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  1. Rick Butler

    An A+ History question

    This is pretty much the exact same story I had. I was working for CSC and taking the MCSE NT4 track in 1997-1998 and completed exam six (Exchange 5.5) in an adaptive format which took me 16 minutes to finish. I was so happy. Got back to the office, only to have one shlub tell me, "yah, but...
  2. Rick Butler

    Is DOGE a threat to national security, or at the very least, Americans' PII?

    I have to say, this is a very dangerous political football question for the CIN board - which can easily spiral out of control, based on various ideologies. That being said, I'm going to attempt a neutral approach. I'm going to say that with Government agencies, which are filled with unelected...
  3. Rick Butler

    CIN TTT Series: SecurityX v5

    This is a go-live week for us adopting Anthology Student, so I will probably end up watching these On-Demand - if I survive the rollout that is...LOL /r
  4. Rick Butler

    How to keep CompTIA (A+, N+, & S+, CySA+) certifications active

    Just to note that this method won't renew certs that are not part of the cyber and core tracks. So if you have Cloud+, for example, you either need CEUs and current member fees or take the updated exam. /r
  5. Rick Butler

    Partner Summit 2025??

    Well, for the last few ChannelCon/Partner Summits that I attended, the ratio was about 75/25 in terms of attendees. While I know CompTIA tried to make a good, blended event, I always felt like the red-headed stepchild when I happened into the ChannelCon areas (except going into the...
  6. Rick Butler

    Cloud+ TTT vouchers, question.

    Vouchers for Cloud+ were sent out on, or about December 18, at least according to this post/thread. If you didn't get yours, you will want to connect with @Stephen Schneiter. One of the biggest issues that come up with voucher fulfillment using the same email for CIN, On24, and CompTIA...
  7. Rick Butler

    DeepSeek

    My vote is 'unapologetically stolen'. And if this is to be believed - TinyZero..for $30 and a few hours time...sound like BlackFedoraAI could be on the horizon. (if I can find a few hours time) /r
  8. Rick Butler

    DeepSeek

    Too careful = use someone else's name for nefarious purposes... I guess that's what I get, eh? With all this, with DeepSeek now being investigated for ripping off OpenAI , here's your song, Greg: /r
  9. Rick Butler

    Update to CompTIA Project+ in 2025?

    I don't think we will see a change in Project+ in the next 12 months. With all the changes at CompTIA, the Good For Life certs usually take a back seat to the CE's that are on a three-year schedule. I would say, perhaps next year, after the release of the 8th edition of the PMBOK. PMI is...
  10. Rick Butler

    Printed courseware is gone, but what about the PDFs?

    Yep - that's a big phat zero for me too. /r
  11. Rick Butler

    Partner Summit 2025??

    We don't know yet, James. After the CompTIA change, we've not gotten a lot of definitive information. All I can say is, stay tuned. :)
  12. Rick Butler

    Lost voucher

    Also, Microsoft has a recovery function for things that are deleted. Not sure about Google these days, since I don't use Gmail much anymore. I think Workspace has one, if your e-mail is part of an organization.
  13. Rick Butler

    How would you filter TikTok?

    Very useful information. For those that need to lock it down, you've made it easy for folks, because it's not just the main domain, it's all those pesky side domains. Thanks for that!
  14. Rick Butler

    Printed courseware is gone, but what about the PDFs?

    Exactly. While the ROI always comes into question with having multiple media options, it does make for happier customers. When CertMaster came out before, I laid a lot of questions in on audio accessibility, since my eyes aren't always up to reading things. And being an audiophile myself, I...
  15. Rick Butler

    Partner Summit 2025??

    Indeed. I think you owe me beer, so it would be a great time to collect. I've spoken to a few people also within CompTIA. I think there is a strong desire to have one, but it's still in the air. I hear Denver is nice. ;) Just as long as we don't do it in the deep south this year. I felt...
  16. Rick Butler

    Seeking Network+ instructor for 4x 1 hr classes over 4 months

    Hol' up...where did YOU come from?!? (good to see you, FINALLY, out here on CIN!)
  17. Rick Butler

    Printed courseware is gone, but what about the PDFs?

    So, I spoke to a few folks in CompTIA during Summit about this. In fact, @Becky Mann even asked me directly as to what was the principal reason for keeping printed materials. I mentioned a lot of these things to her. 1) Offline access - As you stated *and* as someone pointed out on the TTT...
  18. Rick Butler

    How would you filter TikTok?

    One of the things I've often said and something that I prefer to say in Latin: - Si non est timor legis, non est lex. (without fear of the law, there is no law) I think when organizations abuse the law or they think they can just 'pay the fine' if it goes south, it doesn't act as much of a...
  19. Rick Butler

    Post Quality and CIN (long-read - get some coffee)

    Hello CIN Community: Lately, we have had a stream of comments regarding post quality, resulting from hundreds of posts that have been, I'm going to say, low quality. I've spoken to a number of folks over the last couple weeks on this and I felt like I should weigh in. Just to note, I don't...
  20. Rick Butler

    How would you filter TikTok?

    And further - what's to stop a user in the US from, say, getting a nifty little VPN app (I rather like Surfshark, actually) and accessing TikTok with that, from another non-US point? Perhaps most of the US users aren't able or willing to get a VPN on their personal devices, but that's the...
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