You might be a Computer Enthusiast when...

*You've ever dreamt about source code.
*Your last 5 meals consisted of pizza and Mountain Dew.
*The sound of a keyboard clicking turns you on.
*The last time you got up prior to noon was in 1994.
*If(you_have_ever_written_email==this)
*You've gone 72 hours without sleep because "this stupid thing SHOULD compile!".
*When someone mentions "SATAN" you don't think of the devil.
*The case hasn't been on your computer since the day you bought it.
*You call 911 when your ISP goes down.
*You have a LAN in your living room.
*You've ever used the phrase "I love kickin puppies!" (Warez Puppies)
*Your lifelong dream is to get published in Bugtraq.
*Your ISP calls YOU for tech support.
*You think "Unix Wars" should be made into a movie.
*You've been obssesed with Sandra Bullock ever since "The Net" came out.
*You think your phone is tapped.
*Your phone IS tapped.
*You tapped your own phone just to see if you could.
*The amount of RAM you have is > your IQ.

That is courtesy of HappyHacker.org by Josh

Aside from that other thread awhile ago like something like this, does anyone have any "You might be a Computer Enthusiast when..." kinda suggestions yourself. Like perhaps, once you made up. Add it to this thread, I like to hear them.

Sorry to sound a bit stupid, what are warez puppies? :)

Lets see... I have a LAN in my bedroom does that count... oh and when people mention SATAN I think of Bill Gates

you might be a computer enthusiast when....
>>you never call your friends anymore, you email/irc/aim them
>>you have nightmares about your computer being taken away
>>you cry over the processor you overclocked a BIT too much
>>your only friends have names like tommy_smith instead of Tommy Smith

hope you like 'em ;)

Nice, anyone got any others?

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Originally posted here by JCHostingAdmin

*You think your phone is tapped.

That is courtesy of HappyHacker.org by Josh

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Especially when you hear that heavy breathing that is NOT the family dog.

the sound of a modem logging on gets u 2 sleep

I saw a joke that was written in C, and I got it.

Does that qualify? :D

you know your a computer enthusiast if:

Your reading this post.
You chat with people that are in the same room over a computer.
You have a coffee pot next to your computer.
When 40 GB hard drive just doesn't cut it anymore.
You have more spare computer parts than Compaqs return department.
If its past 2 am right now....
You don't even bother to check your real mailbox anymore.
When you glance around the room and your surrounded by computer books, manuals, RFC's etc..

You like?

Awesome xmaddness. Nice. I would like everyone to try to add more and hopefully make a great collection. Let's keep adding!

One for the Penguin heads ....

When someone mentions "The Other OS", you think they are talking about FreeBSD.
You start using penguins in your web site design.
You've programmed your spell checker to replace "knew" and "new" with "gnu"
When you find . -name "what" -type F | xargs grep "where" | cut -t "when" | grep "who" >now! is a reality!
Every job interview that you go to becomes a session of Linux Advocacy.
You know over 20 different people by their uid on Slashdot, but have never met them in person.
When they say "lie low" you think about booting Linux
You keep track of your highest uptime, and try to break your record.
The only thing you ever do online is read the latest Linux news, Linux software releases, Linux HOWTOs, Usenet Linux threads, etc., etc.
You use /. as your homepage.
Typing "locate Bitch" at the command prompt makes perfect sense.
You try to cat your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
You can reconstruct your fstab from scratch, and not even think about it.
When in MS Word, you type :wq
You are hitting the TAB key in the DOS-Shell
You feel patronized when your Wintel box at work asks you if you "really want to log out?"
You wish Windows had virtual desktops.
You enjoy getting fsck'd when your computer boots.
You know how to attain Enlightenment.
In Windows, you keep referring to your drives as /dev/hdx
Freeing the mallocs seems a worthier cause than freeing the whales.
You ask yourself why Windows 9X has a login screen with a Cancel button.
Someone tells you command line options for an application and you need toilet paper to write it down.
While at a hip party someones asks "Hey wanna burn one?" You ask if they have a blank CDR.
When other people talk about their exotic animals you think they're talking about O'Reilly books.
With the boot disk you're always carrying, a Debian and Red Hat CD accompany.
You find the thought of rebooting after installing a piece of software utterly absurd.
Your definition of a tarball has nothing to do with fossil fuels.
When you hear the words "Fresh meat" you think of software.
You feel the desire to master vi.
You have more than 10 network services enabled on your home network.
You think "Microsoft" is a brand-name for toilet paper.
The only time your computer reboots is to try out a new kernel.
You type "/" when trying to change directories in Windows.
You carry a Linux boot-floppy wherever you go.
You feel an undefined sense of shame when the advice you give on Windows 9X works.
You're on your first date and all you can think about is open source.
You dream of penguins.

Courtest of too many sites to mention.

if you turn your head sideways to smile
some of your best convos have been with Alice
your skins so white your almost transparent
vampires see more day light than you do
after a car accident you search the dash for an undo button
you can have a complete conversation without using any real words - (lol, rtfm etc)
you think all the worlds major wars could have been solved by a game of CS
you have a quake symbol tattoo (my friend actually has this >_<)
when you boot up all your computers at once half of the East coast suffers power outage

ok thats all I can come up with atm

v_Ln

You've had arthiritus since you were ten months old
You get a new percription of glasses every week
You type faster than the screen can display the text
You went to jail for arsony: you burned too many CDs.
When someone dresses up as a pirate for halloween, you think 'They had warez back then?'
When your girlfriend tells you 'a little bit at a time' you scream in sadness.
You like to take showers electronically.
You scratched out the Es on your keyboards and replaced them with 3s.
The phone line is so often used the phone company shut you down.
You suffer convulsions when their is a power outage.
When you delete something unintentionally, you suffer from uncontrollable seizures.


;)

Nice!