 3s....with a catch. This time around, they were purchased through the IT department and if we want one we have to swap it for the iPad we got last year. It will also be set up by the IT department and be subject to the company internet usage policy.

Now, the new ones are WAY better than the old ones. Last year we got 16GB Wifi, this year we can get 64GB Wifi/4G. And of course the retina display, faster processor, etc etc. But I'm not sure I want to own a device that's restricted by a corporate usage policy. (Not that I'm using it for anything illegal, just...what if I want to use it to watch porn? For example. I doubt IT would actually be actively tracking our usage because they have better things to do with their time, but they definitely COULD, if they wanted to.)

So I'm torn.

Oo Kat, if you have time later, I'll be back home right zippy after I finish teaching. But I totes understand if you are too busy to meet up, and/or if you don't want to expose your daughter to the woman with the cough.

On second thought, don't expose your daughter to the woman with the cough I think. But hello! :: waves ::

Jessica,

did you have an Ipad 2?

Will they pay the 4g monthly data plan?

did you have an Ipad 2?

Yes

Will they pay the 4g monthly data plan?

No, if we want to use the 4G we have to pay for it ourselves.

The real question is would you have to give it back when you leave the company. If so, hell to the no. If not, much more a better possibility.

okay, last question: when IT sets it up, what do they do to it? how do they monitor your activity? It isn't that easy to put internet tracking software on an ipad unless they force your hand with a particular browser, but you can just download another.