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Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day

Posted by Soulskill on from the feel-free-to-take-sunday-off dept.

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?"

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  1. It is usually celebrated by... by John+Guilt · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...setting up a bot-net to send 20 phishing e-cards each to everyone _not_ a programmer.

  2. In Soviet Russia, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Programming Celebrates You!

  3. Humm .. by PIBM · · Score: 4, Funny

    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 ;)

    1. Re:Humm .. by imtheguru · · Score: 4, Funny

      32th?

      Yes, Thirty-tooth.

      Influenced by the dental profession.

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      Yet Socrates himself is particularly missed.
      A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed.
  4. Re:Seems odd... by Anonymous+Cowar · · Score: 4, Funny

    because surgeons or police officers are less likely to create a website on a whim to promote a holiday.

  5. Oldest Profession by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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    Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
    1. Re:Oldest Profession by jonbryce · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't that the 14th of February?

  6. Re:At least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really wish I could laugh at your ignorance. Patriot Day started well before Obama came along.

    YOU LIE!!!!

  7. Programming IS The Oldest Profession by Chemisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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?"