> "You Know You're Too Serious About Computers When... " > > * You comment, while watching a sunset, that the > image would be enhanced with 10% more magenta > and a higher resolution. > > * When someone tells you about a great new > program and you're very disappointed to find that > it's on TV. > > * If while driving down the street, you are confused > by the numbers on the houses - they do not appear > to be legitimate WWW addresses. > > * When you find it easier to dial-up the National > Weather Service Weather/your_town/now.html > than to simply look out the window. > > * When you start using phrases like: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * If you call in sick because you found a great new > WWW site. > > * If you can type your top 10 favorite Web sites, by > heart. > > * If your fingers quit moving because you've been > online for 36 hours. > > * If your net provider suggests you try a competitor, > because you're exceeding 300 hours a month > connect time. > > * If on the way home from work, you use your > portable and cellular phone in your car, to reprogram > a Tomahawk missile, in flight, and redirect it to take > out the joker in the Cadillac who cut you off. > > * When your desk collapses under the weight of > your computer peripherals. > > * If you try to press Alt-F4 to close your car window > > > > > "Drug Dealer Or Software Programmer?" > A Career Comparison > > Drug Dealers Software Developers > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Refer to their clients Refer to their clients > as "users." as "users." > > "The first one's free!" "Download a free trial version..." > > Have important South-East Have important South-East > Asian connections. Asian connections. > (to help move the stuff). (to help debug the code). > > Strange jargon: Strange jargon: > "Stick" "SCSI" > > "Rock" "RTFM" > > "Wrap" "Packet" > > "E" "C" > > "Stash" "Cache" > > "Drive by" "CTRL ALT DEL" > > "Hit (LSD)" "Hit (WWW)" > > "Source" "Source-code" > > "The Pigs" "Microsoft" > > Realize that there's Realize that there's > tons of cash in the tons of cash in the > 14 to 25-year-old 14 - to 25-year-old > market. market. > > Your clients really like your Your clients really like your > stuff when it works. When it stuff when it works. When it > doesn't work they want to kill doesn't work they want to kill > you. you. > > Job is assisted by the Job is assisted by the > industry producing industry producing > newer, more potent product. newer, more potent products. > > When things go wrong, a When things go wrong, a > "fix" is just a phone call "fix" is just a phone call > away but may be expensive away but may be expensive. > > A lot of successful people A lot of successful people > getting rich in this industry getting rich in this industry > while still teenagers while still teenagers > > Their product causes DOOM. Quake. SimCity. > unhealthy addictions. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said. > -- Indi Soemardjan Be my guest: http://pagina.de/indradi
