Spideroak sucks. The software is buggy as hell, their bandwidth must be purchased by the strawful as the transfer speeds are comparable to what I was getting on dialup in the 90s, syncing is hit or miss at best and it's a gigantic resource hog. It cost my company $90 to beta test this POS and the company insists that all sales are final so too bad for me. Stay away from Spideroak!
As to the rest, Sparkleshare shows promise so far. I'm also intrigued by Aero FS (http://www.aerofs.com/) but they're still in closed beta and I haven't been able to score an invite.
Fact of life that you'll find more Lupe's checking you in at the Dr than you will Betty & Veronica. If Betty were there she wouldn't logoff either. Feel better now?
Hardly true when "Lupe" at the front desk goes out to lunch and leaves her computer on and logged in to the EMR system. They do the same thing when they leave the office at night.
I work for a large regional provider of EMR hardware and software and I can tell you first hand that you should be afraid, very afraid, of anything your Dr. does with health records that involve a computer. Anti-virus is the tip of the iceberg. You install it for them and their brother in law who's a burger flipper helpfully uninstalls it to "speed things up." Hilarity ensues. Entire offices are implementing EMR that refuse separate usernames and passwords because it's "just too damn hard to remember all that" so everyone logs in as user with some simple password; that's if they even bother to log in or off at all. Of course they have to have admin rights because it's their hardware and they know what's best.
Since most of the offices that are being force-fed EMR because of the lure of up to $44,000 in "stimulus" funds are smaller practices, they don't have domains that can be used to enforce universal security policies.
The larger ones, sure, but most of them already use EMR and have on site servers etc. along with the requisite firewalls and VPNs. The vast majority of the new ones though are being sold "cloud" based systems with no local servers at all, so it's a friggin' free for all in terms of security (or lack thereof). They're just lining up for a swipe at the stimulus golden ring but half of them shouldn't even be entrusted with anything as complicated as a TV remote, let alone computer systems.
"The report recommends that an independent advisory body oversee the database, and that laws be passed to limit the uses of the database, while tracking those with access to it, and making misuse of the information a criminal offence."
It's too late. You can never put the shit back in the donkey.
Redmond WA, June 24 2009. Microsoft is proud to announce today its acquisition of independent and trusted testing firm AV-Test. Details of the transaction are not immediately available but rumors involve a large cash payment and real estate on a remote Caribbean island.
Anything that can be used to track the whereabouts of a populace, be it RFID, cameras, GPS in cellphones, can be used by a government to control its subjects. Once you lose your ability to go anywhere without being followed, you lose your freedom.
"Sorry but I am a little sick and tired of hearing about all these security concerns by people who don't know how these systems actually work. Can you tell?"
Sorry, but I am a little sick and tired about hearing about how there are no security concerns from the people who don't care about anything but selling their products to a government that wants more control over its people. Do you care?
Who looks over these submissions anyway? Is it really too much trouble to have someone literate go over submissions before subjecting us to misspellings and shitty grammar?
Plutons not planets STOP. Actually a body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma STOP. Microsoft responsible for the death of...err...none STOP.
One can only hope. The biggest scourge to hit the internets were the legions of AOL users set free in a place they couldn't comprehend. Of course that didn't stop them from destroying it for the rest of us. The death of AOL can't come too soon for my liking. A pox upon them!
Well, I'll tell you that in my (limited) Linux experience, this is the first distro in years that I installed and didn't remove in frustration after a week. Coming from almost 15 years in Windows IT, this is a major deal. As a matter of fact, I've managed to abandon Windows completely on my primary desktop machine at home in favor of Ubuntu.
So, staying power? Absolutely. Finally a distro that works out of the box, requiring a minimal number of trips to oh so dorky terminal window. Oh they're not gone yet, god forbid, but you can actually get this distro running with minimal nerd quotient required. If they keep up the level of development and support, there's no reason this one actually has some shelf life as it will be harder to overcome the advantages for the common user.
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Spideroak sucks. The software is buggy as hell, their bandwidth must be purchased by the strawful as the transfer speeds are comparable to what I was getting on dialup in the 90s, syncing is hit or miss at best and it's a gigantic resource hog. It cost my company $90 to beta test this POS and the company insists that all sales are final so too bad for me. Stay away from Spideroak! As to the rest, Sparkleshare shows promise so far. I'm also intrigued by Aero FS (http://www.aerofs.com/) but they're still in closed beta and I haven't been able to score an invite.
I'd rather give my money to AIG, Wamu, hell even Bank of America before I give those crooks another dime of my money. Carry on.
Fact of life that you'll find more Lupe's checking you in at the Dr than you will Betty & Veronica. If Betty were there she wouldn't logoff either. Feel better now?
Hardly true when "Lupe" at the front desk goes out to lunch and leaves her computer on and logged in to the EMR system. They do the same thing when they leave the office at night.
I work for a large regional provider of EMR hardware and software and I can tell you first hand that you should be afraid, very afraid, of anything your Dr. does with health records that involve a computer. Anti-virus is the tip of the iceberg. You install it for them and their brother in law who's a burger flipper helpfully uninstalls it to "speed things up." Hilarity ensues. Entire offices are implementing EMR that refuse separate usernames and passwords because it's "just too damn hard to remember all that" so everyone logs in as user with some simple password; that's if they even bother to log in or off at all. Of course they have to have admin rights because it's their hardware and they know what's best.
Since most of the offices that are being force-fed EMR because of the lure of up to $44,000 in "stimulus" funds are smaller practices, they don't have domains that can be used to enforce universal security policies.
The larger ones, sure, but most of them already use EMR and have on site servers etc. along with the requisite firewalls and VPNs. The vast majority of the new ones though are being sold "cloud" based systems with no local servers at all, so it's a friggin' free for all in terms of security (or lack thereof). They're just lining up for a swipe at the stimulus golden ring but half of them shouldn't even be entrusted with anything as complicated as a TV remote, let alone computer systems.
"The report recommends that an independent advisory body oversee the database, and that laws be passed to limit the uses of the database, while tracking those with access to it, and making misuse of the information a criminal offence." It's too late. You can never put the shit back in the donkey.
A good fashion tip. I hear aluminum oxide is the new black ;)
...a way to stop wearing this itchy tinfoil hat!
Redmond WA, June 24 2009. Microsoft is proud to announce today its acquisition of independent and trusted testing firm AV-Test. Details of the transaction are not immediately available but rumors involve a large cash payment and real estate on a remote Caribbean island.
So they can't fall in the hole of course...
Wait, what's happening?
So how long have you been an Earthlink employee?
Anything that can be used to track the whereabouts of a populace, be it RFID, cameras, GPS in cellphones, can be used by a government to control its subjects. Once you lose your ability to go anywhere without being followed, you lose your freedom.
Sorry, but I am a little sick and tired about hearing about how there are no security concerns from the people who don't care about anything but selling their products to a government that wants more control over its people. Do you care?
Who looks over these submissions anyway? Is it really too much trouble to have someone literate go over submissions before subjecting us to misspellings and shitty grammar?
Plutons not planets STOP. Actually a body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma STOP. Microsoft responsible for the death of...err...none STOP.
Film at 11.
Silly astronomers.
Phew...I'm glad to see that. For a minute I thought it said SQWERTZ. That would be unacceptable in the boardroom.
Well there you go. I'm not as up on my Windows flavors as I should be :)
This is all a tempest in a teapot unless we know that Vista runs as admin by default, and not some reduced user privilege mode.
"Norton was once an essential application. Is it turning into a joke?"
[+] yes (tagging beta)
Thank you, please drive through.
Doh! That's why when I was relieved from my last job as Director of IT they didn't send me my severance pay until I returned all the backup tapes ;)
One can only hope. The biggest scourge to hit the internets were the legions of AOL users set free in a place they couldn't comprehend. Of course that didn't stop them from destroying it for the rest of us. The death of AOL can't come too soon for my liking. A pox upon them!
See sig...
So, staying power? Absolutely. Finally a distro that works out of the box, requiring a minimal number of trips to oh so dorky terminal window. Oh they're not gone yet, god forbid, but you can actually get this distro running with minimal nerd quotient required. If they keep up the level of development and support, there's no reason this one actually has some shelf life as it will be harder to overcome the advantages for the common user.
Does that mean SG1 will now be shown on the History Channel instead of SciFi?