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post #1 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:06am
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I was thinking about ordering some Video Professors CDs so I can learn about computers and how to use the Internet. Has anyone tried these?

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post #2 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:08am
lmao, i see this guy's infomercial every weekend (when I come stumbling home in a drunken stuper haha)
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post #3 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:12am
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When I walk through the mall I get these idiots from some private diploma mill trying to get me to sign up for IT classes (to get some freaking AA degree, not even something remotely useful like certifications). I tell them I am a software engineer with an MIS degree and ask if there school can give me training above that. They say "Nevermind" and look away. I guess I must look like average trailer trash or something to be a magnet for this crap.
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post #4 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis
When I walk through the mall I get these idiots from some private diploma mill trying to get me to sign up for IT classes (to get some freaking AA degree, not even something remotely useful like certifications). I tell them I am a software engineer with an MIS degree and ask if there school can give me training above that. They say "Nevermind" and look away. I guess I must look like average trailer trash or something to be a magnet for this crap.
haha, i'm telling you that you should have stopped wearing that flannel and john deer hat a long time ago
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post #5 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:17am
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It may be my Bubba teeth that I forget to take out. They are one of my wife's turn ons.
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post #6 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:48am
You know whats stupid about that
the bottom of that guys caption is Founder and CEO , how do you start a company, and be the second in commmand, hes not even the president of his own company that he founded LMAO
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post #7 of 18
6/11/05 at 11:56am
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You know whats stupid about that
the bottom of that guys caption is Founder and CEO , how do you start a company, and be the second in commmand, hes not even the president of his own company that he founded LMAO
If he is just a figurehead that make sense. CEO is often the person who actually leads the company anyways.
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post #8 of 18
6/11/05 at 12:38pm
I saw that guy on the "Today Show" he was a victim of identity theft, Today was trying to illustrate that it could even happen to the technically savvy professional. After listening to him talk for a few seconds about his "vast knowledge" I would tell you to skip those CD's, what a clown.
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post #9 of 18
6/11/05 at 12:45pm
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Originally Posted by John Scherere
Please try my product.
I laugh whenever he says that on the commercials. The desperation in his voice..priceless!

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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis
I am a software engineer with an MIS degree
I scoff whenever someone says that. Trying to make a programming job sound more prestigious than it really is but in reality dissing the real engineer. lol. You sir are no Josh Bloch.
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post #10 of 18
6/11/05 at 1:13pm
My grandma ordered those CDs.
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post #11 of 18
6/11/05 at 1:29pm
I ordered them for my supervisor, well, me and the whole dept chipped in....

Apparently he was not amused, I think that mailing them to him via the company mailroom was the thing that set him off.

The joys of working with an asshole boss CANNOT be overstated.
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post #12 of 18
6/11/05 at 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by redphyve

The joys of working with an asshole boss CANNOT be overstated.
Amen to that!

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post #13 of 18
6/11/05 at 3:40pm
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post #14 of 18
6/11/05 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by ewolff
LMFAO....like Revenge of the Nerds, "All jocks think about is sports, all nerds think about is sex." (not an exact quote...but close enough)

ps-tshirt hell has some funny shirts...I dont know if I could wear them in public though
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post #15 of 18
6/11/05 at 3:59pm
I have the Christopher Reeve one which I wear regularly. My next purchase will likely be the I support single moms one.
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post #16 of 18
6/11/05 at 4:00pm
I think even my mom knows more about computers than what those damn CDs can teach.
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post #17 of 18
6/11/05 at 4:01pm
All would probably get me suspended if I wore it in school ^_^
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post #18 of 18
6/11/05 at 5:11pm
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I scoff whenever someone says that. Trying to make a programming job sound more prestigious than it really is but in reality dissing the real engineer. lol. You sir are no Josh Bloch.
While you meant to be an ass, I actually agree with you. My title at my previous employer was "intermediate software engineer". I think it is because we worked in the paper industry writing process control systems that interface with paper machines. My job before that (Georgia Pacific) my title was Senior Programmer Analyst. I think that title was more accurate. My current title is Director. That is really inaccurate But I make as much as an "engineer" which is really what matters now isn't it?
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