Thread: What's in a username?

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

I just used a user-name I had for another (astronomy) forum in an attempt to reduce the number of user-names I had to remember.
Didn't really work as you still have to remember the different passwords.

xkcd: Password Strength

xkcd has an answer to everything.

I just followed the golden rules of teh intarwebs:

0) Firefox will remember all your nicks and passwords.
1) Never reuse a nickname across forums.
2) Nickname should be chosen at random.
3) Always have more than one nickname on a forum. Always access second nickname through a proxy to mask the originating IP address. (useful for sock puppeting).

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

I just followed the golden rules of teh intarwebs:

0) Firefox will remember all your nicks and passwords.
1) Never reuse a nickname across forums.
2) Nickname should be chosen at random.
3) Always have more than one nickname on a forum. Always access second nickname through a proxy to mask the originating IP address. (useful for sock puppeting).

Hmm i failed on 1 & 3. I use my name on more than 1 woodwork site & i got no idea at all why anyone would want to do 3, that's totally beyond me

Originally Posted by Rattrap

i got no idea at all why anyone would want to do 3, that's totally beyond me

So you can support (or contradict) yourself, whichever offers the most lulz.

Lots of people are & have sock puppets.

Hmm?

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

I just followed the golden rules of teh intarwebs:

0) Firefox will remember all your nicks and passwords.

*snrk!*

I wish someone would tell Firefox that!

The last auto-update lost not only all my passwords, but also the bookmarks and all my account/proxy settings!

Eons ago I wanted something different than my other online handle at the time (AhrT - taken from a HR Giger book entitled "arh+") mostly for gaming. This seemed to suit my gaming style...being dumb, the bait and usually dead. I also sometimes use "Ensign Ricky" who was a red shirt in an episode of Family Guy.

In the original Star Trek universe it's generally considered that anyone wearing a red shirt is going to die shortly after being seen. Although the uniforms in different modern series kind of put a end to it, it's still well recognised. The latest movie had a special red shirt tribute death as they jumped out of a ship onto a drilling platform. I saw it in the cinemas and was screaming with laughter.

There's even a Wikipedia page dedicated to them
Redshirt (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are other historical/war references to red shirts, but I go with the nerdy one.

A few of the folks here "got it" without explaination which always makes me chuffed.

I was working at a job I loved, but had the foreman from hell. Consequently I usually came home in a foul mood hence the nickname. Gave up $80K a year to work at Bunnies for less than half, much happier now.

I'v used Bluegum in a number of forums and this forum i had to add 30 because it was already taken,i choose bluegum because i cut many railway sleepers out of bluegum .

On another forum i was asked if i was negro from some state in America, and from that conversation i learned that the term ''bluegums''related to negro's in a area ,i'm not sure whether it was only a term used in that area.

Due to lack of imagination I used my first name and family name initial.

Originally Posted by DavidG

Due to lack of imagination I used my first name and family name initial.

Goliath?

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Goliath?

Only in stomach, not in name.

Handyman for Odd Jobs, Jack of all trades (master of none).