YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COMPUTER TOO LONG...
If the answer to any of these points is YES. TAKE A HOLIDAY !!! Good week
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When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.
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When you are counting objects, you go "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D...".
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When you dream in 256 palettes of 256 colors.
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When your wife says "If you don't turn off that damn machine and come to bed,
then I am going to divorce you!", and you chastise her for omitting the "else"
clause.
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You try to sleep, and think: sleep(8 * 3600); /* sleep for 8 hours /
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When you are reading a book and look for the scroll bar to get to the next page.
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You pick up the phone and start dialling an IP number...
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When you get in the elevator and double-click the button for the floor you want.
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When not only do you check your email more often than your paper mail, but you
remember your network address faster than your postal one.
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When you look for a icon to double-click to open your bedroom window.
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When you go to balance your checkbook and discover that you're doing the math
in octal.
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When you look for a trash can icon for throwing away garbage.
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You start introducing yourself as "lord at pacbell dot net.".
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Your wife drapes a wig over your monitor to remind you of what she
looks like.
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You check your mail. It says "no new messages.". So you check it
again.
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Your phone bill is delivered in a box.
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You name your children Eudora, Mozilla, and Dotcom.
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All of your friends have an @ in their names.
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You tell the cab driver you live at
http://123.elm.street/house/bluetrim.html .
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You tell the kids they can't use the computer because "Daddy's got
work to do" and you don't have a job.
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You get a tattoo that says "This body best viewed with Netscape 3.01."
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You never have to deal with the busy signals because you never log off.
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You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in
front of your computer with a toilet.
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You start tilting your head sideways whenever you smile. :-)
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Your spouse says communication is important in a marriage, so you buy
another computer and install another phone line so that the two of
you can chat.
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As your car crashes through the guardrail on a mountain road, your
first instinct is to search for the "back" button.
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Your computer goes down, you haven't logged in for two hours. You
start to tremble. You pick up the phone and dial your Internet
access number. You try to mimic computer noise in order to connect.
You succeed!