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• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you've been low-level debugging ethernets for a week and you see two people at a table trying to pick up the same jar of butter and you directly wonder if they are using the correct CSMA/CD algorithm to avoid a re-collision.
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you send E-mail and end each line with \n.
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you send your SO notes like
  while !(together(you,me)) miss(you)...
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you are trying to remember something but hear in your head
  parity error at address......
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you find yourself trying to CTRL-S the credits rolling on the TV screen.
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you're hacking on a project late at nigh
  you are trying to get at some munchies, and you are having problems opening them (fingers stay in keyboard mode) and you think...
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you have been hacking X and the colors of your tv don't look right so you think maybe you should use a different Visual.
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...before you call someone on the phone, you think
  'finger joe@his.house'...
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!