[ale] bout me company

[Geoffrey]

Whoa, whoa, there, I'll top that.  I'll sell my UNIX System Programmer 
Certification certificate for $200, already mounted on a real presswood 
plaque and behind beveled plexiglass.  Has the AT&T Bell Laboratories 
icon in the top left corner.  You can't even GET these things anymore...

Greg wrote:
> 	OK, I will sell you my MCP certificate (never been used) for the going rate
> of $124 (costs $125 for the tests now not to mention the books/training...
> SEE, a SAVINGS of $1.00 !!!!).  Like I said, never been used, and only
> impressed a few rubes..errr. folks, yeah, that's the word... Just send
> check(bank only) or money order to my address for the cert and $5.99 in
> postage and handling to me and I will send it to you... For $25.99 more I
> will include this handsome black frame with real glass (not the imitation
> plastic fake glass many others advertise !!).  Hurry rush now ! Be the first
> one in your IT department to be able to put some letters on your business
> cards !!  If done today a genuine Ginsu knife will be yours too ! (useful in
> cutting away the MS bs). HURRY ! RUSH NOW !
> 
> 	Or.. you can use our website to order and see first hand joe-the-web-guys
> home made certificate or use the XYZ WinCam to see WinMan crying over having
> to get RE-CERTIFIED FOR .NET/XP/MS-flavor-of-the-week-buzzword and his code
> not being compatible with .NET and having to be re-written...
> 
> (see what happens to minds when not gainfully employed ? apologies to the
> cert and Stephen Turner's  threads....)
> 
> Greg Canter
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Joe at orado.localdomain.private
>>[mailto:Joe at orado.localdomain.private]On Behalf Of Joseph A Knapka
>>Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:11 AM
>>To: Jeff Hubbs
>>Cc: fgz; ale at ale.org
>>Subject: Re: [ale] bout me company
>>
>>
>>Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The fact is, WinMan bought into a system not of his making but of MS
>>>and probably a lot of other entities looking to make a buck.  That's
>>>what was there for the accomplishing.  Perhaps he looked in Computer
>>>User and saw an ad like this one I'm looking at right in front of me
>>>here:  "Get Certified Today and Start Your IT Career Tomorrow...$5,995
>>>includes 100% instruction by...MCSE...instructor,...testing at large
>>>VUE testing center, breakfast and lunch each day,...training with your
>>>own...computer...", etc.  "Guaranteed Passing!", the ad says!
>>> Guaranteed passing??  Damnation, sign me up!  I was a shift
>>>supervisor at Wal-Mart, now I'm going to be an MSCE!!  GUARANTEED!
>>>
>>So ley me get this straight... I give them several thousand
>>dollars, and as long as I *physically show up* for the class,
>>I get the certificate? How totally 1990's! We should just skip
>>the "me showing up for the class" part and they can mail
>>me the MCSE cert.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>-- Joe
>>"I should like to close this book by sticking out any part of my neck
>> which is not yet exposed, and making a few predictions about how the
>> problem of quantum gravity will in the end be solved."
>> --- Physicist Lee Smolin, "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity"
>>
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"...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users that
are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
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