*takes a deep breath*

So I am being banned out there now?

No, someone put your node up for deletion and enough monks agreed to delete it so it was. Apparently later it was restored. update2: and then I put it up for deletion again because it was just a straight copy of some webpage and it got reaped. again.

Listen..I have 22 years IT experience

It doesn't look like it. It looks like you're trolling.

and I have TWO COLLEGE degrees! This is an outrage!

It doesn't look like you've got much experience with internet forums either. Or you're trolling.

I was merely trying to explain that if he was using IBM for DOS networking tools he probably wouldn't be having so much trouble network hacking.

Many people don't use DOS. Anyway, you should have replied to the original poster not to some other reply in the thread that has no relation to your post. Not that I think that's a good reason to remove your post there. UPDATE: Just copying a only very slightly related webpage isn't exactly helpful. But it explains why your post seemed so unrelated to the original question.

I also got a private message from "merlyn" telling me to stop using all caps when I say "PERL" Oh what like he is some kind of big PERL expert??? Gimme a break!

He is.

TWO COLLEGE DEGREES

Bigger letters don't make you right. Neither do college degrees.