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YOU MIGHT BE AN ENGINEER IF...

You know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.

You've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.

It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.

You have a pet named after a scientist.

You are completely addicted to caffeine.

You'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier.

Your "Far Side" desk calendar is four months behind.

You can speak sentences with four or more acronyms in them.

You can understand sentences with four or more acronyms in them.

You own three calculators.

You have ever ridden an escalator and mentally calculated the horsepower necessary to run it.

You have automatic everything in your house, but none of it meets the National Electrical Code.

You know more about what's inside the TV than what programs are on it.

You own more than three mechanical pencils.

You have more cable TV and telephone outlets in your house than electrical outlets.

The people at Radio Shack ask you questions.

You have ever tried to network your home PC, microwave oven and garage-door opener.

You own eight neckties, all identical.

Your car has two more antennas than it came with.

Your spouse keeps tripping over the wire you strung -- temporarily-- three years ago.

You are on a first-name basis with the sales staff of a major parts mail-order house.

You have more compilers than computers.

You look at the assembler output of your compiler because "you know you can do better."

You know how many transistors were in each x86 chip put out by Intel.

You bought Windows 2.0, and liked it.

Your children ask a question like "How do radios work?" and have no further questions after your explanation.

You put a hanging ground strap on your car.

You've wired every room in your house for 10 Base T (Cat5, of course)

You keep the knobs off junk electronics stuff, just in case.

You calculate the best patterns to mow your lawn in the least amount of time.

At a traffic intersection you try to figure out the synchronization pattern between your car's wipers and the others'

You have at least one historical computer in your closet.

You take along a printout of the schedule of your family vacation.

At home, you find the idea of moving a wall more attractive than the idea of painting it.

You can name all the cards in your PC without looking.

You empty your pockets at home at night and amongst the change you find two resistors, a NiCad battery and a 75-ohm terminator.

You always have to explain things by drawing it out on paper or a napkin.

You understood more than five of these indicators.

You make a hard copy of this list, and post it on your door.

You read this list in entirety.

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Description:	You might be an engineer if...
Date:	Mar 24, 2007 2:35pm
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Submitted By:	t-bolt
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