-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...a fly lands on the screen and you try to pick it up with the mouse and
put it in the onscreen trashcan!
...a fly lands on the screen and you try to pick it up with the mouse and
put it in the onscreen trashcan!
Related:
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you pick up a rootbeer and read the label as "High Res", not Hires.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you try to bring a window to the front of something, then you realize that "something" is a Post-It (tm) on your screen.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you reach for the mouse to cut that piece of code from the sheet of paper on your desk and try to paste it into the editor.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...someone sticks a Post-It note on your screen and you try to lower it behind some other windows.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you try to ^Z out of Quattro.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you make a mathematical proof and try to compile it to test if it is correct.
- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you have to put a happy face on paper, and do it sideways.
)... - You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you fumble dialing the telephone, and make a stab for the backspace key [and wonder why the numbers aren't coming up on your screen].
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...after fooling around all day with routers you pick up the phone and start dialing an IP number.
