Does programming make you smarter ?

[Andy2]

mmm, still a big number

no its not
£1000.00

[EternalOptimist]

no its not
£1000.00

Andy, how do you want me ??

[Zippy]

Does programming make you smarter ?

No.

I've met some very attractive geeks btw. I think geek=ugly is an old Cobol programmers tale

[NickFitz]

True story.

I once handed a piece of paper to a girl in a wine bar with a 6 digit number on it.

She said "I don't want want your phone number thanks".

I said, "That's not my phone number, that's my bank balance".

She was surprisingly a lot more interested.

If she'd been a programmer she would have spotted the minus sign at the start.

[DimPrawn]

If she'd been a programmer she would have spotted the minus sign at the start.

What she didn't spot was the balance was in binary.

[NickFitz]

What she didn't spot was the balance was in binary.

Mind you, £64 is probably impressive in Swindon

[bogeyman]

Mind you, £64 is probably impressive in Swindon

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