Disclaimer

The content of this blog is my personal opinion only. Although I am an employee - currently of Nvidia, in the past of other companies such as Iagination Technologies, MIPS, Intellectual Ventures, Intel, AMD, Motorola, and Gould - I reveal this only so that the reader may account for any possible bias I may have towards my employer's products. The statements I make here in no way represent my employer's position, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of my employer. In fact, this posting may not even represent my personal opinion, since occasionally I play devil's advocate.

See http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcxddbtr_23cg5thdfj for photo credits.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Am I paranoid, or is this unacceptable?

I'm quite reluctant to blog about this, because it makes me seem crazy. Paranoid.

But: my computer is really slow. Lots of examples documented on this bog. 15 minutes to come out of standby. Pauses of minutes in the middle of writing a document. Etc. Etc.

I cannot imagine that most other employees suffer this slowness. I cannot imagine this being accepted by a wide number of people.

I can imagine that my computer might be slowed down by security software. Not just virus scanners, but possibly keyboard loggers or network traffic recorders or the like. Possibly installed by corporate security or IT or legal. I hope not malware. It often seems to run more slowly after I have blogged in public as I am doing now.

If this is the case, well: I understand that my employer has the right to monitor everything I do on my work computers. I agreed to it. It is US law.

I just wish that it did not impact my productivity so much by slowing down my computer so much.

And if I am being falsely paranoid, if these slowdowns are not the result of monitoring and security software, if other employees experience substantially the same slowdowns: WHY IS THIS TOLERATED!!!!!

No comments: