Dr. Roger L. Haggard

 

You Know You've Been on the Computer Too Long When ...

  • When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.

  • When you are counting objects, you go "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D...".

  • When you dream in 256 pallettes of 256 colors.

  • When your wife says "If you don't turn off that darn machine and come to bed, then I am going to divorce you", and you chastise her for omitting the "else" clause.

  • You try to sleep, and think sleep(8 * 3600); /* sleep for 8 hours

  • When you are reading a book and look for the scroll bar to get to the next page.

  • When after fooling around all day with routers etc, you pick up the phone and start dialling an IP number....

  • When you get in the elevator and double-click the button for the floor you want.

  • 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.

  • When you look for a icon to double-click to open your bedroom window.

  • When you go to balance your checkbook and discover that you're doing the math in octal.

  • When you look for a trash can icon for throwing garbage.

 

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Last updated: February 01, 2006