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• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you begin all of your questions with "INPUT.
  . ....
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you're doing laundry, and you think
  ouch * <or> make clea...
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your radio is playing
  and you're starting a big compile on your home box, and it occurs to you that the music will begin to get a bit jerky, because you think it's playing through the computer and you're not quite sure how well it'll multitask with the compile....
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you make a mathematical proof and try to compile it to test if it is correct.
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you get snail mail, and you think to your self "You have new mail on node "your_address" from user "name_on_the_frank".
• 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... ...people talk to you while you're trying to work, and you think, "mesg n".
• You know you've been hacking too long when... ...your digital alarm clock goes off and you think "Bloody Macs!