I guess Ada does many wonderful things...hehehehe -- St�phane Richard Senior Software and Technology Supervisor http://www.totalweb-inc.com For all your hosting and related needs "Chad R. Meiners" wrote in message news:bhlsip$1dls$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu... > > "Georg Bauhaus" wrote in message > news:bhld8s$6v5$2@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de... > > Chad R. Meiners wrote: > > : While I did make $10 once for programming a neighbor's VCR, I would > hardly > > : call that 'type' of programming a profession ;-) > > > > I a sense though it is, here. > > What?!!? I don't know about how things work in the rest of the world, but > when your parents ask you to drive over and help your neighbor with their > VCR problem, you go over and help them out. Now it is not my fault if they > wanted to treat me to ice cream and give me $10 as a reward. I acted in > charity, and they responded with charity. Such actions are common in the > Midwestern US. How does that covert my profession from "student" to "VCR > programmer"? > >