You Are A Computer Nerd If...
- Your web page is more popular than you.
- Your favorite sport is Tetris.
- You know what fuzzy logic is.
- You talk to your computer.
- When given a choice, you look at Computer Shopper instead of Playboy.
- You argue with your computer.
- Your computer has its own phone line.
- You have dreams involving your computer.
- You try to pick up women on chat lines.
- You can talk to a woman about your hardware and not mean anything sexual.
- You spend Friday nights with your computer.
- You ask a woman for her email address instead of her phone number.
- You've never actually met many of your friends.
- You remember how to use DOS.
- You think Bill Gates is "a cool guy."
- Only computer users can understand you.
- Your home page is longer than your resume.
- You've ever installed Linux.
- You've missed the X-Files because you wanted to play on your computer.
- You always understand Dilbert.
- You regularly drink Jolt cola.
- You spend more time on the Internet than you do sleeping.
- You have multiple email addresses.
- You've ever setup a LAN in your house.
- You understood the above statement.
- You search the Internet for computer humor.
- Your idea of hurrying is typing faster.
- You keep spare mouse pads.
- You buy your computer gifts.
- You've ever been dumped for paying too much attention to your computer.
- Someone mentions foreign language and you think "Cobol."
- You regularly use a tape backup on files you have the original disks for.
- You get a new computer, take it out of the box, and you immediately remove
the case.
- You have ever called home to check on your computer.
- You do processes in DOS instead of Windows not because it is faster, but
because it just
- confuses people.
- You've ever considered getting a tattoo of the "Intel Inside"
logo.
- You have a pet name for your computer, but not one for your penis.
- You know every law about computer piracy by heart, because you've been
convicted on all of
- them.
- You no longer interact with your family, you send them email instead; in
the same house.
- You check your email before you check your answering machine.
- You can program the next best thing to Windows, but you still can't get
your VCR to stop flashing.
- You have more insurance on your computer than on your children.
- You receive more chat requests than phone calls.
- You stopped paying for call waiting because it kept knocking you off-line.
- You don't immediately go into gibbering panic when you hear of a new
computer virus.
- You've ever emailed your assignment in to your professor.
- You've ever tried to see how far you can move the mouse without turning
off the screen saver.
- You have dialed 911 and faxed them your problem.
- You call in sick to work over your computer.
- Your first aid kit contains Norton's Anti-Virus.
- You know what the acronyms HTML, URL, ISP, and HTTP each stand for.
- You tinker with computers at work all day, and when you finally get off
work, you rush home to tinker with your computer.
- You dedicate your home page to your favorite actress in hopes that she
will see it and desire to meet you.
- You have more than one home page.
- The closest you ever come to having sex is downloading nude pictures off
of the Internet.
- You have a better computer system at home than at work.
- You get jealous when other people use your computer.
- You run back into your burning home to rescue your computer, but you leave
the dog.
- You know exactly how much hard drive space you have free, but you don't
know your spouse's birthday.
- You run Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 just because you can.
- You have the high score on Jezz Ball.
- You know what word 31337 stands for.
- You keep spare computer parts around the house.