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Subject:	Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 4 Jul 1999 05:47:22 GMT
Reply-To:	cjc@newsguy.comSpamcake
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > get to know one another. For example, someone who sees the letters "cjc" > somewhere today is likely to think of Mike Stanley if they exchange email > with him often. Or someone who sees the letters "moz" somewhere today is > likely to think of Chris Moseley if they know him by that nickname. 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 they were Caesar's, but they're also really easy to type quickly, and 3 characters happened to be the minimum on the system I changed them on first. In reality, though, nobody thinks of me as that. Nor, really, do most people think of me as Mike, Michael, Stanley, or anything resembling (in English anyway) my given names. Most people at work and most of my friends call me Misha, a carryover from what my Russian instructors and fellow classmates called me at DLI while I was in the Army. Misha is actually what I tend to think of myself as, for reasons I can't quite explain, and I use it on systems that I use via the web or other ways that remember who I am (or who I should be) because of cookies or whatever. So would this plan/scheme you have in mind allow for me to be Misha? It really amounts to Mike anyway. Something to think about, I guess... -- The parts you want and nothing else? http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new resource for LEGO fans worldwide

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		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

		OT: DLI (was: Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?)
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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		member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm. Awright, maybe it's worth taking a major 180 here and taking a closer look at non-numeric member-id's (i.e., usernames). Personally, I think usernames are nothing but a major source of headaches once a user population grows (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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