But IMO it doesnt take much to analyze the environment you have and protect it using additional meathods... Any hospital IT department that leaves their medical equipment open and exposed to malware or any internet (or even LAN) based attack / infection has already failed. There is no reason for an MRI machine to talk to the internet, even if the imaging storage and PACS system is off site restrict the traffic to only what is needed for that specific function. There is also no reason for the compuer in Medical Records to have the ability to ping the MRI machine, and it should not be able to. This is basic common sense to me, of course I've found that most people don't have common sense.
I worked as an IT Manager in a hospital for a few years, and know a little bit about this... The first issue is that these systems typically CAN NOT be upgraded, and this is not due to the MFG not wanting to upgrade, this is a FDA compliance issue... If they upgrade the software, they have to do some very expensive certifications with the FDA, these same certifications delay the release of medical equipment to the point that much of the technology is already close to being outdated when it hits the market.
Our solution, which seems simple enough, was that every type of medical equipment was located on a different physical network (for critical pt. monitoring equipment) or at a minimum a seperate VLAN on the main network. All network access to this equipment was blocked except for very specific exceptions that were allowed based on the absolute need of that piece of equipment. We had no issues with any of these infections or malware, although it did increase the man-hours overhead especially when working with the vendors that would sometimes wonder why they could not hit the internet from the X-Ray machine... but we managed just fine.
No, I was already moving my stuff from them in response to SOPA.... The stuff not moved yet was not moved because it was not expired, and I didnt have the money to move everything all at once. The remaining expiration dates are approaching. I have not purchased or renewed anything from GoDaddy since the SOPA event.
+1 Namecheap.com... I migrated about half my domains during the SOPA deal, was going to do the rest this month (just ran out of time).... Now some of my sites are down, and you can bet they will be moved ASAP.
You realize that Analog cell phones went away a long time ago right?... That's when we lost the "fuzzy" talk,... Now when you have a bad signal you get choppy voice... which is something you get with DIGITAL (i.e. 1 and 0) signals. ???
Where are you finding your $250/hr CCNAs that take this long to do that kind of configuration? The couple of hours you spent on the Linksys should be plenty for a decent cisco guy to do the same on actual enterprise cisco hardware... just saying. And where could I get paid $250/hr to do CCNA work (I have a business, will consult, call me!).
Unfortionately, the current generation of ThinkPads are the last ones that will ship with the traditional 7 row keyboard. Lenovo has decided to put 6 row chicklet keyboards in every thinkpad system starting with the _30 line, including T, X, and W series. I have a T61 and my current T510 --- I have owned several other ThinkPads over the years, and I must say I am very disapointed with this change. The Chicklet keyboards they make are still best in class, actually very nice to type on, and I would have been ok with the move had they kept 7 rows but the 6 row design they came up with is a mess IMO.
There is only 3 compartments as previously stated, all of the other spaces on a sub are nothing but simple walls that would not stop fire, air, or fire from spreading. The doors between these spaces are less likely to stop something than the front door on your house. Fires on a submarine also get very hot very fast, there is nowhere for the heat to escape like you might imagine on a building, this causes other things to ignite. This is why we are trained to fight fires VERY QUICKLY because it does not take much time for a fire to get out of control. It doesn't take much to make a 20 something year old boat "not worth repairing", especially if it has not yet been refueled. when it comes to the destructive forces behind a fire, loosing critical cable bundles alone could cost millions of dollars to repair - Loss of critical systems is very expensive considering that every critical system would have to undergo some of the most challenging QA policies found anywhere (NASA actually took the Submarine QA manual and adapted it to their needs, the sub QA process is known as SUBSAFE). As far as things that could cause a fire to get out of control? Batteries, 440v electrical systems carrying massive amounts of current that have a non-traditional grounding system, 3000lb hydrolic systems, 4500lb air systems, oxygen lines and tanks, the list goes on and on.
The sections of ship are designed to be isolable from each other. Close a door, shut some duct work to isolate air, and you're fat dumb and happy back in the engine room!
Uh, except commenters and Wikipedia both say that's not true - that the Los Angeles class has only 1-2 bulkhead doors and they most likely had cables and plumbing passed through, making them impossible to seal.
I guess you're just full of shit, then, and lying about serving on one of these subs. Nobody knows you're a dog on the internet, huh?
The compartment door between the forward compartment and the engine room is generally always closed. The engine room is a restricted area (more so than the forward compartment). Anything running through this hatch does have quick disconnects, even in an extended overhaul (which I have done). In addition, the actual reactor control room (Called Maneuvering) is equip with additional systems that maintain positive air flow into the room, which also assist with cooling that space, all designed to keep that room inhabitable during the worst of emergencies to include a steam line rupture. You will never find this room unmanned on a ship that is still commissioned with a reactor, whether it is shut down or not.
SSBN (Ohio Class) and SSN (LA Class) veteran
Do you actually expect Google to make their system export in every possible format to every online suite on the internet? Really? You mention that to export a document you would have to convert to an intermediate format, really? Seems pretty easy, download the document in.DOC or.ODT or whatever, then upload that same document to the other service, --- Not like you HAD to have Office on your computer to do this.
What other Webmail service provides an easy "transfer my stuff to Gmail" feature? IMAP and POP3 are the standard ways to transfer email, and Gmail offering those is better than the other services already!
As the poster above said, grasping at straws... Your arguments really hold no water and make you look silly.
You realize that new games have been $60 for a very long time, and if you take into account the depreciation of our dollar, games are actually cheaper now than they have ever been. --- I buy 90% of my games new, and will continue to do so... I'm willing to pay because I find value with the product that justifies the price... According to sales numbers, I think a lot of people agree with me.
Sometimes outsourcing is in the best interest of the company, for many reasons.. Especially small business.. But I'm glad you would like to screw over everyone that makes their living based on oursourcing IT work to businesses that don't need a full time staff of experts. Saying that business should be regulated on where it pulls labor is the same as saying the gov't should regulate what products you buy at the store. Small businesses benifit from a "economy of scale" which is seen when outsourcing IT, sharing resources with other small businesses for a fraction of the cost.
If you get laid off, I guess you should have made yourself more valuable to the company... That's my 2 cents.
Employment is NOT an entitlement or a right, if you want employment learn to market yourself and show your employer that it's worth paying you the price that you are asking.
Really tired of everything thinking that they are entitled to everything,... You get what your worth, that's how the free market works... If you can get more money from someone else then do it, that is your right. I also think that many people really underestimate what the cost is of having employee's here...
As a small busienss owner, I can tell you that hiring someone and keeping them on payroll at times can be very expensive... You may make 50k / yr, but it's costing your employer a hell of a lot more than that to employ you, so the question is are you actually providing $65-70k worth of value to that business? If not, you might be at risk and you just might want to figure out how to make yourself more valuable... Marketing yourself and proving value is YOUR job, not the job of your employer.
Don't you also have to pay "per call" fee's there though? I do some work in AU, and I know that any time I call a cell phone number there is a larger fee tacked on to my side (using a AU based PBX). Seems like there is just fee's all over the place anytime you use a phone there...
No, an object is worth whatever people are willing to pay for it... Your 2 year old feature phone is not worth going to sell to anyone for more than $5, so it is not worth more than $5.
That would really suck for people who like working 4 10 hour shifts to get their 3 day weekends... Some business models work better with this type of schedule, and many people enjoy working that type of schedule... Forcing employers to pay overtime in this case would not be good, IMO... Of course, I would just cut pay to cover the extra expense now built into my peoples checks as part of normal scheduling. (asshole, no,... but 8 hours of overtime per employee is a business expense that would seriously hurt many small businesses.)
Work 40 hours in one week at normal pay, and get time and a half for everything after 40 hours in the week... sounds plenty fair to me.
I miss the Drafthouse so much! The prices were very reasonable, the food and beer was fantastic, the old-school advertisements that they played before the movie were fun to watch, and they often played movies that were worth watching... Of all the things I miss about Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse is at the top of my list.
Funny thing is that alot less people would have noticed such a stunt had Facebook just left it alone... Thanks to their decision, I didn't even have to log into Facebook to see the ad, he doesn't have to pay for the impression of the ad to me, and Facebook doesn't get the money for it!... Sweet Deal
I have held critical positions in IT within a small hospital as well... Unfortunately, there are times that the "could care less what happens at work when I'm not there" doesn't work in an environment where systems have to run 24x7 and system downtime = patient safety issues... There is a huge push for 100% electronic medical records, which just makes this more true. Yes, backup systems are great, but when your system is running on backup systems on Friday evening, you don't leave your primary systems down until Monday, because if those backup systems have issues the hospital and it's patients are now in a very bad place... This also assumes that your lucky enough to HAVE backup systems.
In the Navy, they said "Choose your rate, choose your fate"... It's very true here, if you want an IT job that works 40 hours 9 to 5 then work for an office building that has those business hours... Working in hospitals is great, I love it, but I knew going into that environment that it comes some extra responsibility that is not always convenient.
I really don't care what they do with my data that I *PUBLICLY* post on Google+ or Facebook,.... I posted it there because I'm not concerned about the privacy of that data. Ever heard the term nothing is free? Most users of Facebook, including myself, feel that we get enough benefit from using those sites that allowing them to use some useless data for some targeted advertising, or whatever they want to do, is ok.
Privacy is easy, don't post shit you don't want to be sold, mined, or made available to anyone in the world...
"This is your pilot speaking, in Paris it is 15C and partly cloudy. We anticipate a bumpy approach so please remain seated with seat belts secured. Flight attendants, prepare the cabin for landing."
I have a work provided MS phone, on my second one. (granted not WM7) It crashes at least once per week, sometimes just drains my battery for no good reason at all, and is generally an annoying piece of crap... If those "features" were not enough, I can only sync with one of the two exchange servers that I use on a regular basis. Now lets look at my (cheaper) Android phone --- it runs well, doesn't do the equivalent of a BSOD when I try to answer a call, can sync to both of my exchange servers, as well as my goggle accounts (all with full calendar, contacts, and email), and still provides the needed wipe capability and forced time out password requirements. I don't find Microsoft's ability to make a phone that can work with exchange a feature lacking in other phones, hell, other phones do it better!
I loose my windows phone this week, I can't wait --- and I will NEVER buy another WM phone --- I don't care what they promise... This comes from a person that uses MS products for almost everything I do.
I would agree with you if anyone calls themselves a network engineer (or even network administrator) they should be able to figure out CIDR without a tool, but you bet I use a calculator! Are you suggesting that I should pull out a piece of paper and write a bunch of ones and zeros when I can just pull up the CIDR app on my phone and be done with it? I subscribe to the "work smarter not harder" idea, which includes the use of tools I have available to make my life easier... And no, I am not a "newer network engineer", been doing this for a long time and welcome the tools.
Nate
"upwards of $8000 a throw"
--- Ok, and they can also be had much, much cheaper... It is not as though we are going to be putting enterprise datacenter equipment inside of a house for internet. Even if the rural home had to buy the $1000 router with fiber capabilities so that they could plug into the fiber internet run into their house, I'm pretty sure that many of those residents would be more than willing to front that cost for some decent internet. (Not like those dishes referred to earlier are cheap, and they suck!)
Well, actually, you can put a lot more restrictions in place when you use terminal services based environments vs. just allowing file system access over VPN. Another points in my post had to do with the ability to bypass email controls if users are allowed to access non-corporate accounts inside the corporate environment. Any way you cut it, Google Docs makes it easier to access documents outside of controls vs. a server in a corporate environment. The allowed IP and allowed account rules were available, it would be a big step in closing some of these issues.
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Regulatory red tape is PART of the problem...
But IMO it doesnt take much to analyze the environment you have and protect it using additional meathods... Any hospital IT department that leaves their medical equipment open and exposed to malware or any internet (or even LAN) based attack / infection has already failed. There is no reason for an MRI machine to talk to the internet, even if the imaging storage and PACS system is off site restrict the traffic to only what is needed for that specific function. There is also no reason for the compuer in Medical Records to have the ability to ping the MRI machine, and it should not be able to. This is basic common sense to me, of course I've found that most people don't have common sense.
I worked as an IT Manager in a hospital for a few years, and know a little bit about this... The first issue is that these systems typically CAN NOT be upgraded, and this is not due to the MFG not wanting to upgrade, this is a FDA compliance issue... If they upgrade the software, they have to do some very expensive certifications with the FDA, these same certifications delay the release of medical equipment to the point that much of the technology is already close to being outdated when it hits the market.
... but we managed just fine.
Our solution, which seems simple enough, was that every type of medical equipment was located on a different physical network (for critical pt. monitoring equipment) or at a minimum a seperate VLAN on the main network. All network access to this equipment was blocked except for very specific exceptions that were allowed based on the absolute need of that piece of equipment. We had no issues with any of these infections or malware, although it did increase the man-hours overhead especially when working with the vendors that would sometimes wonder why they could not hit the internet from the X-Ray machine
No, I was already moving my stuff from them in response to SOPA.... The stuff not moved yet was not moved because it was not expired, and I didnt have the money to move everything all at once. The remaining expiration dates are approaching. I have not purchased or renewed anything from GoDaddy since the SOPA event.
+1 Namecheap.com ... I migrated about half my domains during the SOPA deal, was going to do the rest this month (just ran out of time) .... Now some of my sites are down, and you can bet they will be moved ASAP.
You realize that Analog cell phones went away a long time ago right? ... That's when we lost the "fuzzy" talk, ... Now when you have a bad signal you get choppy voice... which is something you get with DIGITAL (i.e. 1 and 0) signals. ???
Where are you finding your $250/hr CCNAs that take this long to do that kind of configuration? The couple of hours you spent on the Linksys should be plenty for a decent cisco guy to do the same on actual enterprise cisco hardware... just saying. And where could I get paid $250/hr to do CCNA work (I have a business, will consult, call me!).
Unfortionately, the current generation of ThinkPads are the last ones that will ship with the traditional 7 row keyboard. Lenovo has decided to put 6 row chicklet keyboards in every thinkpad system starting with the _30 line, including T, X, and W series. I have a T61 and my current T510 --- I have owned several other ThinkPads over the years, and I must say I am very disapointed with this change. The Chicklet keyboards they make are still best in class, actually very nice to type on, and I would have been ok with the move had they kept 7 rows but the 6 row design they came up with is a mess IMO.
There is only 3 compartments as previously stated, all of the other spaces on a sub are nothing but simple walls that would not stop fire, air, or fire from spreading. The doors between these spaces are less likely to stop something than the front door on your house. Fires on a submarine also get very hot very fast, there is nowhere for the heat to escape like you might imagine on a building, this causes other things to ignite. This is why we are trained to fight fires VERY QUICKLY because it does not take much time for a fire to get out of control. It doesn't take much to make a 20 something year old boat "not worth repairing", especially if it has not yet been refueled. when it comes to the destructive forces behind a fire, loosing critical cable bundles alone could cost millions of dollars to repair - Loss of critical systems is very expensive considering that every critical system would have to undergo some of the most challenging QA policies found anywhere (NASA actually took the Submarine QA manual and adapted it to their needs, the sub QA process is known as SUBSAFE). As far as things that could cause a fire to get out of control? Batteries, 440v electrical systems carrying massive amounts of current that have a non-traditional grounding system, 3000lb hydrolic systems, 4500lb air systems, oxygen lines and tanks, the list goes on and on.
SSBN and SSN Submarine Veteran
The sections of ship are designed to be isolable from each other. Close a door, shut some duct work to isolate air, and you're fat dumb and happy back in the engine room!
Uh, except commenters and Wikipedia both say that's not true - that the Los Angeles class has only 1-2 bulkhead doors and they most likely had cables and plumbing passed through, making them impossible to seal.
I guess you're just full of shit, then, and lying about serving on one of these subs. Nobody knows you're a dog on the internet, huh?
The compartment door between the forward compartment and the engine room is generally always closed. The engine room is a restricted area (more so than the forward compartment). Anything running through this hatch does have quick disconnects, even in an extended overhaul (which I have done). In addition, the actual reactor control room (Called Maneuvering) is equip with additional systems that maintain positive air flow into the room, which also assist with cooling that space, all designed to keep that room inhabitable during the worst of emergencies to include a steam line rupture. You will never find this room unmanned on a ship that is still commissioned with a reactor, whether it is shut down or not. SSBN (Ohio Class) and SSN (LA Class) veteran
Do you actually expect Google to make their system export in every possible format to every online suite on the internet? Really? You mention that to export a document you would have to convert to an intermediate format, really? Seems pretty easy, download the document in .DOC or .ODT or whatever, then upload that same document to the other service, --- Not like you HAD to have Office on your computer to do this.
What other Webmail service provides an easy "transfer my stuff to Gmail" feature? IMAP and POP3 are the standard ways to transfer email, and Gmail offering those is better than the other services already!
As the poster above said, grasping at straws... Your arguments really hold no water and make you look silly.
You realize that new games have been $60 for a very long time, and if you take into account the depreciation of our dollar, games are actually cheaper now than they have ever been. --- I buy 90% of my games new, and will continue to do so... I'm willing to pay because I find value with the product that justifies the price... According to sales numbers, I think a lot of people agree with me.
Sometimes outsourcing is in the best interest of the company, for many reasons.. Especially small business.. But I'm glad you would like to screw over everyone that makes their living based on oursourcing IT work to businesses that don't need a full time staff of experts. Saying that business should be regulated on where it pulls labor is the same as saying the gov't should regulate what products you buy at the store. Small businesses benifit from a "economy of scale" which is seen when outsourcing IT, sharing resources with other small businesses for a fraction of the cost. If you get laid off, I guess you should have made yourself more valuable to the company... That's my 2 cents. Employment is NOT an entitlement or a right, if you want employment learn to market yourself and show your employer that it's worth paying you the price that you are asking. Really tired of everything thinking that they are entitled to everything, ... You get what your worth, that's how the free market works... If you can get more money from someone else then do it, that is your right. I also think that many people really underestimate what the cost is of having employee's here...
As a small busienss owner, I can tell you that hiring someone and keeping them on payroll at times can be very expensive... You may make 50k / yr, but it's costing your employer a hell of a lot more than that to employ you, so the question is are you actually providing $65-70k worth of value to that business? If not, you might be at risk and you just might want to figure out how to make yourself more valuable... Marketing yourself and proving value is YOUR job, not the job of your employer.
Don't you also have to pay "per call" fee's there though? I do some work in AU, and I know that any time I call a cell phone number there is a larger fee tacked on to my side (using a AU based PBX). Seems like there is just fee's all over the place anytime you use a phone there...
No, an object is worth whatever people are willing to pay for it... Your 2 year old feature phone is not worth going to sell to anyone for more than $5, so it is not worth more than $5.
That would really suck for people who like working 4 10 hour shifts to get their 3 day weekends... Some business models work better with this type of schedule, and many people enjoy working that type of schedule... Forcing employers to pay overtime in this case would not be good, IMO ... Of course, I would just cut pay to cover the extra expense now built into my peoples checks as part of normal scheduling. (asshole, no, ... but 8 hours of overtime per employee is a business expense that would seriously hurt many small businesses.)
Work 40 hours in one week at normal pay, and get time and a half for everything after 40 hours in the week... sounds plenty fair to me.
I miss the Drafthouse so much! The prices were very reasonable, the food and beer was fantastic, the old-school advertisements that they played before the movie were fun to watch, and they often played movies that were worth watching... Of all the things I miss about Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse is at the top of my list.
Agreed... i would like to use it, but will not until the let my apps account work with it.
Funny thing is that alot less people would have noticed such a stunt had Facebook just left it alone... Thanks to their decision, I didn't even have to log into Facebook to see the ad, he doesn't have to pay for the impression of the ad to me, and Facebook doesn't get the money for it! ... Sweet Deal
I have held critical positions in IT within a small hospital as well... Unfortunately, there are times that the "could care less what happens at work when I'm not there" doesn't work in an environment where systems have to run 24x7 and system downtime = patient safety issues... There is a huge push for 100% electronic medical records, which just makes this more true. Yes, backup systems are great, but when your system is running on backup systems on Friday evening, you don't leave your primary systems down until Monday, because if those backup systems have issues the hospital and it's patients are now in a very bad place... This also assumes that your lucky enough to HAVE backup systems. In the Navy, they said "Choose your rate, choose your fate" ... It's very true here, if you want an IT job that works 40 hours 9 to 5 then work for an office building that has those business hours... Working in hospitals is great, I love it, but I knew going into that environment that it comes some extra responsibility that is not always convenient.
I really don't care what they do with my data that I *PUBLICLY* post on Google+ or Facebook, .... I posted it there because I'm not concerned about the privacy of that data. Ever heard the term nothing is free? Most users of Facebook, including myself, feel that we get enough benefit from using those sites that allowing them to use some useless data for some targeted advertising, or whatever they want to do, is ok.
Privacy is easy, don't post shit you don't want to be sold, mined, or made available to anyone in the world...
"This is your pilot speaking, in Paris it is 15C and partly cloudy. We anticipate a bumpy approach so please remain seated with seat belts secured. Flight attendants, prepare the cabin for landing."
I have a work provided MS phone, on my second one. (granted not WM7) It crashes at least once per week, sometimes just drains my battery for no good reason at all, and is generally an annoying piece of crap... If those "features" were not enough, I can only sync with one of the two exchange servers that I use on a regular basis. Now lets look at my (cheaper) Android phone --- it runs well, doesn't do the equivalent of a BSOD when I try to answer a call, can sync to both of my exchange servers, as well as my goggle accounts (all with full calendar, contacts, and email), and still provides the needed wipe capability and forced time out password requirements. I don't find Microsoft's ability to make a phone that can work with exchange a feature lacking in other phones, hell, other phones do it better! I loose my windows phone this week, I can't wait --- and I will NEVER buy another WM phone --- I don't care what they promise... This comes from a person that uses MS products for almost everything I do.
I would agree with you if anyone calls themselves a network engineer (or even network administrator) they should be able to figure out CIDR without a tool, but you bet I use a calculator! Are you suggesting that I should pull out a piece of paper and write a bunch of ones and zeros when I can just pull up the CIDR app on my phone and be done with it? I subscribe to the "work smarter not harder" idea, which includes the use of tools I have available to make my life easier... And no, I am not a "newer network engineer", been doing this for a long time and welcome the tools. Nate
"upwards of $8000 a throw" --- Ok, and they can also be had much, much cheaper... It is not as though we are going to be putting enterprise datacenter equipment inside of a house for internet. Even if the rural home had to buy the $1000 router with fiber capabilities so that they could plug into the fiber internet run into their house, I'm pretty sure that many of those residents would be more than willing to front that cost for some decent internet. (Not like those dishes referred to earlier are cheap, and they suck!)
Well, actually, you can put a lot more restrictions in place when you use terminal services based environments vs. just allowing file system access over VPN. Another points in my post had to do with the ability to bypass email controls if users are allowed to access non-corporate accounts inside the corporate environment. Any way you cut it, Google Docs makes it easier to access documents outside of controls vs. a server in a corporate environment. The allowed IP and allowed account rules were available, it would be a big step in closing some of these issues.