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... ...after Writing A Big Report, You Try To Backspace In A Pen And Paper Letter.

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-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...after writing a big report, you try to backspace in a pen and paper letter.

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You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you fumble dialing the telephone, and make a stab for the backspace key [and wonder why the numbers aren't coming up on your screen].
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