The Case List, Version 2.1

Written by: rxv8, paf4, sxp22, kak2, jcg8, ewb4, jst8, njw2 and tlk3

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You Know You're at CWRU When...

Personal relationships are analogous to StarTrek episodes.

Even the band cheers are equations.

You talk in SI units.

More people understand '42' than '69'.

Einstein T-shirts outnumber heavy metal.

You remember people by their Freenet ID.

2 + 2 = (-4)*exp(i*pi)

You know your computer better than your girlfriend or boyfriend.

Lewd comments are often related to computer hardware.

Physics is the high point of your day.

Calculus is your blow off course.

You hear a conversation about the inconsistencies in last night's ST:TNG episode -- and understand!

Free body diagrams excite you.

You see Picard-Riker '92 bumper stickers everywhere.

You show up at the football games to laugh at your own team.

You consider getting your computer silicon implants.

Your molecular model kit is a fun toy.

You discuss nucleophilic substitution over dinner.

The movie Real Genius is autobiographical.

You understand that 'Bohr' is not a verb.

Foundation is a social handbook.

You think of Gallium as a sex toy.

S'n'M follows SNL.

Trans-1,2-dibenzoylethylene is one of the words that you type rapidly.

Social status is determined by Computer Power and number of network accounts.

You talk to your suite mates via E-mail due to:
1) Not being seen by them for over a week.
2) This being your normal mode of communication with people in the next room.

You find yourself wishing the washer and dryer were networked to CWRUnet and a message would pop up on your computer screen when your laundry is done.

You find yourself anticipating your weekly trip to microcenter more than your upcoming date on Saturday.

You are able to pass a large inductor without wincing!

You make a rodent wheel for your mouse because it looks bored sitting there in DOS...

Your purity test score is two times as high as your IQ.

You regularly refer to an integration table at lunch...

You determine experimentally that the half life of a fribley french fry is less than that of plutonium.

You verify heisenberg's uncertanty principle by noticing that you can never be quite certain where the Fribley burger you just ate is and how fast it's going.

You walk by two frat guys and you hear one say "Dude, I was really drunk last night when I tried to set up my FTP server"

People get into screaming fights over whether to use cgs or mks units.

There are late night discussions of the merits of hp calculators at Denny's.

You understand more than 10% of the above references.


Last Modified : Feb. 22, 1996

Heather Garvey / raven@xnet.com