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Hi Richard! (...) To be frank (err, to be Shiri)... Aww, c'mon, gimme a break. Honestly, Richard; the one thing that makes lugnet so special and friendly and personal is the use of our real life names; the knowledge that people are here with honest (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) now there is little doubt. ;) Now that we know that he is breaking the ToS, we have to consider if it is worth bothering about (I can’t say I care). Given that he has two accounts here (one with his apparent real name and the other with his (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Dosent this mean that is real name is clearly understood. He has given it out freely on Lugnet, and therefore under the TOS is allowed to post using an alias Excerpt of the relevant section: unless your real name and identity is clearly understood, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I noticed this as well. In the thread based on his original (first time to LUGNET) posting, it was pointed out to him the problem about a screen name vs. a real name. He dealt with it quickly and graciously. His real name, for all intents and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) From this post, I think it is evident that it is indeed a pseudomyn (URL) more, he was told to post using his real name, changed and has reverted to the pseudonym. Definitely worth noting. -Duane (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, good point. Once while scanning the birth announcements in the local newspaper I came across a kid whom the parents had named Geordi La Forge. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Do we know it is not his real name? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This guy has been posting under that handle since August of 2001: (URL) the sudden urgency to point out this screen name issue? In fact, it was mentioned by at least two people in follow-ups to his original posting. No body seemed to mind back (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I would feel much less comfortable around Lugnet without knowing people's names - I guess I am a very visual person and a name gives me a peg to hang a mental image on of the people whose posts I am reading and to which I am replying. I am not (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, I have to say I'm with Tanya on this. No offense to "Darth", but I'm less inclined to take seriously a post from a person going by a nickname anyway-- it's like people who name their pets after obscure literary characters and think (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Massive confusion: what difference does it make whether or not spammers have your full name? They'll cheerfully send you mail even if they don't know your name. (I should know---I'm currently getting spam at all my addresses (including the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Tanya: I am not disagreeing with your understanding of the TOS, but let me just throw in that I wish I had never used my real name to use lugnet. It's no real panic, but I am almost positive my full name and email address was collected from lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?)
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Darth Joules - I hate to be the voice of "the rules", but you are supposed to be using your real name, not an alias, unless that alias is understood to be a nickname or such and we all know what your real name is. I know this was discussed with you (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good point. We'll make some adjustments. thanks. -Suz (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I would like to request that the subgroups under the LEGO Media group be collapsed. There are only 170 messages in all the subgroups by my count and those could be moved to the main LEGO Media group. Also, many of the newer LEGO Media/LEGO Software (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I had email conversations with Jamie in early January 2002. He emailed me out of the blue after reading a post by me on RTL; we had a pending deal over a year ago that never got very far but he had some memory of it (I have since let the deal (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GrDHrI.KA9@lugnet.com... (...) page (...) Questions.... Any concrete answers, or even interesting theories, would be GREATLY appreciated. 1. Were his posting priveleges actually revoked, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Did you successfully conclude the transaction? Jude FUT .loc.au (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well...I had an order from him on brickbay not long before he ceased posting, but after not hearing from him for a while I sent a query asking if he was okay, and someone else responded on his email account. I won't fill in the gory details, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I don't want to start up anything here, but were his posting priviledges revoked? From what he's written on RTL, it sounds like that is the case. (URL) don't remember any issues with his name attached... -Duane (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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