A programmer drinking and acting silly? That must be fiction. Coding silly programs? That is ridiculous and impossible.
Next you will suggest that a programmer could have bugs in programs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Teachout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Programmer's day Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: > Programmer's day is a whimsical "holiday" on the 256th day of the year > celebrated mostly by computer programmers (reason: 256 = 2 to the power of 8 > = the number of values representable in a byte of data). Traditions include > drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, > playing with old computers, etc. Programmer's day usually falls on September > 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. > > E. Oh, goodness. I could never drink and act silly. Oh wait. I'm already celebrating it, without even knowing about it! [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.