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Doing the Laptop Drive of Shame

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the monday-monday-monday dept.

netbuzz writes "If you bring your work computer home with any regularity, chances are good that you've done the Laptop Drive of Shame. (Oh, c'mon, admit it.) It's happening more than ever ... and costing more than ever, too, what with the price of gas and all." I'll spoil it for you — they mean leaving your laptop at home. Yay, Monday news cycle.

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  1. Unfunny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stupid unfunny slow news story. Not laughing 'cause it's like a lame stand-up-comedian-dont-you-hate joke. Get yer tomatoes out everyone.

  2. Don't do that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't bring your work computer home. It's unsafe (unless you are very cautious) and it removes the separation of work and recreation. If you're doing it to use the computer for private purposes, buy your own. The price has gone down a lot and owning your personal computer reduces liability issues. Besides, if any of your spare time computer activities ever becomes valuable, there won't be the issue that it was produced with company equipment and therefore belongs to the company.

    1. Re:Don't do that. by RMH101 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ...that's kind of my point. Laptop = flexibility, including ability to work from home. This doesn't have to mean unpaid overtime: I appreciate being able to WFH when I want and having the flexibility to work where and when I want to. My point is that suggesting a work laptop never comes home isn't ideal for most people.

  3. Good GOD!!! by WED+Fan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Good God, editors, it's bad enough someone would submit this story, but you guys let it through?

    Can we mod the editors out of office?

    Would it be possible to add modding to the published articles? Can we prevent this submitter from ever submitting a story again?

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    1. Re:Good GOD!!! by owlnation · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Good God, editors, it's bad enough someone would submit this story, but you guys let it through? Can we mod the editors out of office? Would it be possible to add modding to the published articles? Can we prevent this submitter from ever submitting a story again?

      I wholeheartedly second this. This is an horrifically bad article. It would be good if it were possible to mod articles. Something like:

      -1 Slashvertisement
      -1 Dupe
      -1 What-on-Earth-was-Taco-thinking-Has-he-not-had-enough-coffee-yet?

      etc...

      The folks over at whatever magazine website TFA was from have just seriously missed a golden opportunity. Rather than convert the slashdot effect in to new readers, this article was so bad that they've just made a lot of people avoid ever visiting their site again. Way to go guys!