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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2003-08-17 23:38:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1061188722 13824 129.241.83.78 (18 Aug 2003 06:38:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:38:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41670 Date: 2003-08-18T06:38:42+00:00 List-Id: Chad R. Meiners wrote: > > "Preben Randhol" wrote in message > news:slrnbjs099.i2.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... >> 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 Exactly. We don't need a bunch of web-site "designers" making crappy web sites and calling themselves programmers. We don't need costly buggy office suits where your data is stored in a closed format. It is time that some of the software out there gets to a higher level. Just as you wouldn't fork out $1000 for a painting painted by somebody who had never tired painting before. -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)