| From: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, depesz(at)depesz(dot)com, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Using nicknames on planet? |
| Date: | 2010-02-24 18:01:49 |
| Message-ID: | 4B85698D.4030801@2ndquadrant.com |
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Dave Page wrote:
> Some people have far more common names than you guys, and a nickname
> is more memorable than dpage3729.
>
When I sign up for sites that use some variation on your first and last
name to assign usernames, I regularly discover the first one it suggests
is available for me has a three digit number at the end. I have a
standard four-digit number I use in these cases, and I've even seen a
collision on that before.
I used to live in a small town with only about 30K residents, and once
when I forgot my ID card I discovered that just my gym had 3 Greg Smiths
listed as members when they tried to confirm my membership by name.
--
Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.us
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