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Software For Slackers: Lockout

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the self-help dept.

Matijs van Zuijlen writes "Having trouble getting work done? Reading Slashdot too much? Lockout will enforce some dicipline. It will lock you out of your internet connection, and then lock you out of your root account so you can't unlock it. For a limited time of course. Use at your own peril."

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  1. Workaround by freeze128 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hello Knoppix boot CD....

  2. use the internet by twistedfuck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But I use the internet to _get_ work done! This would only help me slack and smoke more.

  3. Work Habbits by DarkElf109 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, I'll get my work done MUCH faster, now that I can't use the internet...or the computer...

    --
    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
    -Arthur C. Clarke
  4. Masochism by otisg · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is software for masochists. There is a less painful solution, which can also come with some nice 'features', if you choose wisely: get married.

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    Simpy
  5. Of Course... by Mr+Bubble · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is still the small matter of the porn that's ALREADY been downloaded.

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    "The world is a construct of forceful imagination. Those who don't know walk around in the reailties of those who do"
  6. Wow by number · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it'd be a better idea to build some discipline, than intentionally crippling your PC. What if you need access to some internet-bound information during your work?

    Just pick an activity (jogging, gym, studying, whatever) and involve a friend in it - if two people , however slack, are depending on each other at a set time to show up, they'll have much better luck sticking to it than if they were alone. Not wanting to let a friend down and all that.

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    - HOORAY!
  7. Re:NO I didnt read the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    How do you think I got First post?

    Shoot first, read later...

    ... er, by being prepared to post yet add absolutely nothing to the conversation and by being prepared to look like a complete loser to the rest of the community perhaps? Oh, I don't know - I'm just guessing.

  8. Re:How does one get around it? by carpltunl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take a coffee break and wait for it to come back.

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    Mama, I got 'dem ole cosmic blues again.
  9. Re:This should be run on .... by nucal · · Score: 5, Funny
    He procrastinates by web surfing. This makes him upset, since his work does not get done. He must stop surfing. So he uses the procrastinator's method to deal with this, that is, is to further procrastinate by spending time developing a script to prevent access to the web. This way, he feels like he has accomplished something, yet still has not done any work.

    Not that I would ever do that ...

  10. Bill yourself and, uh, save by huskerdoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When I was biking around Australia in 2002-2003, I was having to shell out $5-12 AUD per hour for net access ($24 AUD an hour at the WA/SA border on the Nullabor!). I found myself to be insanely productive when it came to programming, answering email, etc when it was costing me by the minute. No Slashdot, random looks at IMDB.com for a movie I saw 15 years ago, etc.

    So I've half joked with billing myself for time on the internet, with the money going into a jar or some thing like that...now that I'm back and messing around on the net when I should be working. I would be more productive, and be quite rich at the end of the year!

  11. Re:I'll recommend something similar... by pclminion · · Score: 5, Funny
    Get off your goddamn pedestal.

    Discipline is a learned skill. I'd say that a person who is willing to install a piece of software like this one to improve their self-discipline is already showing a great degree of it.

    If discipline could simply be called up from the depths of your being at will, like a fart for example, we'd have no need for military boot camps.

  12. Re:Silly by Leebert · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Learn a little bit of self-discipline if you are a work time web junkie.

    As a non-diagnosed ADHD guy (self-diagnosed?) I've found that if I schedule my time in tiny increments with tiny breaks inbetween, it helps me to focus.

    I tell myself that I will focus exclusively on a particular task for 15 minutes, then allow myself 5 minutes to do something else before returning for another 15 minutes, etc. It works great most of the time. Once my thoughts start to wander, I can remind myself that I only have to think about this for another 8 minutes.