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I'm too well beloved all over the web to ever change my name.
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I might as well jump in on this name change thing. Hang on while I decide between tgb1949_marantz, naedhawk, or rrrnorton.
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Lee wrote:I don't like this name change thing. You build a reputation on your name and while you can't erase that reputation to most of us with a name change, you should have to stick with it.

Its like ATB on Gaming Trend, you can change your name, but you will always be ATB.
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Lee wrote:You build a reputation on your name and while you can't erase that reputation to most of us with a name change, you should have to stick with it.
Are you saying that's what I was trying to do? Because I explained my reasons in the initial post and they had nothing to do with that.
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Oh so here's the WTF is going on thread!
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I knew Odin and you're no Odin!
More like a Frost Giant.
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Perhaps we should just document the previous/new in this thread.
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dbt1949 wrote:I'm too well beloved all over the web
You really should use a Kleenex.
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I just put in a request to change my handle from my real name to "Holman," which is a family name I like and have used elsewhere.

Using my real name inhibits me from being a part of some of the better horse-fucking discussions around here. And I hope to be on the job market again in a year or so.

Am I right in thinking that my posting history will follow me? I've put a note in my sig for people wondering if I'm me.
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Paul Roberts wrote: Am I right in thinking that my posting history will follow me? I've put a note in my sig for people wondering if I'm me.
Yup, only your identity changes. It's sort of like a witless protection program.

IIRC I hit some minor snag with logging in after my identity transplant.
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Kraken wrote:IIRC I hit some minor snag with logging in after my identity transplant.
Huh. Odin has had some login trouble, and is also a name-changer, but Bad Demographic hasn't changed names and has also had login problems.
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silverjon wrote:
Kraken wrote:IIRC I hit some minor snag with logging in after my identity transplant.
Huh. Odin has had some login trouble, and is also a name-changer, but Bad Demographic hasn't changed names and has also had login problems.
Nor have I (changed names) and yet I also have (the lost auto-login issue).
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The Meal wrote:
silverjon wrote:
Kraken wrote:IIRC I hit some minor snag with logging in after my identity transplant.
Huh. Odin has had some login trouble, and is also a name-changer, but Bad Demographic hasn't changed names and has also had login problems.
Nor have I (changed names) and yet I also have (the lost auto-login issue).
Mine wasn't a chronic problem but a one-time recognition thing. My username and password didn't match anymore and I think there were some shenanigans with my email address/username as well. Whatever the particulars I solved it and haven't had any subsequent trouble.
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P.R. wrote:Using my real name inhibits me from being a part of some of the better horse-fucking discussions around here. And I hope to be on the job market again in a year or so.
Kraken wrote:
Paul Roberts wrote: Am I right in thinking that my posting history will follow me? I've put a note in my sig for people wondering if I'm me.
Yup, only your identity changes. It's sort of like a witless protection program.
Note that you won't be completely off-the-grid. You may change your user name, which will change with all your old posts, but when folks quote your posts, your older username will stay with the quoted text. It'd take a pretty dense potential employer to not put two-and-two together in that case.

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Yeah, but when there's a Wikipedia disambiguation page, it gets a little easier to hide in the weeds.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Yeah, so I'm not really sure what happened here, but it appears that I just deleted Paul's account. I feel like a complete idiot.

Paul, feel free to re-register, and I'll see if there's anything we can do about your old account.

I'm really, really sorry! :oops:
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This is the last time I cross the Overlords, I swear! [sobs]

Seriously, ImLawBoy, I don't hold it against you. Accidents happen, but if there's any way to recover my account/posting history/etc., I'd love to see that happen.

Anybody remember my post count?
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silverjon wrote:
Kraken wrote:IIRC I hit some minor snag with logging in after my identity transplant.
Huh. Odin has had some login trouble, and is also a name-changer, but Bad Demographic hasn't changed names and has also had login problems.
My login trouble was short-lived and occurred weeks (months?) after my name-change. I don't think there's a correlation.
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dbt1949 wrote:I knew Odin and you're no Odin!
More like a Frost Giant.
Only where it counts. :wink:
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Holman wrote:This is the last time I cross the Overlords, I swear! [sobs]

Seriously, ImLawBoy, I don't hold it against you. Accidents happen, but if there's any way to recover my account/posting history/etc., I'd love to see that happen.

Anybody remember my post count?
Dont worry we can fix it for you. I'm swamped (on my iPad at the moment, don't have key pass handy), but worst case by the end of the weekend all previous posts and post count will be associated to this account. Just need an hour or so to babysit SQL.
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FishPants wrote:
Holman wrote:This is the last time I cross the Overlords, I swear! [sobs]

Seriously, ImLawBoy, I don't hold it against you. Accidents happen, but if there's any way to recover my account/posting history/etc., I'd love to see that happen.

Anybody remember my post count?
Dont worry we can fix it for you. I'm swamped (on my iPad at the moment, don't have key pass handy), but worst case by the end of the weekend all previous posts and post count will be associated to this account. Just need an hour or so to babysit SQL.
That would be great! I'm glad it's possible. Thanks.
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Holman wrote:Anybody remember my post count?
As of 'Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:15 pm', you had 'Posts: 3082' according to Google cache.
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Ok it's fixed now.. Post count restored, and the previous posts under your Paul Roberts name have been associated to your new ID.

Special thanks to Lawbeef for googling out the SQL code for me, made my life a lot easier.
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Thanks so much!

Not for a moment did I lose faith in our majestic undersea Overlords.
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LB and FP, awesome job.
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Shouldn't I get some credit for enabling the situation that allowed LB and FP to fix things?
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ImLawBoy wrote:Shouldn't I get some credit for enabling the situation that allowed LB and FP to fix things?
Indeed; my apologies.

LB and FP, great job! IML, crappy job!


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You're playing with fire. Haven't I already displayed a willingness and ability to randomly delete accounts? :P
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ImLawBoy wrote:You're playing with fire. Haven't I already displayed a willingness and ability to randomly delete accounts? :P
Curses!

I meant my, what a fine job you did there, good sir!
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I'd like to risk the deletion. I put in my request to get my username changed to just "hog". The Hogenator was funny once (ok fine, it wasn't even funny once) but most places I go by hog.
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I made the change, and it looks like your account is intact.
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ImLawBoy wrote:I made the change, and it looks like your account is intact.
Damn, you are getting pretty good.

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ImLawBoy wrote:I made the change, and it looks like your account is intact.
Woo-hoo, thank you! I feel like a whole new person!
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