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May 10th 2012, 20:08:49

For the record I had to deal with someone today who has CISSP certification. This is allegedly the gold standard of security certs and you have to have five years of experience in infosec just to take the exam. He couldnt figure out that he was broadcasting a new IP address and that that's why the firewall wouldn't let him out....
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May 10th 2012, 13:20:18

Yeah I do have a college degree already. But it's in Political Science :P Which is why I'm working my way through a second BS in Computer Science
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May 10th 2012, 12:49:23

Azz Kikr: I think the logic comes down to degree (vendor neutral) vs certificate (vendor specific)
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May 9th 2012, 22:20:30

^This has been my experience also at least browsing around. With the job market the way it is employers want education, experience AND certs :P
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May 9th 2012, 20:45:02

The Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts are different. Because in that case the homosexuals, by attempting to force admission, are violating the inherent freedom of association of the group(their right to choose who they wish to be associated with, businesses obviously do not have this right but clubs/organizations do)
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May 9th 2012, 19:48:11

North Carolina, where you can marry your cousin, just not your gay cousin.
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May 9th 2012, 18:46:52

Originally posted by Wharfed:
Certifications are nice and all, but mean jack fluff if you have no experience. They are really just used by HR retards to pick and chose when they don't want to actually read a resume. However, my recommendations are that you know UNIX like the back of your hand. Whether or not you get any certifications by doing it is up to you.


Want to be great at UNIX? Get a version of UNIX (Linux, BSD, whatever), build a server from scratch and start building and writing C code. Get Rich Stevens books on system level programming and learn to program at the system level. Write your own server and client code, debug the code, work on interprocess communications, debug memory leaks, build shared libs, build static libs, fix corrupt file systems, etc.

Certification is not good for personal knowledge. It is useful when you are just starting to get your foot in the door of a company who requires certification, but you can bet your paycheck that the experts do not have these 'waste of time' pieces of paper.


I agree and I do have IT experience (I'm a telecom specialist currently) However those HR retards tend to be the ones screening the resumes before they get sent to the people who actually understand the field etc... and they want to see a certain amount of paper padding on said resume :P On the programming bit I am a computer science student at the moment as well, I'm just going part time so it'll be 1-2 years before I finish, but we do all of our core work on Linux/Solaris and in C++
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May 9th 2012, 18:27:23

"CCIE Lab and CCDE Practical exams are $1,500 USD per attempt, not including travel and lodging expenses."

Wow now THAT is expensive lol
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May 9th 2012, 17:57:29

Well I'd love to hear Security as well. They regularly advertise positions for Network Engineers, System Admins, and IT Security(They also advertise PC Tech and Help Desk positions but I've done that before and I'd rather not do that again :P)
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May 9th 2012, 17:48:07

Interesting @ those certs. $400 per exam isn't that bad.
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May 9th 2012, 17:28:07

Specifically, I'd like to go be a network engineer or sys admin at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. It's a bucket list thing but I'd like to go for it out of the way before I have kids and all that crap to worry about ;) I think they use Cisco products down there which is why I said CCNA->CCNP.
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May 9th 2012, 15:47:47

Definitely Sifos, I generally agree that work experience seems to trump everything else from certs to education. However (and I realize this is anecdotal) most places use education/certs to filter out resumes before they even get to the point of evaluating anything else on your resume. Kind of like how Ivy League schools auto-ding transcripts below a certain GPA :P
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May 9th 2012, 15:34:48

*adds LCN to farm list*
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May 9th 2012, 15:30:28

For those of you who work in IT. Or particularly any of you who may hire people in the IT field, what certifications do you feel are the most helpful for better pay/better jobs out there? I realize this is going to be very dependent on the individual job but I would imagine there are some certs which are pretty highly sought after/generally required. Right now I just have a Security+ cert which is pretty generic and low level. I'm thinking of adding a CCNA->CCNP and a CAPM->PMP to stuff the resume.
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May 9th 2012, 13:55:56

Most of the people who have no ideals will be looking for a new alliance next reset anyway. That is assuming they don't quit as LaF leadership insists they will.
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May 8th 2012, 11:50:33

How is anyone besides TC/hanlong being forced to quit?
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May 8th 2012, 5:42:01

The thing is I like HHH as the occasional authority figure over the heel authority figure. I liked his run in on Brock/Laurinitis but I don't want a HHH/Brock feud. I want a HHH/Laurenitis proxy feud where they both can get physical from time to time but the main action is between their proxies.
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May 8th 2012, 4:48:38

This is all storyline to get him off tv for a bit as his contract is only for ~35 appearances this year. He will be back likely for Summerslam, Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania
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May 7th 2012, 20:59:03

Originally posted by hawkeyee:
Originally posted by TheORKINMan:
It also has to do with the amount of homework. Sending a kid him with 2 hours of homework every night is BS and is essentially just busywork.


Yeah. Our board's homework policy is 10 minutes per grade per night, not on religious holidays, not on board holidays, and be reasonable about weekends. It's not a bad policy, but my board is among the more foreword thinking from what I've seen and heard in Ontario.


So 12th grade gets 120 minutes of HW per class per night? :P
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May 7th 2012, 18:40:43

It also has to do with the amount of homework. Sending a kid him with 2 hours of homework every night is BS and is essentially just busywork.
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May 7th 2012, 13:57:20

I just think Funkasaurus needs to get in a real feud. The squash matches have been done to death. Also I lol every time he calls out his moves before doing them. "Suplex baby!"
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May 7th 2012, 12:54:58

Funkasaurus > Ryback
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May 7th 2012, 12:36:35

Originally posted by anoniem:
ORKIN, you're an idiot. You've been an idiot since AT. Remember when you were alienated by the other mods? Well, it wasn't them it was you.

Have a swirvey day.


You don't actually give a fluff about cheating anon so why don't you just shut the fluff up and leave this to people who actually care about cheaters/cheating in this game. The only reason you and Evo are on AT running your mouth is to press your political agenda and quash a rival.
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May 7th 2012, 5:18:26

I would disagree vehemently that Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon had higher levels of intelligence then other Presidents. IQ be damned.
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May 7th 2012, 3:24:07

Reckless I *HATE* Rhodes. Rhodes is the most annoying uninteresting character that I've seen pushed. I am much more a fan of Santino's push than Rhodes. At least Santino is funny.
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May 7th 2012, 2:26:32

I want Lesnat/Undertaker. Tbh I think that's where this is going. Lesnar runs through everyone until the only person that could beat him is Taker with his magic powers :P

Even though Cena beat Lesnar he still lost the physical battle badly.
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May 7th 2012, 2:24:02

I just want to reiterate that beyond game rules whatTC/hanlong did is a real world crime.
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May 7th 2012, 2:18:48

Nah I already told Arsenal I'm gonna say whatever I want still. And that if the Evo allegations turn out to be true I expect MD to have the same response against Evo that they have had to LaF. I might just join MD this reset and reset up TROLL next reset ;)
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May 7th 2012, 2:01:38

Yeah I told Arsenal I'd play in MD for one reset in exchange for help on getting some rentals through this set ;)
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May 7th 2012, 2:00:51

Yeah I've stated I'm not a fan of running laf out of the game for reset after reset. But I do think a penance should be paid in this case since we and you all knew about TC's past. You had the right to give him another chance but that also means you take responsibility for him IMO
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May 7th 2012, 1:44:33

I don't think stopping laf from winning TNW/ANW this reset, the reset in which they benefitted from the hacker's actions is inappropriate. LaF is not innocent as an alliance as they let TC, a known cheater return to their ranks. That makes the alliance partially responsible for him.
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May 6th 2012, 21:05:38

Originally posted by Eric171:
Originally posted by Detmer:
Originally posted by Eric171:
Originally posted by Detmer:
Originally posted by Eric171:
Originally posted by Detmer:
Originally posted by trumper:
Originally posted by dagga:
Go fluff yourself trumper you LAF suckhole. There are two wars in the entire history of EE where SOL could be called out for..

The first is when Imag called in SOL against your alliance, you called Omega and destroyed them due to overwhelming numbers. The second was SOL vs LCN/icn.. At the worst you can cry like a fluff and say you were netting but lets face it, you had more members and more networth and lost. SOL has hit LCN once of its own accord since the beginning of EE yet you carry on like the world owes you an apology.

Your participation in the SOL gangbang was a disgrace to your history but you pricks still walk around as if someone owes you something. Get some perspective - you can't be protected by the cheats in LaF forever


Congratulations, you're doing more for Laf's cause than any of their members could ever do. You have also done a fascinating job of reminding all of us how the anti-cheating terms amount to political posturing. Keep showing that beloved SOL honor!




So you're saying that LCN supports cheaters as a means of getting back at SoL? Great ethics.


Ethics has zero to do with it. SOF, LCN, etc`s anti-cheating obligation ends at their doorsteeps. Outside of that, it is game mods obligation to assure a cheat free game.


Ethics has everything to do with it. The argument you are making is akin to saying it is alright to give money to al Qaeda since you aren't going to blow up any planes yourself.


No, the argument you are trying to make is that YOUR ethics should matter to SOMEONE`S ELSE ethics.

It doesn`t. Cry as much of a river over it as you want, but that fact won`t change.

The only thing that the community has to follow is the game rules and there are people who enforce them, and they aren`t you.


You clearly don't know what ethics are. You have ethics and morals confused.

You're right, I can't make you give a damn, though. But you just enable people to keep cheating. You vindicate them by supporting them after they are exposed.

And I am not complaining - I think you do not understand what crying a river is. Also me not being a game mod and not enforcing the rules has nothing to do with me pointing out the unethical behavior of alliances. I have never said SoF is cheating by supporting LaF.

All in all Eric, I think you need to get your thoughts in order before posting more because right now you are just looking silly.


Not mixing ethics and morals with rules comes with my job, but thanks for your opinion that I don`t know how to differentiate morals and ethics.

Anyway, the simple fact is that ethics is subjective. What might be an ethical issue for you might not be for the next person, and there is zero reason for your ethics to matter more than the next person ethics.

To me what is really silly are hundreds of posts from LAF/SOF/LCN`s enemies claiming that SOF, LCN, etc have the moral/ethical/whatever duty to drop LAF. That is what I called complaining/crying. I could use other words too.

Leave the enforcement of game rules to game admins. It is their job.

Go win your war on the field.

I will stop here because what else I could write would be a simple restatement of what I already said, and there is no point in repeating myself ad nauseam.


Sorry but this is horse fluff. While I certainly wish they'd do more SOF/LCN recognize that this is wrong and afaik they are not going to defend laf militarily for the next set or two.
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May 6th 2012, 16:58:07

The curious thing for me is finding out who is egging TC on. Obviously he has some friends that will help him come back and hide or otherwise want him to get another chance. He wouldn't be making moves like this if everyone really wanted him gone.
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May 6th 2012, 13:33:52

You mentioned Nixon and Clinton? A President who got impeached and one who had to resign to avoid impeachment. Doesn't sound very much like winning to me.
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May 6th 2012, 7:46:58

Indeed. I don't think the community or admins will welcome him back. However he certainly appears, by his actions, since getting caught to believe that he'll be able to slide back in at some point after this does down.
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May 6th 2012, 7:33:45

It appears TC is anticipating making a return to the game at some point
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May 6th 2012, 4:58:40

BTW this may get me banned. But this is EXACTLY the way I picture dagga as he typed his initial post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1o82BVKFp8
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May 6th 2012, 4:30:58

Just want to put it out there that dagga is a dumbass.

I'm actually going to disagree that LaF needs to be gangbanged for more then this and maybe next reset. The goal is not to make all LaF players quit the game. It's just to send a message that the community isn't going to put up with this fluff anymore. Killing them for 1-2 resets is not going to drive many, if any players away from the game. Killing them for 6 months to a year will make most if not all quit in the same way RD botting people made even SOF quit. AFAIK this is the first time they have been caught on EE. If they get caught again on EE doing something of this magnitude then I think it might be appropriate for Pang to force them to disband by banning their tag from existence.
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May 6th 2012, 4:11:49

PM Jeremy
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May 6th 2012, 4:00:29

2nd
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May 5th 2012, 5:40:05

Does LCN recognize TROLLs policy of not honoring retal windows? I think I still owe LaF about 205 retals for farming me.
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May 5th 2012, 5:13:48

Apparently it means LCN is sticking up for LaF and is willing to use their military to do it.
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May 5th 2012, 4:36:41

*facepalms*
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May 5th 2012, 4:35:12

Originally posted by [IX]Mobster:
IX had some of the greatest players to ever play this game, whether it be in game skill or just good people in real life. Your infinite intelligence is seemingly discrediting members of that alliance, no matter who they are, because they reflect poorly in your mind. You paint with a broad brush, way to be.

*golf clap*


Wow at the level of delusion and history whitewashing in this post.
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May 5th 2012, 4:16:46

Oh boy an ex-IX player. That's an alliance with a history of honor, honesty and integrity.
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May 5th 2012, 3:33:22

It didnt stop anyone else in LaF who did terrible things from coming back.
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May 5th 2012, 2:56:25

If he hasn't come back by 2025 I'll PayPal you 50 bucks :P
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May 5th 2012, 2:24:14

For someone who's laying on the couch on his iPad. Is this an actual war dec and on who?
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May 5th 2012, 2:21:39

Btw I will bet money hanlong comes back at some point under an alias
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May 5th 2012, 2:14:19

By the "community" I mean the 10 people who make all decisions in this game because alliances are their personal fiefdoms.
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