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2006-10-04

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Posted by Steve White 2006-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 it's not regs here, we have no problemo leaving nyms! >:)

Posted by RD 2006-10-04 00:31|| 2006-10-04 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 watn ifs we gotter 2 nyms...?

koinkeedeenks?.....

hmmmmmm....?

Posted by Thoth 2006-10-04 00:41|| 2006-10-04 00:41|| Front Page Top

#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">Steve White 2006-10-04 00:59|| 2006-10-04 00:59|| Front Page Top

#4 ima gladder me neethens textudio of steevez. :)

goddamer nym 2 by 4enerz...

Posted by muck4doo 2006-10-04 01:04|| 2006-10-04 01:04|| Front Page Top

#5 For the unwashed like me, nym = pseudonym

Posted by Hupuck Hupaigum2230 2006-10-04 01:08|| 2006-10-04 01:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 01:20|| Front Page Top

#7 but.. but.. what about us?

Posted by Sybil 2006-10-04 02:30|| 2006-10-04 02:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Big Muzzie Kong LIKE!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-04 05:53|| 2006-10-04 05:53|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 06:56|| Front Page Top

#10 That's what base addresses are for.

Posted by Andy Griffith 2006-10-04 06:58|| 2006-10-04 06:58|| Front Page Top

#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.">Dave D. 2006-10-04 07:11|| 2006-10-04 07:11|| Front Page Top

#12 You mean like the IP address-thingy?

Posted by Barney Fife 2006-10-04 07:20|| 2006-10-04 07:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 07:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 07:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Hey, how come no one ever hijacks my nym.

Posted by phil_b 2006-10-04 08:01|| 2006-10-04 08:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 08:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 08:09|| Front Page Top

#18 "Salmon".

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-04 08:10|| 2006-10-04 08:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 08:12|| Front Page Top

#20 Dr. Steve's Mod Color is actually midway between Salmon and Pink:

This bgcolor is coded as "Salmon" (#FA8072)

Steve White's bgcolor, coded as "#FF9999"

This bgcolor is coded as "Pink" (#FFC0CB)

You might want to take this up with the proprietor, Steve... :-)

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-10-04 08:37|| 2006-10-04 08:37|| Front Page Top

#21 So them humoristical names be okay?

Posted by Farmin B. Hard 2006-10-04 08:39|| 2006-10-04 08:39|| Front Page Top

#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">Seafarious 2006-10-04 08:50|| 2006-10-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#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.">Dave D. 2006-10-04 08:53|| 2006-10-04 08:53|| Front Page Top

#24 Great move!

Posted by mrp 2006-10-04 09:08|| 2006-10-04 09:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 09:10|| Front Page Top

#26 I tried the pseudonym "2x4" once, but it still didn't make me a stud :(

Posted by Hyper 2006-10-04 09:27|| 2006-10-04 09:27|| Front Page Top

#27 I was for Nyms before I was against them!

And I served in Vietnym!

Posted by John Kerry">John Kerry 2006-10-04 09:28|| 2006-10-04 09:28|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 09:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 09:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 09:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 09:42|| Front Page Top

#32 What about a mucky translation program?

At first I thought the title said "Dim wit" posts.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-10-04 09:55|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2006-10-04 09:55|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 10:27|| Front Page Top

#34 I shal no longer be Nude Motorcycle Girl or The Screaming Nun :(

Posted by Howard UK 2006-10-04 10:34|| 2006-10-04 10:34|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 10:38|| Front Page Top

#36 Dr. Steve's Mod Color is actually midway between Salmon and Pink:

This bgcolor is coded as "Salmon" (#FA8072)
Steve White's bgcolor, coded as "#FF9999"
This bgcolor is coded as "Pink" (#FFC0CB)

Yeah, yeah, okay, fine, my color is 'Pacific Salmon'. There.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-10-04 10:42|| 2006-10-04 10:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 11:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 11:13|| Front Page Top

#39 Poor San Francisco salmon. Don't know whether to swim up or down stream.

Posted by ed 2006-10-04 11:25|| 2006-10-04 11:25|| Front Page Top

#40 I tried the pseudonym "2x4" once . . .

You must've been board.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-04 11:40|| 2006-10-04 11:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 11:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

#43 You can have your nyms. Where are the nymphs?

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-10-04 13:40|| 2006-10-04 13:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 13:41|| Front Page Top

#45 And if Elmoting Grunter comes back, I want a DNA sample.

Posted by Grunter 2006-10-04 13:43|| 2006-10-04 13:43|| Front Page Top

#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.">Dave D. 2006-10-04 13:48|| 2006-10-04 13:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 14:07|| Front Page Top

#48 Nic, hey that's my son's name!
Jan from work ;)

Posted by Grolump Glains5826 2006-10-04 14:09|| 2006-10-04 14:09|| Front Page Top

#49 Well, I'm with you fellers......

/channeling O Brother Where Art Thou

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-10-04 14:09|| 2006-10-04 14:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 14:33|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 14:49|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 14:54|| Front Page Top

#53 Uh. What?

Posted by Anon4021 2006-10-04 15:06|| 2006-10-04 15:06|| Front Page Top

#54 NIC is Network Interface Card.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-10-04 15:22|| 2006-10-04 15:22|| Front Page Top

#55 Correct. Just don't call it a 'NIC Card'.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-04 15:25|| 2006-10-04 15:25|| Front Page Top

#56 NIC Card, that like a PIN number, or APR Rate?

Posted by Oldspook 2006-10-04 19:08|| 2006-10-04 19:08|| Front Page Top

#57

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-04 19:54|| 2006-10-04 19:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 20:04|| Front Page Top

#59 ATM Machine

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-04 20:08|| 2006-10-04 20:08|| Front Page Top

#60 Free nym friday? Sweeeet. :)

Posted by Thoth 2006-10-04 20:37|| 2006-10-04 20:37|| Front Page Top

#61 Note that that wasn't the real Fred - and got sinktrapped.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-04 20:40|| 2006-10-04 20:40|| Front Page Top

#62 It's easier if you use your real name. You don't have anything unnatural to remember.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-10-04 21:21|| 2006-10-04 21:21|| Front Page Top

#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">Frank G 2006-10-04 21:23|| 2006-10-04 21:23|| Front Page Top

#64 Hmmm... impersonating Fred. Isn't there some fatwa death penalty for that?

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-04 21:27|| 2006-10-04 21:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-10-04 21:34|| Front Page Top

#66 So Lancasters Over Dresden can never morph into B-17s Over Berlin? :(

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-04 21:35|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-10-04 21:35|| Front Page Top

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