You Might be an Engineer if . . . . . --Your line to a prospective date is "Hi, what's your URL?" --You teach your kid to count in binary --You stare at an orange juice container because it says CONCENTRATE --You know anything at all about any of the various incarnations of Star Trek --The only jokes you receive are through e-mail --You think it's more fun to take apart a video game than play it --You would sooner watch Mr. Wizard than Baywatch --Your wrist watch has more computing power than a Macintosh 9500-180 --Your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest high-tech movie looking for technical inaccuracies --You drive a Gremlin with a "Beam Me Up, Scotty" bumper sticker --You have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area --You didn't even know where the cover to your personal computer is --You spend more time on the COMDEX floor than in the hospitality suites --Last Xmas, you got RAM in your stocking --You are planning an ongoing interactive game over the Internet with someone in Guam --You thought the contraption ET used to phone home was stupid --You own one or more white, short-sleeve dress shirts --The salespeople at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions --You have never sat through an entire movie without having at least one device on your body beep or buzz --You have disdain for people who use low baud rates --You rotate screen savers more often than your tires --You canot spel --If your are the balcony of the 24th floor of the Hawaiian Hilton during a beautiful sunset and all you can think of is the fact that the balcony was built by a guy with a big beer belly and only a high school education --You go to the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects --You are at an airshow and know how fast the skydivers are falling --Your favorite place in San Francisco is the Exploratorium --People groan at parties when you pick out the music --You can't remember where you parked your car for the third time this week --You root for HAL in "2001" --You are afraid to go to the bathroom at work in case you might miss the next two generations of computer technology --You know what http:// stands for --You cannot write unless the paper has both horizontal and vertical lines --Your favorite part of the 6:00 news is comparing the latest satellite picture with yours --Your 3-year-old asks why the sky is blue and you actually try to explain --You remember a dozen passwords and your ten-digit CompuServe address but you have to call your niece kiddo. --You do Darth Vader or Battlestar Gallactica impersonations by talking into a spinning fan --Your family pet's name is "Laptop" --All your sentences begin with "What if..." --You control a locomotive ========== This joke was brought to you by the funnystuff mailing list at <http://www.pbbt.com>. If you are not already subscribed send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit us on the web at <http://www.pbbt.com/mail/>.
