From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-16 11:33:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:33:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.79.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1061058802 129.44.79.56 (Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:33:22 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:33:22 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41605 Date: 2003-08-16T18:33:22+00:00 List-Id: 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"? > >