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  • S Sarath C

    Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

    -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

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    NormDroid
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    I've been programming for a long time now, and I've got to say that's a new one for me.

    We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs

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    • S Sarath C

      Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

      -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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      Monty2
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      S a r a t h. wrote:

      Traditions include drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, playing with old computers, etc.

      Ok where are the festivities .. that would describe a normal day in a programmers life .. :)


      I can only please one person a day... today is not your day

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      • S Sarath C

        Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

        -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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        El Corazon
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        S a r a t h. wrote:

        Programmer's day is a "holiday"

        Darn, and there is no way I can take off the day today.... :( I guess I will have to stick with drinking twice the caffeine today...

        _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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          I've been programming for a long time now, and I've got to say that's a new one for me.

          We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs

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          Sarath C
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          hmmm I also hearing about this for the first time

          -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

          My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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          • S Sarath C

            Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

            -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

            My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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            Marc Clifton
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            Awesome! I can legitimately play 8 hours of Stormreach now! Marc

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              S a r a t h. wrote:

              Traditions include drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, playing with old computers, etc.

              Ok where are the festivities .. that would describe a normal day in a programmers life .. :)


              I can only please one person a day... today is not your day

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              Sarath C
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              Drinking!!! I'm not supposed to say about that. :) You can behave as you don't know about computers and new to the world of programming. You can write a program to illustrate the arithmetic operators in C++ :) Play the first computer game [^] You can play with Old computers if available (Try to grab a 386 Machine ) :) This is enough to enjoy the day.... P.S: At the end of "Celebrations" Make sure that you are still employed :)

              -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

              My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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              • S Sarath C

                Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

                -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

                My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                Michael A Barnhart
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                Party time. I think I will leave at noon. The Wikipedia does have an error saying if you start with 0 then it is the 14th or 13th. In that case the 256th number is 255, which is still 13th or 12th. Ok I guess I have been losing my sence of humor. Good thing that vacation does start today at noon :)

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                  Party time. I think I will leave at noon. The Wikipedia does have an error saying if you start with 0 then it is the 14th or 13th. In that case the 256th number is 255, which is still 13th or 12th. Ok I guess I have been losing my sence of humor. Good thing that vacation does start today at noon :)

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                  Dustin Metzgar
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                  Ah!  Now that sounds like a true programmer's day.  Where we argue about what day it actually falls on and it turns into two days: one for zero-based and one for one-based.  Instead of celebrating we spend most of the time mudslinging.

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                  • D Dustin Metzgar

                    Ah!  Now that sounds like a true programmer's day.  Where we argue about what day it actually falls on and it turns into two days: one for zero-based and one for one-based.  Instead of celebrating we spend most of the time mudslinging.

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                    Michael A Barnhart
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                    Dustin Metzgar wrote:

                    we argue

                    Just like what century is the Year 2000 really in :) 2 more hours and I am gone :D

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                    • S Sarath C

                      Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

                      -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

                      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                      Miszou
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                      It's my sons 5th birthday today. How very :cool: !


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                      • S Sarath C

                        Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

                        -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

                        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                        Tertioptus1
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                        Hey, I was born on this day. So does that mean I'm the one, as in "The One". Wow, it all makes sense now. I was sent as a programmar to set humanity free.

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                        • T Tertioptus1

                          Hey, I was born on this day. So does that mean I'm the one, as in "The One". Wow, it all makes sense now. I was sent as a programmar to set humanity free.

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                          Anton Afanasyev
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                          More like you were sent as a silly programmer;P

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                          • D Dustin Metzgar

                            Ah!  Now that sounds like a true programmer's day.  Where we argue about what day it actually falls on and it turns into two days: one for zero-based and one for one-based.  Instead of celebrating we spend most of the time mudslinging.

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                            RoboTheToolMan
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                            I would have enjoyed a day off but I was too busy getting ready for Y3K which takes up all my spare time. It's only 362,919 days away and I want to be ready. :laugh:

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                            • D Dustin Metzgar

                              Ah!  Now that sounds like a true programmer's day.  Where we argue about what day it actually falls on and it turns into two days: one for zero-based and one for one-based.  Instead of celebrating we spend most of the time mudslinging.

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                              Stephan Meyn
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                              the one-based day is for the VB programmers. The rest of us get the other one.

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                                the one-based day is for the VB programmers. The rest of us get the other one.

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                                Muneeb R Baig
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                                Stephan Meyn wrote:

                                VB programmers

                                Do they exist! Anyone aware of vb programmer around him/her? BTW I agree.

                                Muneeb R. Baig. A thing of beauty is the joy forever.

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                                  the one-based day is for the VB programmers. The rest of us get the other one.

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                                  pg az
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                                  funny !

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                                  • S Sarath C

                                    Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

                                    -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

                                    My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                    Michael Dunn
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                                    I missed it :(( I'll just celebrate it tomorrow and claim I had an off-by-one bug.

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                                    • M Muneeb R Baig

                                      Stephan Meyn wrote:

                                      VB programmers

                                      Do they exist! Anyone aware of vb programmer around him/her? BTW I agree.

                                      Muneeb R. Baig. A thing of beauty is the joy forever.

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                                      GaryWoodfine
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                                      Aha as Luck would have it I had the day off yesterday!!! Where I did indulge in some of the activities!! I did play some games, Played with an old laptop, and then went down the pub with a friend of mine in the afternoon!! Where I did drink particularly heavy fro me anyway!! and I fell asleep for the day before sunset!! I must make a note to do this again next, although I think I will leave the heavy drinking part out as I feel rough as badgers daria this morning!! I suppose 5 pints of guiness and 3 double vodka red bulls would do that to man!!!

                                      "a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"

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                                      • S Sarath C

                                        Programmer's day is a "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. That, of course, includes the condition that the developer who chooses to celebrate, needs to have done decent coding on all the other days and had tried the best not to behave silly on the other days. For those programmers who are used to the 'celebrations' in their every day lives, this 'holiday' becomes unjustified! Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. Source: Wikipedia Programmer's day[^]

                                        -Sarath. The more you can dream the more you can do - Michael Korda"

                                        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                        Dougmeister
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                                        "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy." A quick Google search shows the exact same text shown in many, many places. Looks like someone went to a lot of trouble posting this all over the 'Net to try to start a holiday.

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                                          "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy." A quick Google search shows the exact same text shown in many, many places. Looks like someone went to a lot of trouble posting this all over the 'Net to try to start a holiday.

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                                          Sarath C
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                                          Anyway Greetings Portals have already celebrated this and they are providing greeting cards for the same :)[^]

                                          -Sarath_._ "Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations" - Edward De Bono

                                          My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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