You Know You Have Been Hacking Too Long When...

You read a moronic letter in a magazine, then spend a good 30 seconds wondering which key to hit so you can follow up with a flame that just popped into your head.

You see the root beer at the grocery store as "Hi Res" instead of Hires.

You feel the need to "download a pineapple/canadian bacon pizza".

You think k.d.lang is a newsgroup

You are watching a boring show on tv & wonder why the screen saver hadn`t kicked in.

You misspelled something with a pen and your first thought was to press delete.

You get in the elevator on your way home, pound on the button for your office floor, and wonder why the elevator won't toggle your location.

Someone leaves a Post-It note on your screen, and after reading the note you click on the window beneath it to bring it to the foreground.

You think "I wonder if my letter (snail mail) has reached its destination yet?" "Yes, it must have otherwise it would have bounced..."

You comment your assembler code in C.

You panic when someone says "The Sun's just gone down."

You write down some code during an exam, stare at the page, and think "I wonder why the compiler`s taking so long...".

You sit down with friends at the cafeteria and say "re." (for IRC-literates only)

You walk into a used bookstore, ask if they have any books about UNIX and wonder why they`re giving you funny looks.