What’s In A Name?

[Ursuline Chick]

To your point @electrycmonk, it's too complicated to be one way in an online persona and then be a completely different kind of animal in live situations. Even moreso now than when you and I were surfing the wild west electrons of the early internets, as I have the feeling we're of a similar vintage. As rapid-spreading and wide-ranging as information is today, it behooves you to be who you are no matter what, unless you can completely and consistently anonymize your identity.

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[Ursuline Chick]

Can we get back to explaining the reason we picked our BYC names, as it gives a little insight into who we converse with.
If you feel like this is a joke, or need to disguise who you really are, please just don't post.
Thanks

 

[electrycmonk]

I take serviam very seriously. ... It is the oldest continuous all girls school in the United States.
Match that with a Jesuit College education and you get me, Sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal, most always outspoken in the kindest way I know and sometimes I just keep my mouth shut.
In other words an enigma and a hand full.

To your point @electrycmonk, it's too complicated to be one way in an online persona and then be a completely different kind of animal in live situations. Even moreso now than when you and I were surfing the wild west electrons of the early internets, as I have the feeling we're of a similar vintage. As rapid-spreading and wide-ranging as information is today, it behooves you to be who you are no matter what, unless you can completely and consistently anonymize your identity.

Can we get back to explaining the reason we picked our BYC names, as it gives a little insight into who we converse with.

As we all share, so shall we learn from one another.


(Puts hand above brow to shade the glare from above & looks around)
"Next to share?"

 

[Mimi13]

Okay, I think we should each nominate someone we’d like to know more about their user name origin.

I’m gonna nominate @duluthralphie to tell us about his user name. Even though I’m pretty sure about how he came up with it, I’d like to hear him describe it!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Okay, I think we should each nominate someone we’d like to know more about their user name origin.

I’m gonna nominate @duluthralphie to tell us about his user name. Even though I’m pretty sure about how he came up with it, I’d like to hear him describe it!

Go Ralphie, go!

 

[duluthralphie]

Okay, I think we should each nominate someone we’d like to know more about their user name origin.

I’m gonna nominate @duluthralphie to tell us about his user name. Even though I’m pretty sure about how he came up with it, I’d like to hear him describe it!

It’s very simple. Long long ago in a galaxy far far away. A new technology was being born. This technology was destroying the online servers of the era. Dial up Internet was on the way out.

The “Prodigy” “America online” and other names I had forgotten were dying or dead. America online just didn’t know it until 20 years later.

I needed a new email address. I have no imagination so picking names and passwords is hard for me. My favorite password is “password” followed by “1234”.

We were watching the only true Christmas movie on TV. I immediately realized “Ralphie” was the new symbol of Christmastime.

I decided to be “[email protected]

But to my shock the user name [email protected] was taken. The internet company suggested Ralphie36327 or something like that, but I refuse to be a number.

So I added the largest city close to where we lived. Hence I entered the new age as Duluthralphie at a whomping 8mb dial up connection.

that’s it.

 

[Mimi13]

It’s very simple. Long long ago in a galaxy far far away. A new technology was being born. This technology was destroying the online servers of the era. Dial up Internet was on the way out.

The “Prodigy” “America online” and other names I had forgotten were dying or dead. America online just didn’t know it until 20 years later.

I needed a new email address. I have no imagination so picking names and passwords is hard for me. My favorite password is “password” followed by “1234”.

We were watching the only true Christmas movie on TV. I immediately realized “Ralphie” was the new symbol of Christmastime.

I decided to be “[email protected]

But to my shock the user name [email protected] was taken. The internet company suggested Ralphie36327 or something like that, but I refuse to be a number.

So I added the largest city close to where we lived. Hence I entered the new age as Duluthralphie at a whomping 8mb dial up connection.

that’s it.

I love it AND you never cease to amaze me! Thank you, @duluthralphie, you Dux lover, you!

 

[duluthralphie]

I love it AND you never cease to amaze me! Thank you, @duluthralphie, you Dux lover, you!

Slander is not nice this time of the year.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

You remember America Online?!
Do you also remember Compuserve and the Fido mailbox network?
And the Altavista search from Digital?

No evil krakens at this times!

 

[Molpet]

The “Prodigy” “America online” and other names I had forgotten were dying or dead. America online just didn’t know it until 20 years later.

I had aol as my internet service until this spring....they discontinued their broadband then. I just got home internet through t mobile Friday.