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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:07:23 -0400
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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
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> 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 ;-)
>
> My point exactly.

Then your point is wrong!

My profession at the time was student.
People can paint houses, barns, cars, and canvas for a profession (their
primary observable duty is to paint).
People do not program their neighbors' VCR's for a profession (no stretching
of the definition of profession please.

I was staying within the confines of your argument

>Just like everybody can paint, but only a
>few actually manage to make a living out of it.

Your stretching of the context of programming does not.

If you want to discuss this more in detail, let's take it to email.