Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sun, 28 Feb 1999 03:19:37 -0500
Ahh, computers, computers.... Some can't live with them,
wouldn't survive without them...
LadyHawke
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"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:
Hungry.must-eat.food.now@home.com.
* 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.
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"Drug Dealer Or Software Programmer?"
A Career Comparison
Drug Dealers Software Developers
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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.
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