From: nortic @hackermail.com (@hackermail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2008 - 11:23:54 ART
You are correct, how big a difference will it make? another correction, its a 2-2.5hour flight radius, should read 4-5h diameter.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Morris" <swm@emanon.com>
> To: "'nortic @hackermail.com'" <nortic@hackermail.com>, "'Joseph Brunner'" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>, "'Narbik Kocharians'" <narbikk@gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: Good job CISCO!!!!
> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:16:55 -0400
>
>
> I think you are missing one test center there... Since I can't blow up the
> map to get too detailed, I'm thinking it was either Bangalore, India or Hong
> Kong, China...
>
> Test Centers:
>
> RTP (US)
> San Jose (US)
> Brussels, Belgium
> Sydney, Australia
> Bangalore, India
> Beijing, China
> Hong Kong
> Dubai, UAE
> Tokyo, Japan
> Sao Paulo, Brazil
>
> And while that vast majority of Americans may live closer to a lab, I
> thought we were talking mere quantity here in which case why are really not
> the most populous area.
>
> But I think Cisco chose somewhat more major cities to align with the
> "generally easy" places to get in and out of along with whatever offices
> they already had.
>
> Will some people have it harder than others? Sure. C'est la vie.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> nortic @hackermail.com
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:22 AM
> To: Joseph Brunner; 'nortic @hackermail.com'; 'Narbik Kocharians'
> Cc: 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: RE: Good job CISCO!!!!
>
> According to the US of A intel its the 5th largest "country" (not 4th)
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119ra
> nk.html
>
> I thought the 70% of of the world population lives closer to a lab than 70%
> of americans was hilarious, so I drew you a picture of the world, lab
> locations and 4-5hour flight radius.
> http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/ccielabs/map-labs.jpg
>
> It appears that its more a case of 100% of americans live closer to a lab
> than 70% of the world population. China and India skew the stats a bit.
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph Brunner" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
> > To: "'nortic @hackermail.com'" <nortic@hackermail.com>, "'Narbik
> > Kocharians'" <narbikk@gmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: Good job CISCO!!!!
> > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:19:04 -0400
> >
> >
> > Last time I checked 77% of the labs were not in the United
> > States... Unless we annexed
> >
> > Sao Paulo, Brazil
> > Brussels, Belgium
> > Dubai, UAE
> > Tokyo, Japan
> > Hong Kong, China
> > Sydney, Australia
> > Bangalore, India
> >
> > So, Mr. Geography, I'm guessing here, but about 70% of the
> > WORLD'S POPULATION lives closer to one of those labs, than 70%
> > percent of Americans live to San Jose or RTP.
> >
> > The United States is the 4th largest country in the world, and
> > North America is 3000 Miles from Europe and 7,000+ Miles from
> > ASIA. It seems to me the lab geography would favor EMEA/ASIA on
> > getting to the lab...
> >
> > Now go back in put some more thought into YOUR COMMENTS!!!
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nortic @hackermail.com [mailto:nortic@hackermail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:05 AM
> > To: Narbik Kocharians; Joseph Brunner
> > Cc: Cisco certification
> > Subject: Re: Good job CISCO!!!!
> >
> > How much thought did you guys put into your comments?
> >
> > For the rest of the world, (no not that small country called the
> > US of A), its not a drive down to RTP/San Jose to sit the lab
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk@gmail.com>
> > > To: "Joseph Brunner" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Good job CISCO!!!!
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:19:11 -0700
> > >
> > >
> > > I will vote for that.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Joseph Brunner > <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > THANK GOD!!!
> > > >
> > > > Lets start by invalidating ALL previously obtained
> > prometric/VUE > > certifications... and requiring CCIE's pass the
> > LAB not just the > > written every 2 years...
> > > >
> > > > -Joe
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> > > > Behalf Of Michael Jones
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:14 PM
> > > > To: Cisco certification
> > > > Subject: Good job CISCO!!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/telecom/cisco-pear
> > son-vu
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> > > >
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