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    Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Mike Stanley
   (...) Not sure where I stand on all this or if it really matters to me, but I thought I would mention this. All (or most, anyway) of my current login names that I actually have to type on a regular basis are cjc. Yeah, I like the initials because (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Todd Lehman
     (...) Well, the nice part about this is that, unless you have cookies completely disabled, you won't ever have to type your username. So if your username is something other than "cjc", then it wouldn't be a constant frustration to switch back and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Selçuk Göre
     (...) More than you think upto now I think..:-) What about profanity in other languages than English? Lugnet is a multi national community. One example: a simple and innocent looking abbreviation "ats2", which could be both read as its spelling (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Todd Lehman
     (...) Wow. Well, at least if someone uses "ats2", it'd have to be logically formed from their name, so it would be clear that they weren't just doing it to be rude/offensive. (...) They're not a problem at all from an internal coding standpoint, but (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Todd Lehman
      (...) OK, I see the confusion now... Sorry for being ambiguous. When I wrote: "Anyway, here are some examples that do seem gray to me and may need careful attention...(these have all been disclosed publicly on LUGNET by their owners)" in: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Selçuk Göre
       Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) unrelated (...) weren't. (...) I've already get it. But the confusing phrase was not this one, it was: "Those are all fun names, of course, and these people could all *certainly* continue to use these (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Todd Lehman
      (...) Oh. YES, *that* is *really* ambiguous. I see how anyone could read the wrong thing in that. Oops. OK, let me reword that to say what I actually meant to say: "Those are all fun names, of course, and these people could all certainly continue to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Selçuk Göre
      Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) example: a (...) as (...) the (...) If the individual would be from Turkey, the latter would be true, even if his name would "ahmet tayfun sipahioglu", since it is a common joke..:-) (...) Oh, that old, boring (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Todd Lehman
     (...) Wow, four names in the family that all start with "se" -- excellent! Do your mother and sister have middle or other familiar names to distinguish between them? (...) Well, internally, there you're "selgore", but only I see that. Externally, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more? —Selçuk Göre
      Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Actually my sister's name is "Zeynep Sema" but she never used his initial name, so when we visit parents all together, there is always a funy chaos across the names..:-) (...) I prefer using a first name (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
   
        OT: DLI (was: Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?) —Christopher L. Weeks
   (...) Wow! How was DLI? I almost went there. I blew the DLAB out of the water (but I still don't know how...what a confusing experience that was) but a clerical error at the MEPS in St. Louis screwed up when I could start my enlistment and then I (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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