[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Real people have real names. Using your real name on the net makes
> you less virtual to the people you communicate with.
on the other hand,
http://www.python.org/doc/Humor.html#timbot2
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 2005-12-06, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hmm, I though he explained it:
>>>
>>> 1) Not using your real name.
>>>
>>> 2) A yahoo,
>> Hmm, I though he explained it:
>>
>> 1) Not using your real name.
>>
>> 2) A yahoo, aol, or hotmail address.
>>
>> In the ancient and hallowed (by net standards) history of Usenet, both
>> of these (particularly the first one) have been pretty good predictors
On 2005-12-06, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Hmm, I though he explained it:
>>
>> 1) Not using your real name.
>>
>> 2) A yahoo, aol, or hotmail address.
>>
>>In the ancient and hallowed (by net standards) histor
Aahz wrote:
> To use a Panix in-joke, how old are you, anyway?
>
> I've been on the Net for more than fifteen years, and while this canard
> about real names gets trotted out from time to time, it's quite clear
> that many many people have been active on the Net *and* taken seriously
> using name
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hmm, I though he explained it:
>
> 1) Not using your real name.
>
> 2) A yahoo, aol, or hotmail address.
>
>In the ancient and hallowed (by net standards) history of Usenet, both
>of these (particularly the first one) ha
