Some of us have dry spells here, also. At least I have had them. But, I sometimes think I learned more about our craft when my stomach was growling for a meal than I ever did while fully fed (and on projects).

Russian engineer's have done magical things with simple pencil, paper and slide rule. It seems the center of the world is moving east. Be gentle with us when that happens:)

I read a thread a while back about Russian copyright law. In the US, the copyright defaults to the author (unless it's waived). In Russia it seems the author has difficulty when it comes to copyrights. Creative ownership is a big thing here in the states. It may be one of the reasons inovation seems to come so quickly. Our copyright right laws favor the the 'little guy'. It would be fantastic to see the results of a similar sytem in Russia.

>>Hi Sergey,
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>>Why are there so many programmers then? I cannot see any reason to do it there other than as a hobby.
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>>Tracy
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>Hi Tracy,
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>Probably you are right, but we think about future - may be we can find job abroad and immigrate to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, NZ ... :)
>People always have dreams, during developing programs we are dreaming about better life :) I have spend a lot of money and time for studying English the same reason :) People some times are doing strange things :)