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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 09:25:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:19 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Chad R. Meiners" NNTP-Posting-Host: schubert.cse.msu.edu 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 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41525 Date: 2003-08-15T12:14:19-04:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnbjps0o.6vl.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > I meant art painting. Yes, I realised that you were using the term narrowly, but growing up on a farm in Midwest America, I have observed more people that paint barns and houses than on canvas ;-) When I first read your statement, I used my background for context since none was provided. Henceforth I thought it would be amusing and minorly enlightening to careful broaden the term to other painting professions. >But, to use your trickery of words ;-), one could > also say that everybody can program their coffee machine to make coffe > or the stove to cook a pizza etc... So programming doesn't need much > talent either ;-) While I did make $10 once for programming a neighbor's VCR, I would hardly call that 'type' of programming a profession ;-)