I feel 99% certain in saying that the system already won't let you register with an exact duplicate.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I tried "Jen" first, and I was notified that there already was one.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
JenP - Apr 07, 2004 10:04:27 am PDT #9431 of 10005
Jon B. - Apr 07, 2004 10:24:26 am PDT #9432 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I feel 99% certain in saying that the system already won't let you register with an exact duplicate.
I've got the other 1% covered.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2004 10:38:53 am PDT #9433 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's the near misses (honest or not), Maria, the Tim Minaers and the KristenT's that'll confuse.
Typo Boy - Apr 07, 2004 10:42:57 am PDT #9434 of 10005
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
wrong thread for content free banter. So, yeah I'm with Allyson's paragraph.
Jess M. - Apr 07, 2004 10:45:23 am PDT #9435 of 10005
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Jess M., JessPMoon, Jesse, and JesseBelle (who I imagine must wear a pink cowboy hat).
I got listed first! I got listed first!
I freakin' LOVE DX!
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 10:51:10 am PDT #9436 of 10005
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I will be very grumpy if a KristenT registers. I will try to be at least as gracious as Kristen was when I showed up, though. (She was very gracious.)
Maria - Apr 07, 2004 11:00:49 am PDT #9437 of 10005
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Gotcha. In that case, the current method seems to be doing the job. If people are getting squicky feelings about a master member list then change is probably not a good thing.
It's not like we've come up against a significant problem yet, even with the influx of new folks.
DXMachina - Apr 07, 2004 11:01:24 am PDT #9438 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think we would probably ask a KristenT to change her username to something else. It'd be too close.
Anyway, that would allow you to be gracious about it, smug in the knowledge that you got there first.
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 11:06:37 am PDT #9439 of 10005
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Heh. Thanks, DX: that's the best kind of gracious.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2004 11:07:03 am PDT #9440 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also chiming in with love for Allyson's "Welcome to the Buffistas" paragraphs.