Comments on: uds gnome chat

By: Davyd

Davyd — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think it’s a good policy. It doesn’t look very good to the types who wear suits if they’re seeing commits from a person with the username ‘deatheater’. We’re meant to come across as a professional outfit.

Maybe I’m just lucky because my first name is always unique, but didn’t anyone tell you that having a username like ‘punkrocker69′ to log into your machine stopped being cool in highschool?

By: desrt

desrt — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

i fully agree with your sentiment, but “desrt”, “bkor”, etc. are a far cry from “punkrocker69″.

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Glad to hear how you enjoyed the “London Underground” experience! Well, not all trains have a display saying what the next station is. Piccardilly line trains certainly has such a display. I have some station names that bugs me. First, there is nothing Canadian in /Canada Water/ (Jubilee line). /Deptford/ (train) sounds like a depressing place for me (See “Fifth Business” by Robertson Davis). Lastly, the name of cemetery near Mac reminds me of a station bears the same name, /Whitechapel/ (Central line)!

By: Benjamin Otte

Benjamin Otte — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

s/two things came out of this conversation/desrt came out of this conversation with two things/

That is all.

By: desrt

desrt — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

company: hater :p

By: Germán Poó-Caamaño

Germán Poó-Caamaño — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

IIRC, the policy was established when started to appear conflicts with names. Probably the famous case happened with our contributors whose first name (and usernames in their own side!) was Carlos (Carlos Perelló, Carlos Garnacho, Carlos García Campos). All of them wanted ‘carlos’ as a username. but only the first one got it. So now we have carlos, carlosg, carlosgc.

Having a common rule for everyone save time when there are collisions.