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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "pretend" names and aliases
Message-ID: <651@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 16:05:30 EST
Article-I.D.: mmm.651
Posted: Fri Mar 21 16:05:30 1986
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References: <712@osiris.UUCP> <33@unisoft.UUCP>
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In article <33@unisoft.UUCP> tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) writes:
>In article <712@osiris.UUCP> jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) writes:
>>
>>	I am interested in other people's opinions about something that
>>is pretty common among net people, and that is the use of famous names
>>from fiction or from D&D campaigns and the like. What brought it to
>>	I guess the question is, what is the importance, if any, of using
>>hig-falutin' names ? Is the user in that much need of an ego-boost ?
>
>     To tell you the truth, the kind if name-use you've described
>here has always made me *sick*!  I was a BBS/Arpa/pick-one hacker
>
>						- Tim
>---> Tim Bessie ----- {ucbvax,dual}!unisoft!tim

	I really don't see the difference between "Tim Bessie" and
"Lord High Potentate of the Land of Ugh" or whatever. Neither tells me
anything about you, so what difference does it make? What's in a name -
a rose by any other name would smell just as much. :-)

	Actually, the fact that the person chose the name for him/herself
can give something of a clue as to who they are, whereas a name like
"Tim Bessie" tells you nothing (except providing a clue as to gender).

-- 
					--MKR

"The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The 
 terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency."
						- Albert Einstein