I doubt that they're the same person.
Here's an interesting thing, though. The "Tim Minaer" who tried to register yesterday, has an e-mail address from the same domain (an ISP in Ohio) as our friend. There's a nice little coincidence.
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DXMachina - Dec 27, 2002 4:22:48 pm PST #1610 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2002 4:25:19 pm PST #1611 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We do have IP addresses in the logs, but it'll take a bit of sifting and detective effort, and isn't anything I can do from work.
Fay - Dec 27, 2002 4:28:17 pm PST #1612 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
t OT ...how can I tell what my registration number is? For I was most endeared by the Chibi!Lizard dialogue t'other day, but it made me go 'huh?' too. And now I'm curious.
t /Technopillock
Rob - Dec 27, 2002 4:28:46 pm PST #1613 of 10001
Point your cursor at your name in one of your posts. The ID will be in the URL.
Cindy - Dec 27, 2002 4:29:17 pm PST #1614 of 10001
Nobody
All I ever meant to say was "two posters who have the same IP address" isn't quite enough proof.
I don't think it is either.
It's enough proof to ask them about it. In your example, you guys work for the same company. And know each other. It's not random.
All I know about this is the Bronze Beta shows the exact same IP address for me and for one of the misspelling champions of the world, that is angry that Tara died in season 6. Luckily I'm the one that noticed it and drew attention to it. Also, I'd posted there long enough that people knew I wasn't playing a game. I would have felt very badly if people had thought I was the other poster. I post from my home. I have no idea how this other person has the same IP number as I do, except that we're both in Massachusetts, probably have the same ISP and it probably has to do with all that stuff that ita and y'all posted up there. t /non-techy blathering
Jessica - Dec 27, 2002 4:29:21 pm PST #1615 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fay, you're #130.
DXMachina - Dec 27, 2002 4:30:25 pm PST #1616 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Fay, just click on your name, then look at the URL for your profile page. Or you can just hover the mouse pointer over your name, and look at the url the browser displays.
Rob - Dec 27, 2002 4:34:33 pm PST #1617 of 10001
Cindy, I suspect the IP address displayed at the Bronze Beta is the IP address your browser thinks you are using. If it starts with 192 or 10, then it's not the real one. Lots of folks behind Internet sharing routers get those addresses.
The logs that ita will check later have the actually IP address of the machine or router where the request originated.
Fay - Dec 27, 2002 4:35:00 pm PST #1618 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
A-ha!
130? Gosh, I'm a bad Fay, with my tardy registration.
t /ashamed.
Also? fwiw, I don't think there is a Hydra thing going on with a Poster of Many Faces. But what do I know?
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John H - Dec 27, 2002 4:37:58 pm PST #1619 of 10001
Yeah I had a look at the posts again and I don't think it's him doing the two-headed thing.
He's got some interesting things to say, that's the annoying part. He just can't resist being a pain in the ass.