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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "pretend" names and aliases
Message-ID: <1092@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 20:11:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 25 20:11:22 1986
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Often ones name is already taken on a computer system, so one has
to choose another.  For example, when you sign up on Delphi, it
asks for a username.  I quickly found out that both "tim" and
"smith" were taken, but "Mnementh" wasn't, so I became "Mnementh"
on Delphi.

Also, using an alias tells people something about the person using
the alias.  For example, if someone has in their .signature something
like

			Prince Of Evil, Lord of Darkness,
			Eater of Christian Babies
			{ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!hell!satan

you find out a lot more about the person than you would if they had said

			Bob Satan
			{ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!hell!satan

 :-)

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim