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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 3 Jul 1999 04:30:05 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ben Roller writes:
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> 1) Why not just make the numbers internal to the system so that we
> never see them.
Because of URLs that contain them.
> That way we could all be given any old number and the
> part that we would see would be a username of some sort. I'm sure
> that systems like ebay have numbers, but heck if I know what my number
> is because I just use my username. [...]
I've yet to see a username-system that (a) handles collisions in a
reasonable way if the usernames are system-assigned, or (b) doesn't lead
quickly to garbage if the usernames are user-chosen.
--Todd
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| (...) <snip> (...) I have several suggestions: 1) Why not just make the numbers internal to the system so that we never see them. That way we could all be given any old number and the part that we would see would be a username of some sort. I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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