> I got into significant trouble with Cisco marketing/political correctness when I used one of my personal mnemonics for remembering some of their standard presentation icons. Referring to the crossed and somewhat crooked arrows on the standard ATM switch icon, I commented that the graphic always reminded me of "a swastika drawn by a dyslexic Nazi." Hey -- that's really the way I remember it. The Cisco regional VP for New York banned me from speaking at any events under his jurisdiction. In all fairness, when I worked with training partners, Worldwide Training generally let me get away with more "unauthorized" or "inappropriate" comments than they allowed for most CCSI's. Such things as "This protocol slide is wrong. Remember, for purposes of exams, how it is explained here -- and let me go to the board and show you how it actually works." Or, "product XXX or feature YYY isn't always a good thing to use, but it is better than the competition." But there's definitely been a tendency, over the nine years or so I've worked with Cisco materials, to see increased concern over image and political correctness, and less with technical content. When I say "materials," I'm talking about courseware and seminars, not the very accurate discussions with Cisco engineers on mailing lists, the IETF, NANOG, etc. Cisco was once a technology-driven company, but the reality is that it's now a marketing-driven company. That's not necessarily right or wrong, but it is a reality. >hehehehe....you might get a few raised eyebrows in your classes for that >one! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Bradley J. Wilson >Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 5:01 AM >To: cisco >Subject: Re: LOL > > >I find myself sitting here wondering if I could actually say this in my >classes...I'm already pushing the envelope I think by using the "Princess Di >Never Tried to Sleep with Prince Andrew" mnemonic for the OSI Model, and one >of these days I'm going to have someone from PETA in my class when I use the >old "frog in a blender" joke when discussing the difference between hashing >and encryption... > >Political correctness: it can be your friend, and it can be your enemy. > >BJ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dennis Laganiere >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:16 PM >Subject: FW: LOL > > >How about this from: >http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/cramsession/cisco/ccie_written/ > >"Split horizon - If a router has received a route advertisement from >another router, it will not re-advertise it back to the sending router. >Think of this as a sphincter - things are not sent back to where they >came from (gross, but you won't forget it, and that's the point)." > >--- Dennis (the author) > >-----Original Message----- >From: anthony kim >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 02/23/2001 4:35 PM >Subject: LOL > >I was flipping through the Sybex CCDA Study Guide and came upon this >in the discussion of LAPB: > >"Information frames (I-frames) Transport upper-layer information and a >bit (no pun intended) of control information. I-frames schlep both >send and receive sequence numbers, and relate to jobs such as >sequencing, flow control, error detection, and recovery." > >schlep! > >Purchase of a CCDA Study Guide online, $30. >Yiddish technical jargon, priceless. > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >_________________________________ >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_________________________________ >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_________________________________ >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_________________________________ >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
