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Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day
Glyn Moody writes "Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, has decreed a new holiday for his country: Programmer's Day. Appropriately enough, it will be celebrated on the 256th day of the year: September 13th (September 12th for a leap year). Do programmers deserve their own holiday ahead of other professions? Should the rest of the world follow suit?"
...setting up a bot-net to send 20 phishing e-cards each to everyone _not_ a programmer.
Programming Celebrates You!
I would have had it on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 16th, 32th, 64th, 128th and 256th day of the year, if I was to choose ;)
All programmers in Russia are permitted to work only a single 8 hour shift
today instead of the usual 16 hour shift !
Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?
...oh.... never mind
because surgeons or police officers are less likely to create a website on a whim to promote a holiday.
Not to mention mattress sale^w^wpresidents day.
People who do web sites are not programmers, unless you write it in C,FORTRAN, or assembler!
Be a real programmer.
http://www.sorehands.com/humor/real1.htm
Fight Spammers!
Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but the "worlds oldest profession" probably needs its own holiday too.
It is a holiday that has been a long time in coming.
Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
"Do programmers deserve their own holiday ahead of other professions? Should the rest of the world follow suit?"
Yes. Every conceivable profession should have its own holiday, on its own day, and each of these holidays should apply to all workers alike.
"Stevens! Where have you been? I'm still waiting on that documentation!"
"Oh? I'm just here to pick up my mail. Don't you know? Today is Auto Mechanics Day."
"I want that documentation by tomorrow!"
"Oh boy. I'm so sorry, but tomorrow is Plumber's Day!"
"In prison you just have to shut your eyes and take it. Here you have to shut your eyes and give it."
So you're saying I should remove "Frontpage" as a programming language from my resume?
Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but the "worlds oldest profession" probably needs its own holiday too.
It is a holiday that has been a long time in coming.
Bakers? Why not! Without bakers, we wouldn't have bread which led to beer!
Let's hear it for Mr. Flibble for sticking up for the bakers!!
I was referring to a profession involving a different kind of yeast.
Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
I really wish I could laugh at your ignorance. Patriot Day started well before Obama came along.
YOU LIE!!!!
Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but the "worlds oldest profession" probably needs its own holiday too.
It is a holiday that has been a long time in coming.
Bakers? Why not! Without bakers, we wouldn't have bread which led to beer!
Let's hear it for Mr. Flibble for sticking up for the bakers!!
I was referring to a profession involving a different kind of yeast.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, a vintner! Yes, wine makers do use a different kind of yeast.
It's NOT me! It's the meds! I'm on 1000mg of Fukitol.
Two bananas were standing on the river bank in the dead of winter. A turd floats by and says 'come on in, the water's great!' One banana says to the other, 'you believe that shit?'
I celebrate it on the 255th day, you insensitive clod!
We already have Programmer's X-Mas, which of course is on Oct 31.
But Mr. President.. we must not allow a holiday gap!
"God performed surgery when he removed Adam's rib, so my profession is indeed the oldest" said the doctor. "But before that God performed feats of engineering to create the Earth from void and chaos, so my profession must be the oldest" countered the engineer. The programmer looked at them contemptuously and replied: "gee, where do you think void and chaos came from?"
They seem to make even more sense as progenitors of chaos. :P
I listen to both RIAA and non-RIAA stuff if I like the music, tangential business/politics nonwithstanding.