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Some sanity regarding tech and software preferences? sm Posted By: NWMNMT on 2009-03-02 In Reply to: Just to pull the heck out of the other thread below :-) and, hopefully, interject "a logic" about the whole subject, if I can?.... Individual choices regarding what software to use are just that, choices. Each person can make their case for their decision(s) and others are free to accept or reject their reasoning or advice. It's that simple, really. One person's stated choice should not necessarily be construed as a blanket indictment of someone else's choice. Either take the advice, or don't, but please take the time to research what you're using; evaluate the software on its own merits and how it fits with your needs, check out what others are saying about it and why, and, finally, whether it's worth the cost (if there is one) or the potential risk (if there is no cost). It's really pretty simple, and shouldn't be so contentious, IMO. No? javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',''); Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread Some sanity regarding tech and software preferences? sm - NWMNMT The messages you are viewing are archived/old. To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu Other related messages found in our database Sanity? What's that? as Thanks, what was left of my sanity has been... restored! Thank you for saving my sanity ;-D I think I'll check this out - sounds interesting. I really appreciate all the information you enclosed. Thank you! for sanity's sake I have been an MT/homeschooling mom for 7 years now. I work from 5:30am-9am and then from 7-10pm. We school from 9-12:30. I actually sit with my kids the whole time. They will do reading and some independent work in the evening(homework). From 1-5 is our park time, ballet, karate, etc. Fridays we have off for co-ops, field trips, and errands. This works great for us. 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They don't charge a line rate and I believe guildftp server software is still free. Did you check and see what's checked or not checked in Preferences. Maybe something got messed up s Another big factor is software. If the software isn't transcription friendly, it can really hurt your bottom line. Otherwise, $1.20 per report is a pretty decent rate for radiology. Good luck - hope it works out for you. Med-Tech Hi, Just wondering if anyone had any info on Med-Tech in Lousiana. I didn't see any good or bad in the archives. Thanks! Jen Med-Tech Hi Bobbie, Thanks for your input. Their schedule didn't work for me anyway-they were going to hire me without even doing an interview! I hope you had better luck in whatever you chose next. Jen Did you like being a vet tech? I'd like to hear more about it, if you don't mind. oh yes, but the tech guy did all that for me. Can't really help you much in that way, but you can get it online, I think that's what he did. It has junk mail files, suspected junk mail files, and then of course my "wanted" email file. I'm not very computer "savvy" so that's why I needed help. But it looks to me like you can just go to SpamBayes and load it. I know it has a "wizard" to load it. Good luck because this spam thing has gotten way out of hand. Should be a law against it! Maybe someone else has heard of it, maybe try the technical help board if you can't get it to work. I'm sorry that I can't help much more than that. But yes, in answer to your question, you can set up your email as you would like. Good luck, and hope this helps. Hey, you tech MT's, help please. I got a LinkSys router at Wal-Mart and with tech help, I got my Vista computer and other computer going at the same time; however, I unplugged the cable from the phone jack one night, as it was storming, and could not get both computers back on line after that. I actually have returned the router and doing without for now. 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