Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 13:14:42 -0800
From: Original attribution unknown
Subject: You know you live in Silicon Valley when:

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You Know You Live in Silicon Valley When...
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* You make $100,000 a year, yet still can't find a place to live.

* You would starve if it weren't for Trader Joe's frozen dinners.

* Your commute time is 45 minutes and you live 8 miles from work.

* Two-thirds of the people you know are from Boston or New York, but you are
living in PST.

* You know many complex and subtle differences between Thai, Vietnamese,
Chinese, Japanese, Cantonese, and Korean food.

* Your home computer contains mostly hardware & software that is not on the
consumer market yet.

* You go to The City on weekends, but don't live there because you like your
car.

* You think that "I'm going to Fry's" is an acceptable excuse to leave the
office for a while -- and your boss does, too.

* You lost your alarm clock. You'll get to work when you get there.

* You go to an industrial-heavy-metal bar and see two guys get into a fight
over what flavor of UNIX is better.

* You own more than 10 articles of clothing which have the logos of hardware
or software companies printed on them. Bonus for embroidered stuff.

* You know where Woz Way, Resistor Ave., and Floppy Dr. are located.

* On your drive to work you're amazed by the mysterious 'phantom mountains'
outlines.. Are they there or aren't they? Only the smog knows for sure!

* You know that I-280 North runs west, and I-680 North runs East.

* Despite the fact that Microsoft employs quite a few programmers in the Bay
Area," they only work on Powerpoint, and the company is still the embodiment
of Satan." No matter that their stock IS worth more than yours...

* You see a billboard that says "FPGA2ASIC" and aren't fazed.

* To the updated Diamond Monster 3D drivers, you just walk across the street.

* You have more bandwidth in your apartment or condo than most major
universities.

* You scan yard sales for back issues of "Dr. Dobbs."

* Your workplace vending machines dispense "100% natural twig-bars" right next
to Jolt cola and Instant Espresso mix.

* No one brings radios in to work - they just use RealAudio and listen to the
KFJC.org, radiov.com,   dj.com, rebelradio.com, or other out-of-state stations.