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    You Can Count Yourself Lucky If …

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    May 28, 2012
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      1You Can Count Yourself Lucky If …

      1

      Written and illustrated by Brian Moore

      2You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Fewer Blinking Lights, More RAM

      2

      … Your current system can run Vista … (do all those blinking lights do anything?) …

      3You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Price Is Right

      3

      … The price you see on the Best Buy Web site matches the one on their intranet … (Sale Items > USB-Powered Acessories > Ben Affleck Talking E-Mail Notification Bust) …

      4You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Overclocked and Overbearing

      4

      … Your overclocked, water-cooled gaming rig doesn’t attain sentience and take over your house … (watching 2001, no doubt) …

      5You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Music of the Cubes

      5

      … Your boss doesn’t catch you watching fan-created Yu-Gi-Oh music videos on YouTube … (or uploading them) …

      6You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Thumbs Up

      6

      … Your “BlackBerry thumb” regains sensation … (your “Atari thumb” is still bothering you, though) …

      7You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Legacy Hardware

      7

      … Your system isn’t affected by the change in daylight-saving time … (though you’re still searching for an IM client for it) …

      8You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Party People

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      … You attend an event in Second Life and at least 50 percent of the attendees’ avatars are humanoid. (And/or pass the “Captain Kirk Test” — neon skin/superfluous head bumps are OK; extra limbs/chitinous shell/salt vampire tendencies are NOT OK).

      9You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – See More Slideshows Like This One

      The 15 Geekiest Vacationsby eWEEKillustrated by Brian Moore
      10 Answers to Your Questions About the Past, Present and Future of the Internetby Eric Lundquistillustrated by Brian Moore
      Five Ways ‘Star Wars’ Supports IT Prosby Eric Lundquistillustrated by Brian Moore
      The Thirteen Scariest Things in IT (in 2006)by Mike Vizardillustrated by Brian Moore
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