-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you try to ^Z out of Quattro.
...you try to ^Z out of Quattro.
Related:
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you see a flock of birds and try to figure out the algorithms that determine their movement.
- 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 look at an internal telephone extension number 2444 and immediately try to work out what permissions it represents, and then wonder why it's sgid!
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your alarm clock goes off, and in your dream you try vainly to figure out what keyboard command to use to turn it off.
- 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!
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...after writing a big report, you try to backspace in a pen and paper letter.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you open a window to find a phone number in a file, then try to cut & paste it to the phone.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you complain in the supermarket about your change and find out you computed it in hex.
- You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you look above the television for a title bar to find out the name of the program you are watching.
