You sound awful bootstrappy, old and curmudgeonly.
A Cert bootcamp is the most efficient way of absorbing a lot of information about new technologies. Want to implement the newest Cisco thingamabob? Go take a relevant class -- might as well take the test and get the letters, you paid for it. Need to migrate to a new windows platform and want to do it effectively and efficiently? Same deal. Want to effectively implement a new program for testing security controls? Same deal.
Certs are a byproduct of continuing formal education.
Use the same system we use when selecting juries than when selecting representatives. A representative sample of the population is better than a man at representing the population wouldn't you think?
A lawyer friend of mine said to me one day. Wanna know what your jury would be like if you were brought up for trial? Go into walmart and pick 12 random people standing in line. That is likely to be the "jury of your peers."
It's not exactly a comforting thought.
Unfortunately, the cars that are available everywhere else in the world are not available here. the government puts out a list of the most fuel efficient cars in the USA http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bestworst.shtml As you can see, what you suggest is not an option for us. I guess we'll give a pass on the "stupid celebrities and americans" comment and chalk it up to those ignorant europeans who think they know all about the US because of what they saw on TV.
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You sound awful bootstrappy, old and curmudgeonly. A Cert bootcamp is the most efficient way of absorbing a lot of information about new technologies. Want to implement the newest Cisco thingamabob? Go take a relevant class -- might as well take the test and get the letters, you paid for it. Need to migrate to a new windows platform and want to do it effectively and efficiently? Same deal. Want to effectively implement a new program for testing security controls? Same deal. Certs are a byproduct of continuing formal education.
Use the same system we use when selecting juries than when selecting representatives. A representative sample of the population is better than a man at representing the population wouldn't you think?
A lawyer friend of mine said to me one day. Wanna know what your jury would be like if you were brought up for trial? Go into walmart and pick 12 random people standing in line. That is likely to be the "jury of your peers." It's not exactly a comforting thought.
THAT is the question!
Recyclers pay good money for lead acid batteries, that's why there's a core charge when you buy a new one for your car.
I'm doing it right now!
Unfortunately, the cars that are available everywhere else in the world are not available here. the government puts out a list of the most fuel efficient cars in the USA http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bestworst.shtml As you can see, what you suggest is not an option for us. I guess we'll give a pass on the "stupid celebrities and americans" comment and chalk it up to those ignorant europeans who think they know all about the US because of what they saw on TV.