[473] in Humor
HUMOR: You've been hacking too long when...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Mon Oct 3 11:03:10 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 10:58:46 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 17:48:03 -0600 (MDT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN%ARIES@VAXF.Colorado.EDU>
I thought you guys would appreciate this ...
<forwards hunting gophers>
This is from an ongoing thread in alt.folklore.computers. These have
all actually happened to somebody at some time...
You Know You've Been Hacking Too Long When...
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... You read a moronic letter in a magazine, then spend a good 30
seconds wondering which key to hit so you can follow up with a flame
that just popped into your head.
... You see the root beer at the grocery store as "Hi Res" instead of Hires.
... You feel the need to "download a pineapple/canadian bacon pizza".
... You think k.d.lang is a newsgroup
... You are watching a boring show on tv & wonder why the screen saver
hadn't kicked in.
... You misspelled something with a pen and your first thought was to
hit delete.
... You get in the elevator on your way home, pound on the button for
your office floor, and wonder why the elevator won't toggle your location.
... Someone leaves a Post-It note on your screen, and after reading the
note you click on the window beneath it to bring it to the foreground.
... You think "I wonder if my letter (snail mail) has reached its
destination yet?" "Yes, it must have otherwise it would have bounced..."
...You comment your assembler code in C.
... You panic when someone says "The Sun's just gone down"
... You write down some code during an exam, stare at the page, and
think "I wonder why the compiler's taking so long...".
... You sit down with friends at the cafeteria and say "re." (for
IRC-literates only)
... You walk into a used bookstore, ask if they have any books about
UNIX and wonder why they're giving you funny looks.
