You know you're from Silicon Valley If..
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You make $100,000 a year, yet still can't find a place to live.
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Your commute time is 45 minutes and you live 8 miles away from work.
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Stop asking how much things cost but, ask "How long will it take?"
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Two-Thirds of the people you know are from Boston or New York, but you
are living in PST.
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Know vast differences difference between Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese,
Japanese, Cantonese, and Korean food.
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Your home computer contains mostly hardware/software that is not on the
consumer market yet.
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Go to "The City" on weekends but don't live there because you like your
car.
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Think that "I'm going to Fry's." is an acceptable excuse to leave the
office for a while, and your boss does too.
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Lost your alarm clock. You'll get to work when you get there.
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Go to an industrial-heavy-metal bar and see two guys get into a fight
over what flavor of Unix is better.
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Own more than 10 articles of clothing that have hardware/software
companies printed on them. Bonus for embroidered stuff.
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"Your best buys..." you know the rest.
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You know where Woz Way, Resistor Ave, and Floppy Dr are located.
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You know who Woz is.
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You know 280 North runs west, and 680 N runs East.
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Even though Microsoft employs quite a few programmers in the Bay Area,
they only work on Powerpoint, and the company is still the embodiment
of Satan.
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Even if their stock IS worth more than yours.
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You see a billboard that says "FPGA2ASIC" and aren't phased
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When you need the updated Diamond Monster 3D drivers, you just walk
across the street.
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You have more bandwidth in your apartment or condo than most major
universities.
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You have to hire security to keep the panhandlers off your terrace
(Oakland/Berkeley).
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None of the people you work with are bible thumpers.
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You scan yard sales for back issues of "Dr. Dobbs."
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Your favorite computer reseller speaks only Cantonese.
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Your work place vending machines dispense "100% natural twig-bars" right
next to Jolt cola and Instant Espresso mix.
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No one brings radio's into work - they just use RealAudio and listen to
thedj.com, rebelradio.com, or other out of state stations.
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You have a personal relationship with a master vintner in Napa.
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Your friends just bought a $500,000 fixer-upper.
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When your work station crashes you wave crystals over it to help it
heal.
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You had a personal web site long before IBM, Apple or Microsoft ever
even heard of the internet.
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The most successful relationship of your life is with someone you have
never met in person.
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When you see a guy wearing a propeller beanie walking on the beach at
Santa Cruz, you don't laugh, your stop and pay homage, because you know
he's a rich programmer who's stock just went public.
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You give someone your E-mail address BEFORE you give them your phone
number.
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You know how to pronounce over a dozen Indian (not Native American)
surnames.
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You can't find any ties when your wife wants to go to the one
restaurant within a hundred miles that requires one.
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You consider charity to be investing in a risky startup.
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You consider rose' wine drinkers to be poor white trash.
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Your European vacation consisted of a week of meetings in a
windowless room in Scotland, and an hour of shopping at the
duty-free in Heathrow.
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