Nerf-Coated World

How do you know you're

How do you know you're a bad-ass uber-programmer? Let me illustrate.

Type type type type type. Enter.

Flag-shaped icon at the top of the screen stops flapping. The fan on your new 3.06G starts revving.

You click. Nothing happens.

The fan revs up louder, like an Indy car accelerating and then downshifting. This happens every 5 seconds.

After 5 minutes, you press the power button. Your monitor lights up, at half-strength. After two minutes of nothing, you turn the power off again.

Jesus, I'm going to wear this computer out, too, aren't I? It's two days old and already I'm torturing it.

Posted by Matt at February 13, 2003 5:31 AM