From: Erik Nixon (sneaky_nx@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2007 - 02:23:08 ART
you both gave some good laughs there.. lol especially about the NDA!!!
> From: joe@affirmedsystems.com> To: darklordrouter@gmail.com;
gary.duncanson@googlemail.com> CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE: Dodgy
plaques> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:57:27 -0500> > Darth,> > You are truly a
dark lord of the sith... That is the funniest story I have> heard in a long
time... How evil!> > I would have taken all the csco certs and told him some
guy from Cisco came> by at lunch and said something thing about him breaking
the NDA?> > LOL> > -----Original Message-----> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of> darth router> Sent: Monday,
December 17, 2007 9:33 PM> To: Gary Duncanson> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: Dodgy plaques> > Gary,> > Funny! There was a guy at my last job
who framed and hung all his certs in> the office. He had them organized in
order of importance. I swapped the A+> one and put it in first place over his
cisco certs.> It was all fun and games until he came back to his office and
had a> hissy fit like a 2 year old :)> Ok, seeing the blow up was pretty fun
too :)> > Cisco would be doing the right thing by supplying quality
paper/frame to the> people who dumped 1200-1400 bucks who knows how many
times.> > > > On 12/17/07, Gary Duncanson <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com>
wrote:> >> > I don't know. Where I work, if you were to swan around wearing a
CCIE> > bomber> > jacket people would find it very amusing I'm sure. Sat
opposite two> > grizzled> > CCIEs for a year. No jackets, no plaques. All my
certs and pins stay at> > home where they belong.> >> > CCIE number plate in
hex might be fun though but that's just me. Im not> > sure> > it will work now
though as I think max digits in the UK is 7 on a plate?> >> > Didn't you used
to get a small medal or something for passing this thing?> > The quality of
certs etc are rubbish these days but then vendors do hate> > our> > guts ;)> >
----- Original Message -----> > From: "darth router"
<darklordrouter@gmail.com>> > To: "Erik Nixon" <sneaky_nx@hotmail.com>> > Cc:
"Colin McNamara" <colin@2cups.com>; "Cisco certification"> >
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:11 PM> >
Subject: Re: Dodgy plaques> >> >> > > It's funny how Cisco doesn't care about
peddling garbage to its most> > elite> > > soldiers. Don't you guys think that
people in the CCIE program might be> > > looking here and realizing people are
ticked off that Cisco is devaluing> > > the> > > certification in small ways
like giving us crappy looking paper certs> > and> > > plaques? It really is
bad business. Image is important.> > >> > > DR> > >> > > On 12/17/07, Erik
Nixon <sneaky_nx@hotmail.com> wrote:> > >>> > >> I think that he should ;)> >
>>> > >> > Subject: RE: Dodgy plaques> From: colin@2cups.com> To:> > >>
ccielab@groupstudy.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:17:56 -0800> > I know> > >>
of> > >> a> > >> guy at ATT that has CCIE4ME. A friend who had 4 CCIE's at>
the time was> > >> talking about getting ME4CCIE just to mess with him ;)> > >
-- > Colin> > >> McNamara> (858)208-8105> CCIE #18233,RHCE,GCIH >
http://www.2cups.com>> > >> > >> "The> > >> difficult we do immediately, the
impossible just takes a little> > longer">> > >> >> > >> On> > >> Mon,
2007-12-17 at 12:45 -0800, Erik Nixon wrote:> > Or a liscense> > >> plate...>
>> > >> > > I have seen 2 great liscense plates in the cisco parking lot.> >
>> > >> > >> > > 1> > >> of> > >> em reads "MR. TCP/IP> > the other "LWAPP:> >
> > NICE!> > > > > Date:> > >> Mon,> > >> 17> > >> Dec 2007 15:13:08 -0500>
From: dnewman@datasc.com> To:> >> > >> darbyweaver@yahoo.com> Subject: Re:
Dodgy plaques> CC:> >> > >> joe@affirmedsystems.com;
Howard.F.Rahmlow@unisys.com;> >> > >> Phillip.Day@telindus.co.uk;
ccielab@groupstudy.com> > I hear tattoos> > are> > >> the>> > >> > best way to
show off your number and logo> > On 12/17/07, Darby> > Weaver>> > >> >> > >>
<darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:> >> > Well, if I ever get around to> > >>
getting> >> > >> mine, I think> > I'm going to one of my old employers and ask
to have>> > >> > >> it> >> > >> laser-etched on to either a piece of quality
metal> > (to be> > determined)> > >> or> >> > >> maybe to a piece of ornate> >
glass/mirror type material.> >> >> > ---> > >> Joseph>> > >> > Brunner
<joe@affirmedsystems.com> wrote:> >> > > I don't give 2> > squirts> > >> of>>
> >> > Hershey's chocolate into a> > > drunk's underwear what> > > Cisco> > >>
> thinks> > >> of>> > >> > the program!> > >> > > If they outsourced the
production of their> > >> plaques> >> > >> >> > to China, well, no> > >
surprise they are junk! Everything that> > >> >> > comes> > >> from> >> > >
that hellhole of a> > > country whether its poorly glued> > >> $135> > >>
Sketchers> > >> > Sneakers, kid's bookbags,> > > "tommy the tank> > engine"> >
>> trains painted in DDT> > laced> > > paint, or CCIE plaques,> > > its> >
all> > >> crap,> > >> and guaranteed to fall> > apart fast.> > >> > > I'll
never go there,> > and> > >> they'll never have me. I'm> > >> > happy to be a
CCIE> > > because I> > >> value> > >> the> > >> program, and how it changed
my> >> > > life ("man up"). If you> > >> > want> > >> a> > >> tough plaque,
you can get one custom> > made> > > from Nickel Silver &>> > >> > >> >> > >>
Mahogany from your local custom/engraving> > shop. Just> > > bring them> > >>
the> > >> Cisco> > > Logo's (corporate & CCIE) in .eps> > format, or just> >
>> > >> convert> > >> the ccie paper> > > certificate into a .eps and> > they
can digitize to> > >> be> >> > >> > engraved into nickel> > > siver, and then
mounted> > on real mahogany> > >> hardwood.> > > When I get mine made,> > >
I'll post a picture> > for> > the> > >> group.> > >> > > -Joe> > >> > >
-----Original Message-----> > > From:>> > >> > >> nobody@groupstudy.com> > >
[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of>> > >> > >> >> >> > >> Rahmlow,
Howard F.> > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:30 AM> > >> > >> To:>> > >>
>> > >> Phillip Day; Cisco certification> > > Subject: RE: Dodgy plaques> >
>>> > >> > >> >> > >> Wow> > - You got a whole one - Mine was busted in the> >
> box. I won't> > >> hang> > >> it> > >> > my office - The paper cert looks
better. I work with> > > a> > 10> > >> year> > >> CCIE, and>> > > > yes I'm
proud to be a CCIE, but not of the plaque.> >> > >> > >> You> > >> put them
side> > by> > > side, and you have to wonder what Cisco thinks> > >> of> >> >
>> > the program.> >> > >> > > Howard> > > -----Original Message-----> > >> >
>> From:>> > >> > nobody@groupstudy.com> > > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
Behalf> > Of>> > >> > >>> > >> > Phillip Day> > > Sent: Monday, December 17,
2007 4:26 AM> > > To:> > >> > Cisco>> > >> >> > >> certification> > > Subject:
Dodgy plaques> > >> > > Guys,> > >> > >> > Just>> > >> >> > >> though I would
share my experience with my new> > > plaque. It came> >> > >>> > >> >> > >>
through> > > the post on Friday and so straight away I gave it> > >> > pride>
> >> of>> > >> > place on the> > > chimney breast. Two days later the plaque
came> > >> > >> unstuck> > from its plastic> > > backing and fell, smashing
some> > >> porcelain> > >> my> > >> wife> > >> > created.> > > Just wondered
if anyone else had a poorly> > >> made>> > >> > >> > >> plaque or if> > I was
just> > > unlucky and should order another one.>> > >> > >> >> >> > >> > I
suppose I> > should just be grateful I've got it> > > really!> > >>> > >> > >>
>> > >> Phill> > >> > >> >> >> > >>> >
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