14 Feb
2007
14 Feb
'07
9:57 a.m.
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb. Everyone else
on this list uses their real name, not a "handle".
14 Feb
14 Feb
10:26 a.m.
Al,
On 2/14/07, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
I don't use my real name here. I use the real-life (and online)
nickname I've had for many years. I'd prefer not to use my real name,
simply because I haven't had to respond to it, nor use it in more than
an official capacity (at the DMV). While some handles or monikers are
hard on the tongue, I don't see much harm in it. It's not like we
actually have to speak these names, on the list. :)
...Josef
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15 Feb
15 Feb
3:03 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 09:26 -0600, Josef Chessor wrote:
On 2/14/07, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
wrote:
So, you're NOT from 17th century Huguenot stock?
Peace,
Warren E. Wolfe
wizard at voyager.net
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have
to
use your real name here?
I don't use my real name here. I use the real-life (and online)
nickname I've had for many years. I'd prefer not to use my real name,
simply because I haven't had to respond to it, nor use it in more than
an official capacity (at the DMV). While some handles or monikers are
hard on the tongue, I don't see much harm in it. It's not like we
actually have to speak these names, on the list. :) 
14 Feb
14 Feb
10:26 a.m.
In article <45D3235F.8070709 at bitsavers.org>,
Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> writes:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
And just how will you tell if its "real"?
There's no point, really.
There's also no need.
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10:35 a.m.
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real
name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb.
Everyone else on this list
uses their real name, not a "handle".
Depending on what you mean by "real name", I may be a counterexample.
(I do use the realest name I have here, but many people mean an
ill-defined something else by the term, usually meaning in my case a
name I don't use online.)
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10:49 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
You were the immediate counter-example that I thought of :) Heck, I don't use
the name that's on my birth certificate. I even suspect that Al may well
technically be an Alan or an Albert...
I can't see why it's such a big deal myself. Jay, any plans to ask for
fingerprints of list members? ;)
cheers
Jules
I was
wondering if we can estabish that you have to use your real
name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore
thumb. Everyone else on this list
uses their real name, not a "handle".
Depending on what you mean by "real name", I may be a counterexample. 
10:56 a.m.
I can't see why it's such a big deal myself.
Jay, any plans to ask for
fingerprints of list members? ;)
Actually, my name is George. I just play the President on TV.
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11:26 a.m.
It was written....
I can't see why it's such a big deal myself.
Jay, any plans to ask for
fingerprints of list members? ;)
Absolutely not!
Nor will there be a drivers license check, or anything like that.
However, if people don't use their real name or at least a normal sounding
nickname they can't be expected to be taken seriously by everyone. That's
not a policy I need to put forth... each listmember will make their own call
about others based on it I'm sure.
ok, forget that... here is a better way to put it.... If people insist on
using silly names like "Nosila the Magic User" or "Luke Skywalker" or
"Gakor
King of Vithra"... or even worse... "Iceman"... they will simply be laughed
off the channel ;)
Jay
15 Feb
15 Feb
3:06 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:26 -0600, Jay West wrote:
ok, forget that... here is a better way to put it....
If people insist on
using silly names like "Nosila the Magic User" or "Luke Skywalker" or
"Gakor
King of Vithra"... or even worse... "Iceman"... they will simply be
laughed
off the channel ;)
Indeed. A bit of dignity is to be desired. Henceforth, you may all
refer to me as "Your Majesty." Ta.
Peace,
HRM
wizard at voyager.net
14 Feb
14 Feb
11:19 a.m.
I think that makes sense, this isn't some teen club mailing list, NeXt
ThInG yOu KnOw WeLl AlL sTaRt TyPiNg LiKe ThIs
Curt
Al Kossow wrote:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb. Everyone else
on this list uses their real name, not a "handle".
11:58 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
Curt of the Atari wrote...
JarJar???
You're scaring me Jay.
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I think that makes sense, this isn't some teen
club mailing list, NeXt
ThInG yOu KnOw WeLl AlL sTaRt TyPiNg LiKe ThIs
YeW R0CK d00d. I got some e733t
K001 warez man.
JarJar
ROTFLMAO
12:32 p.m.
My name is real but I'm not.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay West [mailto:jwest at classiccmp.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:31 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: requirement for use of your real name on this list?
Curt of the Atari wrote...
I think that makes sense, this isn't some teen club
mailing list, NeXt
ThInG yOu KnOw WeLl AlL sTaRt TyPiNg LiKe ThIs
YeW R0CK d00d. I got some e733t K001
warez man.
JarJar
ROTFLMAO
15 Feb
15 Feb
3:09 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:30 -0600, Jay West wrote:
Curt of the Atari wrote...
That type of insult has no place on a civilized list. To make fun
of a species of tree is unacceptable behavior, and calls for an apology
to all coniferous trees in general. Ha-RUMPH.
Peace,
HRM
wizard at voyager.net
I think that makes sense, this isn't some teen
club mailing list, NeXt
ThInG yOu KnOw WeLl AlL sTaRt TyPiNg LiKe ThIs
YeW R0CK d00d. I got some e733t
K001 warez man. 
14 Feb
14 Feb
1:15 p.m.
That is my real name, you insensitive clod! ;)
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15 Feb
15 Feb
3:12 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 13:15 -0500, Golan Klinger wrote:
That is my real name, you insensitive clod! ;)
Har! We have it, ladies and gentlemen: Best in Show. Good job, old
man!
Peace,
HRM
wizard at voyager.net
14 Feb
14 Feb
7:19 p.m.
On 2/14/07, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb. Everyone else
on this list uses their real name, not a "handle".
Your singling out of a member is not the least bit appreciated...if you
intended to send me a message by doing so you failed miserably...next time
try communicating with me properly and politely offlist and perhaps we can
get somewhere ;-)
7:56 p.m.
As long as they don't withhold their names from Jay,
it shouldn't really matter.
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9:14 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb. Everyone else
on this list uses their real name, not a "handle".
I dunno, Al, what with being an "old hippie" myself and all, (they tell
me I don't look sufficiently like a "computer geek"-what rubbish.) I
have a positive disinclination for "requirements".
Are you objecting to the principle of pseudonymity here, or just to lame
or maybe fraudulent handles? Would digsigs help?
jb"no relation to that sterling Rat fellow"digriz
10:21 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb.
And "der Mouse" doesn't?
People were using handles three to four decades ago. Certainly you can
get over it by now...
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10:57 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Al Kossow wrote:
Gee, I hope we don't discontinue handles, I'd be
a big pickle.
Brain
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have
to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb.
And "der Mouse" doesn't?
People were using handles three to four decades ago. Certainly you
can get over it by now...
15 Feb
15 Feb
12:35 a.m.
On 2/14/07, Brain (as in Pinky and the...) <brain at jbrain.com> wrote:
Jim Leonard wrote:
well I'll start, here's my fingerprint :D (not really :P)
Al Kossow wrote:
Gee, I hope we don't discontinue handles, I'd be
a big pickle.
Brain
I was wondering if we can estabish that you have
to
use your real name here?
"Hex Star" stands out like a sore thumb.
And "der Mouse" doesn't?
People were using handles three to four decades ago. Certainly you
can get over it by now... 
12:45 a.m.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Hex Star wrote:
well I'll start, here's my fingerprint :D (not
really :P)
I cut my finger while fiddling around in the wiring closet. Does that
count as leaving DNA on my posts?
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12:58 a.m.
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Hex Star wrote:
Hi
I use my real name because I'm not clever enough to think of
another to use. I've been accused of not using my real name
but then I think I may be the only one in the entire USA.
There may be one in Australia where my last name is more
common. Most any post with my name or something you find
with a search engine is surely related to me as I've not found
another.
Dwight Elvey
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well I'll start, here's my fingerprint :D
(not really :P)
I cut my finger while fiddling around in the wiring closet. Does that
count as leaving DNA on my posts?
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1:07 a.m.
New subject: 6' DEC Cabinet available zip 10512
If anyone is interested, I have a 6' Dec Storage Array cabinet
available, front and rear doors open, available free to anyone who wants
to come and pick it up. We're experiencing a pretty bad Ice and Snow
storm right now in the area, so obviously it would not need to be picked
up immediately, however if anyone would like it and can pick it up in
the next 7-14 days, its yours, otherwise I'll have to disassemble it and
its unfortunately going to be tossed.
Curt
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