- you could quote lines from LOTR BEFORE the movies came out.
- you know, without having to look it up, what LOTR means.
- you have either: more than one computer, or more than one operating system.
- you can read binary.
- you have a light-sabre.
- you know what TCP/IP, SMTP, POP, USB and RAID mean.
- you know any programming language (other than high-school pascal).
- you have more online friends than RL friends.
- you agonized over the ideal online nick for more than 12 seconds.
- you wish people would call you "Gandalf".
- your formalwear includes a t-shirt printed to look like a tuxedo.
- you have a picture of a penguin, anywhere.
- every day is casual day at work.
- you can drink more than 4 cups of coffee and still not get a caffeine buzz.
- you are a regular on an online programming forum
