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by
mblase
Fri Oct 13 2000 at 15:27:20
You might be an
information junkie
if...
...you would rather spend a free evening at
Barnes and Noble
than at the local movie theater.
...you get home from class early to watch "
Jeopardy
" and study in silence during "
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
".
...you routinely come home from the
public library
with more books than you returned.
...you contribute more
factual writeups
in a single day than you do
daylogs
entries in an entire month.
...you've ever taken the time to research what
the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
actually
is.
...you once memorized all fifty
US state capitals
, the first few dozen
digits of pi
, or all sixty-six
books of the Bible
just because you could.
...you ever started a political or religious argument with someone, only to find yourself arguing against your own position because
the data doesn't support your claims
.
...you want to upgrade to an
Ungodly Fast Internet Connection
just so you can keep a news
ticker
streaming across the bottom of your monitor at all times.
...you not only manage your browser's
bookmarks
, you keep them in
hierarchal
folders for easy location later.
...you have memorized the
Dewey Decimal System
because it's easier than using the
card catalog
.
...you refuse to buy
news magazines
because they only come out once a week.
...you check the
E2
New Writeups
before you even look at your morning
e-mail
.
Johnny 5
Geek Mythology
How to download Everything2 to your handheld using AvantGo
the desire to impress
Information Overload
Digits of Pi
Barnes and Noble
information
High-Q
You are reading this
rational ignorance effect
reading list
Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index
Hierarchal
Public Library
Jeopardy
Reference interview
I set the alarm clock anyway, knowing I would be up all night
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
infopath
Node your homework
US State Capitals
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