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Not having had to login for a while.....
- Your response to your computer being taken over by viruses or malware is always the same: "I didn't do anything!"
- If you don't understand the importance of keeping your email address updated in your domain name registration account.
- If the questions "Who is your domain name registered with?" and "Who is hosting your web site?" are both answered with "I don't know."
- If you answer "what browser are you using?" with "The button that says 'connect to the Internet'."
- If you've ever used the term "log on to my web site" instead of "visit my web site."
- If you ever have to ask if you should use anti virus programs.
- If you've ever forwarded any email with the subject "Important! Forward to everyone you know!"
- If you don't know what a BCC is.
- If your only way to visit a web site is to enter it into a search engine.
- Corollary to the previous, if you've ever asked what an address or location field is.
- If you consider animations, moving objects in Flash, letters that chase your mouse around, or doorway pages to be "spicy" and make a site look "alive" as opposed to "dead and just SITS there."
- If you've ever said "I want my site to come up number one on all the search engines for [the most broad and generic term possible].
- If you've ever opened a conversation with "I'm not technical, I leave that to geeks like you."
- If you've ever lost a laws suit to the tune of $222,000 because you were so sure you can download music and movies for free that the rest of the world pays for.
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- If you have to ask where the "any" key is (C'mon it's a classic)
- If your IT guy has given up trying to walk you through anything and instead just comes to your desk, fixes it, and leaves.
If you think the primary skill in putting together a content-based website is having the idea for it.
If you think that people visiting your site should have "an experience".
If you think your job is done when your pages look alright in IE.
- You are likely to reply to the question "what processor does your computer have?" with something like "512 megabytes."
- You refer to "my internet," as in "help me! I've lost my internet!"
- If you don't know what version of your browser you are using, are unaware that browsers have versions, or that there are different browsers at all.
- If you've ever tried to plug a phone line into an ethernet port
If you've ever asked "How do I do a Google search?" Even though you spend all day, in your new job as a programmer, on your GMail account (true story!)
- The thought of not connecting to the internet or being without your laptop for any period of time really worries you.
