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| Moderator note: nym-less posts |
| 2006-10-04 |
 A system update: if one posts without a 'nym', the post or comment will earn you a trip to the Muffler Man. That's a polite way of saying that nym-less posts and comments won't be accepted.If you want to post, pick a nym -- ONE nym -- and stick with it. Thanks for your cooperation. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #67 *Note to All* We at Rantburg have decided, for one time only, to allow everyone to be whoever they wish. So we are asking you all to join in and become someone else for a day. We are calling it "Free Nym Friday". Go on, have some fun ;-) See you there. Steve |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-10-04 19:54 |
| #66 So Lancasters Over Dresden can never morph into B-17s Over Berlin? :( |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-04 21:35 |
| #65 Don't forget the effects of Nym Evolution! This nym was a long movie name back before 911 at FT.com. Its evolved to a shorter and easy to type TM at the insistance of a funds trader who liked to see the world in 3 and 4 character nym streams. I accepted his learned advice and suggested nym. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-10-04 21:34 |
| #64 Hmmm... impersonating Fred. Isn't there some fatwa death penalty for that? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-10-04 21:27 |
| #63 #62 It's easier if you use your real name. You don't have anything unnatural to remember nothing unnatural? You haven't seen my resume or hobbies. damn |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-04 21:23 |
| #62 It's easier if you use your real name. You don't have anything unnatural to remember. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-10-04 21:21 |
| #61 Note that that wasn't the real Fred - and got sinktrapped. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-04 20:40 |
| #60 Free nym friday? Sweeeet. :) |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-10-04 20:37 |
| #59 ATM Machine |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-04 20:08 |
| #58 NIC Card, that like a PIN number, or APR Rate? Or DMZ Zone? (boy does that date me) |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-04 20:04 |
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| Posted by: Fred 2006-10-04 19:54 |
| #56 NIC Card, that like a PIN number, or APR Rate? |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-10-04 19:08 |
| #55 Correct. Just don't call it a 'NIC Card'. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-10-04 15:25 |
| #54 NIC is Network Interface Card. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-10-04 15:22 |
| #53 Uh. What? |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2006-10-04 15:06 |
| #52 Thanks Fred. You've saved me from digging out that vile collection of WWII aircraft nose art I've stashed away from Ms. Besoeker all these years. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-10-04 14:54 |
| #51 I was offline most of last night, and I wasn't able to do it this morning before leaving for work. I'll do it this evening. |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-10-04 14:49 |
| #50 2:30pm ET and still no Defender-Scimitar Classic Pin-Up(tm). Were we bad or something? |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-10-04 14:33 |
| #49 Well, I'm with you fellers...... /channeling O Brother Where Art Thou |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-10-04 14:09 |
| #48 Nic, hey that's my son's name! Jan from work ;) |
| Posted by: Grolump Glains5826 2006-10-04 14:09 |
| #47 just for the record, despite the many similarities in our political views, Im not Liberalhawk. Though I am A liberal (sorta) hawk. |
| Posted by: Joe Lieberman (D(for now)- Conn) 2006-10-04 14:07 |
| #46 "...but I'm still struggling with the definition of nic." I think it's what smokers need to keep from having a nic fit? |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-10-04 13:48 |
| #45 And if Elmoting Grunter comes back, I want a DNA sample. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-10-04 13:43 |
| #44 For some of us end users, comments like that are helpful, Speart Flerong2904. F'r instance, I've finally wrapped my mind around nym, but I'm still struggling with the definition of nic. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-04 13:41 |
| #43 You can have your nyms. Where are the nymphs? |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-10-04 13:40 |
| #42 For the unwashed like me, nym = pseudonym Really?? I thought it was the Old English pronunciation of 'name'. This being Rantburg U and all... |
| Posted by: Speart Flerong2904 2006-10-04 13:09 |
| #41 Attention. For those of you looking to make your last minute nym-change: Maf54 may not be available yet. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-10-04 11:43 |
| #40 I tried the pseudonym "2x4" once . . . You must've been board. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-10-04 11:40 |
| #39 Poor San Francisco salmon. Don't know whether to swim up or down stream. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-04 11:25 |
| #38 Yeah, yeah, okay, fine, my color is 'Pacific Salmon'. There. Specifically, San Francisco salmon. (#FFC0CB should be called "Pepto-Bismol". Eww.) |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-10-04 11:13 |
| #37 Take the number off the end and voila!* Suddenly timid and anonymous Chinter Flarong9283 becomes the boldly attractive and wonderfully charming Chinter Flarong. Just look at the delightful Nimble Spemble, who once was merely an anonymity generated by Fred's little machine, one of a variety of Spembles all spawned at about the same time. He, and he alone, made the name his own, and took it to a thus-far illustrious and respected career, beloved by all who know him. ;-) *There's an accent in that word somewhere, but I never got far enough in the language back in second grade to find out where it went or which way it leaned, so I've given up. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-04 11:03 |
#36 Dr. Steve's Mod Color is actually midway between Salmon and Pink:
Yeah, yeah, okay, fine, my color is 'Pacific Salmon'. There. | |||
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-04 10:42 |
| #35 I was going to pick a custom name, but I liked Fred's random name so much that I use it exclusively. |
| Posted by: Chinter Flarong9283 2006-10-04 10:38 |
| #34 I shal no longer be Nude Motorcycle Girl or The Screaming Nun :( |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-10-04 10:34 |
| #33 Tip for Chuck: Use alternate letters from the Mucky posts and the Joe posts to find the hidden messages. |
| Posted by: VRWC IT Dept. 2006-10-04 10:27 |
| #32 What about a mucky translation program? At first I thought the title said "Dim wit" posts. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-10-04 09:55 |
| #31 I had to wash dishes at the O Club for a month before Fred would let me back in... That's harsh, Sea. I guess I'd better toe the line on this one - the last time he had me scrubbing down the grill and man was it greasy!! |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-04 09:42 |
| #30 Am I to understand that when someone posts as John Kerry or William Jefferson Clinton - it might not really be them? Oh, the humanity! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-10-04 09:41 |
| #29 The board wishes to stress from the beginning that, although good for business, Mr. Cheney had absolutely no input concerning this decision... |
| Posted by: Halliburton: Name Generation Division 2006-10-04 09:40 |
| #28 I tried the pseudonym "2x4" once, but it still didn't make me a stud :( Wooden joke. LOL |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-04 09:36 |
| #27 I was for Nyms before I was against them! And I served in Vietnym! |
| Posted by: John Kerry 2006-10-04 09:28 |
| #26 I tried the pseudonym "2x4" once, but it still didn't make me a stud :( |
| Posted by: Hyper 2006-10-04 09:27 |
| #25 Dr. Steve's Mod Color is actually midway between Salmon and Pink: Hupmh. I still don't think it's healthy to encourage the doctor in his denial, in the long run. I mean, there's nothing wrong with pink, there's no need at all to use a pink made to look like "salmon". I mean, wasn't Mr. Pink the coolest "Reservoir dogs" character? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-04 09:10 |
| #24 Great move! |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-10-04 09:08 |
| #23 "So them humoristical names be okay?" No reason why they shouldn't be-- though, like any other joke, it can get REAL stale if told over and over and over... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-10-04 08:53 |
| #22 I changed my nym one time (one time!) to troll a comment and Dr. Steve banned me. I had to wash dishes at the O Club for a month before Fred would let me back in... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-10-04 08:50 |
| #21 So them humoristical names be okay? |
| Posted by: Farmin B. Hard 2006-10-04 08:39 |
#20 Dr. Steve's Mod Color is actually midway between Salmon and Pink:
You might want to take this up with the proprietor, Steve... :-) | |||
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-10-04 08:37 |
| #19 I love it when you talk dirty to me. That's why I don't do so, Steve, dear. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-04 08:12 |
| #18 "Salmon". |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-04 08:10 |
| #17 Yes, "salmon", let'ds all pretend it's "salmon", otherwise it might be a very disturbing experience if he ever discovers that in fact it is indeed Pink. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-04 08:09 |
| #16 I could have a lot more fun by inventing a name than hijacking the salmon moderator's, for whom I have a great deal of respect, btw. Sometimes there is a clue in the order of the postings, too. I tend to post several comments in a short period, so if you see Bobby, Bobby, Barney Fife, and Bobby - it's a clue. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-10-04 08:06 |
| #15 Hey, how come no one ever hijacks my nym. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-10-04 08:01 |
| #14 And the moderators always know -- they were ruthless bastards even before Fred gave them copies of the keys to the kingdom.... I love it when you talk dirty to me. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-10-04 07:54 |
| #13 One develops a history here, attached to a fixed name or nym, enabling others to judge the value of informational comments (who doesn't realize how much we can trust facts about the Indian subcontinent when posted by john? Or roads, bridges and Hawaiian shirts when posted by Frank G? Or anything he cares to comment on, when Old Spook pokes his head in?) and appreciate the true depth of a snark. Frank G. always considerately leaves his email unchanged when he uses a funny name for snark purposes, so we know it's him. But posting as one of the regulars is rude. And the moderators always know -- they were ruthless bastards even before Fred gave them copies of the keys to the kingdom, darlings though they generally are. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-04 07:44 |
| #12 You mean like the IP address-thingy? |
| Posted by: Barney Fife 2006-10-04 07:20 |
| #11 "But what would happen if someon used another person's nym? What if Bobby tried to be Steve White?" He'd get banned. Probably without any warning, and most likely permanently. An exception might be made for someone who, like the idiot who hijacked Sock Puppet of Doom's nym a while back, is doing it out of mere cluelessness. But if it's intentional, bye-bye. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-10-04 07:11 |
| #10 That's what base addresses are for. |
| Posted by: Andy Griffith 2006-10-04 06:58 |
| #9 But what would happen if someon used another person's nym? What if Bobby tried to be Steve White? |
| Posted by: Mufflered 2006-10-04 06:56 |
| #8 Big Muzzie Kong LIKE! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-04 05:53 |
| #7 but.. but.. what about us? |
| Posted by: Sybil 2006-10-04 02:30 |
| #6 yep, Hupuck pick a name, pseudonym, number. If you happen to like one of the automatically produced names from Fred's name generator keep that one; several RBers have done so. I used to be Red Dog but I changed it to RD, before that I just lurked about the 'Burg for a year or so with several nyms.. Mucky and Steve White are old timmers here btw. hat tip, Steve White sits on the right hand side of GOD. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-04 01:20 |
| #5 For the unwashed like me, nym = pseudonym |
| Posted by: Hupuck Hupaigum2230 2006-10-04 01:08 |
| #4 ima gladder me neethens textudio of steevez. :) goddamer nym 2 by 4enerz... |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2006-10-04 01:04 |
| #3 Regulars who occasionally spoof a famous person in a comment (e.g., signing a comment about "I served in Vietnam!" as "John Frickin' Kerry") are fine; that's just humor. We like. Commenters who use more than one nym to pretend to be more than one person shouldn't do that. I'm not aware of any of our regulars who have more than one usual nym. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-04 00:59 |
| #2 watn ifs we gotter 2 nyms...? koinkeedeenks?..... hmmmmmm....? |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-10-04 00:41 |
| #1 it's not regs here, we have no problemo leaving nyms! >:) |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-04 00:31 |