I hesitate to give advice on which certifications you 'need', as every company and situation is different. However, I will say it depends on your planned career path. If you want to work on firewalls and switches, then yes, get your CCNA. If you plan on doing more server-side work, get your MSITP, and possibly…

Here's one:

I... can't tell if you're being sarcastic or which side of the argument you fall on here. Also, necessary with the profanity out of the gate?

Welp, time to encrypt it all with TrueCrypt 7.1a.

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification!

Except, didn't the Supreme Court just unanimoulsy rule that police couldn't search cell phones without a warrant? I wonder how that would apply to other storage devices.

But it's Mark Wahlberg, so they can save on the brain.

Actually, not even close. I share a last name with a popular candy, which leads to occasionally humorous mispronounciation in the Northeast, where I live. But I do get your point.

One thing I try to do as soon as I walk in the door is toss my phone on the sideboard or leave it on the kitchen counter, far away from the living room where I eventually end up. It's amazing how much easier it is to relax without my phone in my hand.

Ah, indeed, thanks. I did eventually listen, as well. I certainly meant no offense, I'm just usually good at properly pronouncing names right off.

yay, dang, and dang again!

Damn you, Grover 2! :-)

Or maybe they were trying to type "Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, my sisters and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me and bid me take my place among them in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever."

Whenever they ask me for my name, I just say 'Grover'. No one ever messes up Grover, and there are no other Grovers.

I don't have an Android, and I'm at work, so no sound... but is it that difficult really for people to get names right?

Am I the only one who thinks that flip phone would have been AMAZING?!

And The Clash would then truly be... Steam Punk.

They do that now! :-)

I thought so too. It's the BBC. They likely meant Imperial gallon, which is 4.57 litres.

Dasani, now a division of BP? :-)