May 21st, 2002



NOTE FROM KIM:
A 12-year-old girl from Karachi, Pakistan has made
history by becoming the world’s youngest Microsoft
Certified System Engineer (MCSE).


The Top 8 Signs
Your Child Is an MCSE


8> Can calculate the value of a first-edition Pokemon card to eight decimal places.

7> Favorite Backstreet Boy? Bill Gates!

6> When she fails math test, requires $49.95 for “upgrade to learning driver.”

5> She heckles the penguins at the zoo.

4> Threatens to sue you for attempting to steal proprietary information every time you check her homework.

3> The three-hour phone calls with her friends about Bobby and how uncool his token ring network is.

2> Bedtime stories consist of gripping tales from “Harry Potter and the Windows NT System Administration Guide.”

and the Number 1 Sign Your Child Is an MCSE…

1> You didn’t even know they sold Nathan Myhrvold pin-up posters.




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Credits:

Selected from 45 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI — 1
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 2, List Moderator
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 4
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 5
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 6, 7
Justin Cascio, Perth Amboy, NJ — 8