I would love to use google docs, it would allow for much more functionality than my current budget allows for, and I would likely have a more reliable system while cutting cost at the same time.
That being said, I have two issues with google that they need to find a solution for before I could consider switching, they fix these and I would switch in a heart beat.
First, I want to be able to limit the IP addresses that are allowed to log into corporate accounts... I don't want people on their home computers logging into google and having direct access to all of our corporate data. I would prefer that users have to connect to our VPN, log into a terminal server, and then access the google docs. There is alot of controls that I can place on the corporate computers, and the terminal servers, which protect our data from just being downloaded onto personal hard drives and this is VERY important to me.
Second, I would like to be able to prevent any account that is NOT a corporate account from being able to be accessed on our systems, the risk for data leak is too high when myownfuzzylogin1979@gmail.com logs into google on a corporate machine. We have alot of sensitive information, and we take many steps to protect that information (i.e. our outgoing email is all screened and flagged if something is detected). As it stands today, google apps are blocked for this very reason.
Google, fix those two things and we are good to go!
It would not be possible to do this... A healthcare org has to refer to the patient records long after your visit is over. In a hospital, there is generally reporting that takes place which requires extensive reviews and audits of the care given, and alot of these audits can take place nearly half a year after you were seen. There is also the fact that after your visit, the record will be reviewed for medical coding, which is how you, your insurance, and or the gov't are billed for the care that you were given. The idea that when you leave, your record is locked, is just not realisitic. I can also say that the latest push by the federal government, with these EHR incentives, is pretty much going to do the opposite of what you are asking for.
I have seen medical practices on both ends of the security fence, and it is sad... I've been in practices that I would never, ever, visit as a patient because I have no faith in how things are run there from an IT security view point... At the same time, I have worked with other orginazations that do take security very seriously, and do everything possible to ensure that all data is kept private... The thing that really sucks is that you really have no way of knowing what type of office you are visiting until you see the report that your record has been leaked.
Someone else posted in here that most practices are afraid of HIPAA and will do anything to keep things safe... Unfortionately I have seen alot of practices that couldnt give a crap about HIPAA and won't listen to any reasons as to why they should not run bittorrent on their office computer. The bottom line is that until HIPAA and HITECH start producing more results, busting more practices, and making everyone aware that they do have teeth this is going to continue to be a problem. HIPAA has been around for a long time, but until HITECH came around it has been a joke, and only enforced in the worst of senarios. I still think that both of the policies are too loose, and enforcement on those policies today is still largely reactive, when it's too late.
Yves is now working on a new prototype, smaller and more powerful, which will should allow the take-off from the ground and more freedom for aerobatics!
As a person that used to do alot of skydiving, the ultimate outcome of this would be strapping on one of these wings, taking off from the ground, fly up to 13,000ft altitude, go into freefall until ~ 3,000ft and land under parachute... Awesome.
I agree --- I love opera, and I think one of the things I love about it is that it just works very well the way it is... The day Opera bloats like Firefox is the day I will stop using it.
I just broke down and loaded linux (ubuntu) on my wife and kid's computers because I got tired of reloading windows every time they downloaded every virus available on the internet.
- Although I did not run into the issues that you are stating, my wife is currently upset that her iPod got wiped and after doing a days worth of troubleshooting for some reason I can not get her iPod to work with anything in Linux, there has been some other issues with other things just not working properly that most users want to "just work"...
That being said, I was very impressed with how much stuff DID work out of the box, I did not have to hunt down any drivers for the laptop or desktop that I loaded, WiFi, Sound, Graphics, everything was perfect on install.
It's getting close, and I look forward to when i can actually load this and not have to tweak everything all of the time and, like windows, it will just work with the stuff that normal computer users expect their computers to do on a day to day basis.
Have not seen the issues with support, however I never buy "home user" equipment from them, and if anyone ever asks me what I recommend I always tell them to buy Dell Small Business machines. They have worked very well for me despite the heave abuse that I put my machines through from time to time (always on the road), and the support teams you connect to with business hardware has never been a problem for me.
My only issue with dell right now is that I now have to keep my D630 running forever, they decided to pull the serial ports from the laptops now and I just can't live without that...:(
And no, i won't use USB serial adapters, they SUCK.
I agree with this 100% --- I currently purchase Dell for all workstations and servers in my environment, and have had nothing but regret when i have not... In an attempt to branch out there are two servers and a couple workstations from other vendors (IBM and HP), I have had to deal with tech support for both of those companies and both times I left with the impression that I'd rather put a bullet in my head than have to call them on any kind of regular basis. I have also found that attempting to find information / drivers for those systems are MUCH harder than it is with Dell where I just goto the support site, punch in a convenient service tag, hit go, and find everything that I need right there.
Bad mouth dell all you want, but so far I would much rather call them when things do go wrong than any other hardware vendor I've delt with, and considering that most of the things that I've had go wrong are the same things that go wrong in other vendors (HDDs, RAM, etc.). I'll go ahead and keep using dell and save my budget at the same time.
Because customers are always concerned about whether or not the product they are about to buy is covered by a patent... Last time I checked, the customer looks at what they want, if it meets the price that they are willing to pay, and whether or not another "generic" version exist that meets their needs for less cost. I guess it's possible that I'm the odd one here, but I've never really cared whether something I buy has a patent, valid or invalid.
unions keep down superior workers - Not from what I've noticed, mostly they just demand minimum pay raises (as in, "you can give raises as big as you want but they must be at least n%").
I oppose this rule right there because there are just some (alot) of employee's that have not earned a raise, hell even some that have "earned" themselves a pay decrease because their performance isnt where it should be considering the experience they are supposed to have.
I could be wrong, but I think the point was how are you to move out of the way of an emergency vehicle that is trying to get through a clogged intersection if your engine is dead and won't start.
Match that generator with double conversion (online) UPSs and your set --- We have online UPSs with about 1 - 2 minutes of uptime and a gas generator and it works great... But I will say that if you have a generator I recommend online UPSs especially if you have your AC units also on that same generator... We found that we get some dirty power on generator, especially when the AC compressors cycle, online UPSs keep all of that away from our servers.
Where on earth did they get "sub launched" from? I read many links on this story and nothing said anything about a sub-launched missile... The ballistic missiles used onboard subs have solid fuel, liquid fuel would be crazy.
You should see the lists of "Prohibited items" that my kids science fair projects include these days --- I have a hard time finding anything to do because of all the restrictions... Kids today are just supposed to play xbox...
I was hourly and took the salery position that I REQUESTED as soon as they could give it to me --- I love being salery, I knew that pagers would be a part of the job from the beginning, it was just part of the job in my opinion.. If you work in this field, and have any real responsibility, just expect it --- it's not that bad if you are half-way decent at keeping your systems in good running condition.
One thing I did fix is that nobody has my pager number except for the most senior people at the site (Hospital) --- And even then, they know to ONLY use it if the internet is down and they can not submit a ticket --- There is an option on my ticket system which allows anyone to page me, but under that option is a clearly defined (with examples) policy on what they are / are not allowed to page for --- If someone pages me because the printer is out of toner I am not expected to call back, and i won't. My pager is alpha-n, so I get to see what it is before I waste time on a phone call... Users are trained well and typically don't bother me.
I have found that I am more effecient in Windows 7 --- The task bar is much better, especially considering that I usually have too many applications open and used to fill up a two line task bar to the point that it gave me arrows on XP --- Even with all this usage and windows 7 my battery life has improved, have not had speed issues, and love it. I hate using XP anymore. (Dell Latitude D630 w/ Centrino Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB Ram, Windows 7 ultimate)
I have had no issues at all with my D630 Latitude --- Very happy about that after reading all of this. I have a Centrino Dual core 2.4Ghz w/ 4GB of ram, Windows 7 Ultimate --- it gets hot, and the fans will spin up when it starts burning my legs, but I have not seen it slow --- The CPU speed changes very cleanly with the load, and I need the power I get it....
We all know that the user causes many issues:) And yes, Microsoft has some really big mistakes (i.e. Vista)... My only point is that sometimes I think Microsoft gets blamed for crap programing of applications that run on their OS, and I think airport Billboards are probably one of those times.
And for the record, I love open source as much as the next guy, but I also feel that microsoft has their place in the Market and that they are not always to blame for everything that goes wrong.
And Windows 7, I love it, I actually can't stand using anything else from them at this point, my laptop is fairly beefy w/ 4GB of ram and good processors, so I can probably get away with much more than many users when it comes to how heavily I use my machine. Unfortionately, manufactures are great at pushing out under-spec'd machines that make things worse, a problem that Apple does not have to deal with. Of course, blame for that could also be placed on microsoft that sets their minimum spec's a bit too low.
Umm, I do use my PC pretty damn heavy all the time, before running 7 which has cleaned up my task bar quite a bit I would regularly get the UP DOWN arrows on my task bar which was two rows high --- It's a laptop, I regularly put it to sleep, move, start it back up, dock it, undock it, use it day and night. I have many odd services running on my system including multiple VMs. I bet I put more pressure on my computer than most airport billboard computers have to deal with. Even with this, I reboot once every couple of weeks when I get tired of the "updates need to be installed" messages, and I do that because I hate restarting everything that I have open for my work.
I'm also willing to bet that those airport systems are A) Running on some old hardware in many cases, B) erroring out due to something OTHER than the operating system itself many times that you see it.
The bashing of windows just to bash it is getting old, some stuff is pretty sloppy and prone to crashes, but XP SP 2 is pretty stable, and from what I've used so far on 7 it's doing pretty good too.
And what the hell are you running that you get a "fatal error" three or four times a week? I keep my machine up without reboot for a couple weeks at times without reboot --- Seems like that is probably a fault with the software you are using more than the operating system under it.
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I would love to use google docs, it would allow for much more functionality than my current budget allows for, and I would likely have a more reliable system while cutting cost at the same time.
That being said, I have two issues with google that they need to find a solution for before I could consider switching, they fix these and I would switch in a heart beat.
First, I want to be able to limit the IP addresses that are allowed to log into corporate accounts... I don't want people on their home computers logging into google and having direct access to all of our corporate data. I would prefer that users have to connect to our VPN, log into a terminal server, and then access the google docs. There is alot of controls that I can place on the corporate computers, and the terminal servers, which protect our data from just being downloaded onto personal hard drives and this is VERY important to me.
Second, I would like to be able to prevent any account that is NOT a corporate account from being able to be accessed on our systems, the risk for data leak is too high when myownfuzzylogin1979@gmail.com logs into google on a corporate machine. We have alot of sensitive information, and we take many steps to protect that information (i.e. our outgoing email is all screened and flagged if something is detected). As it stands today, google apps are blocked for this very reason.
Google, fix those two things and we are good to go!
It would not be possible to do this... A healthcare org has to refer to the patient records long after your visit is over. In a hospital, there is generally reporting that takes place which requires extensive reviews and audits of the care given, and alot of these audits can take place nearly half a year after you were seen. There is also the fact that after your visit, the record will be reviewed for medical coding, which is how you, your insurance, and or the gov't are billed for the care that you were given. The idea that when you leave, your record is locked, is just not realisitic. I can also say that the latest push by the federal government, with these EHR incentives, is pretty much going to do the opposite of what you are asking for.
I have seen medical practices on both ends of the security fence, and it is sad... I've been in practices that I would never, ever, visit as a patient because I have no faith in how things are run there from an IT security view point... At the same time, I have worked with other orginazations that do take security very seriously, and do everything possible to ensure that all data is kept private... The thing that really sucks is that you really have no way of knowing what type of office you are visiting until you see the report that your record has been leaked.
Someone else posted in here that most practices are afraid of HIPAA and will do anything to keep things safe... Unfortionately I have seen alot of practices that couldnt give a crap about HIPAA and won't listen to any reasons as to why they should not run bittorrent on their office computer. The bottom line is that until HIPAA and HITECH start producing more results, busting more practices, and making everyone aware that they do have teeth this is going to continue to be a problem. HIPAA has been around for a long time, but until HITECH came around it has been a joke, and only enforced in the worst of senarios. I still think that both of the policies are too loose, and enforcement on those policies today is still largely reactive, when it's too late.
Yves is now working on a new prototype, smaller and more powerful, which will should allow the take-off from the ground and more freedom for aerobatics!
As a person that used to do alot of skydiving, the ultimate outcome of this would be strapping on one of these wings, taking off from the ground, fly up to 13,000ft altitude, go into freefall until ~ 3,000ft and land under parachute ... Awesome.
I agree --- I love opera, and I think one of the things I love about it is that it just works very well the way it is... The day Opera bloats like Firefox is the day I will stop using it.
I just broke down and loaded linux (ubuntu) on my wife and kid's computers because I got tired of reloading windows every time they downloaded every virus available on the internet.
- Although I did not run into the issues that you are stating, my wife is currently upset that her iPod got wiped and after doing a days worth of troubleshooting for some reason I can not get her iPod to work with anything in Linux, there has been some other issues with other things just not working properly that most users want to "just work"...
That being said, I was very impressed with how much stuff DID work out of the box, I did not have to hunt down any drivers for the laptop or desktop that I loaded, WiFi, Sound, Graphics, everything was perfect on install.
It's getting close, and I look forward to when i can actually load this and not have to tweak everything all of the time and, like windows, it will just work with the stuff that normal computer users expect their computers to do on a day to day basis.
Have not seen the issues with support, however I never buy "home user" equipment from them, and if anyone ever asks me what I recommend I always tell them to buy Dell Small Business machines. They have worked very well for me despite the heave abuse that I put my machines through from time to time (always on the road), and the support teams you connect to with business hardware has never been a problem for me. My only issue with dell right now is that I now have to keep my D630 running forever, they decided to pull the serial ports from the laptops now and I just can't live without that... :(
And no, i won't use USB serial adapters, they SUCK.
I agree with this 100% --- I currently purchase Dell for all workstations and servers in my environment, and have had nothing but regret when i have not... In an attempt to branch out there are two servers and a couple workstations from other vendors (IBM and HP), I have had to deal with tech support for both of those companies and both times I left with the impression that I'd rather put a bullet in my head than have to call them on any kind of regular basis. I have also found that attempting to find information / drivers for those systems are MUCH harder than it is with Dell where I just goto the support site, punch in a convenient service tag, hit go, and find everything that I need right there. Bad mouth dell all you want, but so far I would much rather call them when things do go wrong than any other hardware vendor I've delt with, and considering that most of the things that I've had go wrong are the same things that go wrong in other vendors (HDDs, RAM, etc.). I'll go ahead and keep using dell and save my budget at the same time.
Because customers are always concerned about whether or not the product they are about to buy is covered by a patent... Last time I checked, the customer looks at what they want, if it meets the price that they are willing to pay, and whether or not another "generic" version exist that meets their needs for less cost. I guess it's possible that I'm the odd one here, but I've never really cared whether something I buy has a patent, valid or invalid.
He already explained why a couple posts above --- And his case makes some sense.
unions keep down superior workers - Not from what I've noticed, mostly they just demand minimum pay raises (as in, "you can give raises as big as you want but they must be at least n%").
I oppose this rule right there because there are just some (alot) of employee's that have not earned a raise, hell even some that have "earned" themselves a pay decrease because their performance isnt where it should be considering the experience they are supposed to have.
I could be wrong, but I think the point was how are you to move out of the way of an emergency vehicle that is trying to get through a clogged intersection if your engine is dead and won't start.
Match that generator with double conversion (online) UPSs and your set --- We have online UPSs with about 1 - 2 minutes of uptime and a gas generator and it works great ... But I will say that if you have a generator I recommend online UPSs especially if you have your AC units also on that same generator... We found that we get some dirty power on generator, especially when the AC compressors cycle, online UPSs keep all of that away from our servers.
Where on earth did they get "sub launched" from? I read many links on this story and nothing said anything about a sub-launched missile... The ballistic missiles used onboard subs have solid fuel, liquid fuel would be crazy.
How is comparing a city of water pipes to a power plants pipes even close?
You should see the lists of "Prohibited items" that my kids science fair projects include these days --- I have a hard time finding anything to do because of all the restrictions ... Kids today are just supposed to play xbox...
Agree'd, in my time on submarines that stuff was amazing for just about anything ---
Now if we could only get decent force feedback controls for those sims eh... I would be happy with that, although I would also love a setup like that.
I was hourly and took the salery position that I REQUESTED as soon as they could give it to me --- I love being salery, I knew that pagers would be a part of the job from the beginning, it was just part of the job in my opinion.. If you work in this field, and have any real responsibility, just expect it --- it's not that bad if you are half-way decent at keeping your systems in good running condition.
... Users are trained well and typically don't bother me.
One thing I did fix is that nobody has my pager number except for the most senior people at the site (Hospital) --- And even then, they know to ONLY use it if the internet is down and they can not submit a ticket --- There is an option on my ticket system which allows anyone to page me, but under that option is a clearly defined (with examples) policy on what they are / are not allowed to page for --- If someone pages me because the printer is out of toner I am not expected to call back, and i won't. My pager is alpha-n, so I get to see what it is before I waste time on a phone call
Because they look cool when used in a room with your spiffy Mac
I have found that I am more effecient in Windows 7 --- The task bar is much better, especially considering that I usually have too many applications open and used to fill up a two line task bar to the point that it gave me arrows on XP --- Even with all this usage and windows 7 my battery life has improved, have not had speed issues, and love it. I hate using XP anymore. (Dell Latitude D630 w/ Centrino Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB Ram, Windows 7 ultimate)
I have had no issues at all with my D630 Latitude --- Very happy about that after reading all of this. I have a Centrino Dual core 2.4Ghz w/ 4GB of ram, Windows 7 Ultimate --- it gets hot, and the fans will spin up when it starts burning my legs, but I have not seen it slow --- The CPU speed changes very cleanly with the load, and I need the power I get it....
Sucks for all of you having issues.
We all know that the user causes many issues :) And yes, Microsoft has some really big mistakes (i.e. Vista) ... My only point is that sometimes I think Microsoft gets blamed for crap programing of applications that run on their OS, and I think airport Billboards are probably one of those times.
And for the record, I love open source as much as the next guy, but I also feel that microsoft has their place in the Market and that they are not always to blame for everything that goes wrong.
And Windows 7, I love it, I actually can't stand using anything else from them at this point, my laptop is fairly beefy w/ 4GB of ram and good processors, so I can probably get away with much more than many users when it comes to how heavily I use my machine. Unfortionately, manufactures are great at pushing out under-spec'd machines that make things worse, a problem that Apple does not have to deal with. Of course, blame for that could also be placed on microsoft that sets their minimum spec's a bit too low.
Umm, I do use my PC pretty damn heavy all the time, before running 7 which has cleaned up my task bar quite a bit I would regularly get the UP DOWN arrows on my task bar which was two rows high --- It's a laptop, I regularly put it to sleep, move, start it back up, dock it, undock it, use it day and night. I have many odd services running on my system including multiple VMs. I bet I put more pressure on my computer than most airport billboard computers have to deal with. Even with this, I reboot once every couple of weeks when I get tired of the "updates need to be installed" messages, and I do that because I hate restarting everything that I have open for my work. I'm also willing to bet that those airport systems are A) Running on some old hardware in many cases, B) erroring out due to something OTHER than the operating system itself many times that you see it. The bashing of windows just to bash it is getting old, some stuff is pretty sloppy and prone to crashes, but XP SP 2 is pretty stable, and from what I've used so far on 7 it's doing pretty good too.
I agree, we need more people like this!
And what the hell are you running that you get a "fatal error" three or four times a week? I keep my machine up without reboot for a couple weeks at times without reboot --- Seems like that is probably a fault with the software you are using more than the operating system under it.