YOU MAY BE A GEEK IF….
July 14th, 2005
You’ve ever used a computer on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of
the same weekend.
You find yourself interrupting computer store salesman to
correct something he said.
The first thing you notice when walking in a business is
their computer system. …and offer advice on how you would
change it.
You’ve ever mounted a magnetic tape reel.
You own any shareware.
You know more IP addresses than phone numbers.
You’ve ever accidentally dialed an IP address.
Your friends use you as tech support.
You’ve ever named a computer.
You have your local computer store on speed dial.
You can’t carry on a conversation without talking about
computers.
Co-workers have to E-mail you about the fire alarm to get you
out of the building.
You’ve ever found “stray” diskettes when doing laundry.
Your computer has it’s own phone line - but your teenager
doesn’t.
You check the national weather service web page for current
weather conditions (rather than look out the window).
You know more URLs than street addresses.
Your pet has a web page.
You get really excited when Yahoo adds your link.
You have ever sent E-mail to someone sitting next to you.
You have ever had a dream involving computers.
You have ever modified an ini file.
You would sell your grandmother for more bandwidth.
You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
You get up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop to check
your E-mail on your way back to bed.
You’ve entered that USR X2 contest so many times you get e-
mail saying “Forget it, Mike you are not going to win, just
go buy the modem”.
You know what the USR X2 contest is.
If you have ever dozed off while at the computer.
Have ever e-mailed yourself .
The tech support folks at your ISP call YOU for the tough
ones.
You have more than one copy of the same version of software
on your machine.
You have ever submitted a tip to windows95.com.
You have ever chatted with someone while talking to them on
the phone.
You are surprised that there are other real foods besides
pizza.
How To Tell if You’re a Geek (part 2):
You still own a slide rule, and you know how to work it.
You can name six “Star Trek” episodes.
You have a functioning home copier/scanner/fax machine, but
every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal.
You have a habit of destroying things to see how they work.
People groan at the party when you pick out the music.
You have more friends on the Internet than in real life.
You thought the real heroes of “Apollo 13″ were the mission
controllers.
You think that when people around you yawn, it’s because they
didn’t get enough sleep.
You spend half a plane trip with your laptop on your lap…
and your kid in the overhead compartment.
You’ve tried to repair a $5 radio
Your laptop computer costs more than your car.
Your four basic food groups are caffeine, fat, sugar, and
chocolate.