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Chris Maunder wrote: for instance, motivate someone to pick an actual unique name
so, its like please abandon your actual name Chris Maunder & go with some random string or i gray you 
We might just need a
randomStringGenerator();
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Chris Maunder wrote: I think I have a fairly solid understanding of what gray is...
I can see it all now. CodeProject is responsible for 2 of the shades of gray...
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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Please don't wake up those contracting-guys[^]
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Sure. I bet there are thousands of people that have the same name as me and are frustrated that can't get a CP account 
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IMHO: The current system is just fine. Why introduce unwanted issues? (If someone is born late - their fault, because I have the list of 200 Domain names I would like to register.  )
The light-dark coloring thing is a nice add-on.
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I'm Batman!
Sorry couldn't help it.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Chris Maunder wrote: small cavet
Is that anything like a civet? Civets are adorable, a quite delicious if properly prepared.
As to the proposal, will seniority be a factor? 
Actually, I think that Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain[^] proposed a valid solution in the referenced story. Not only would randomly assigning new members to artificial families eliminate the screen name problem, it would help to reduce world loneliness.
Will Rogers never met me.
modified 10-Dec-13 13:53pm.
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Or we could get a Sorting Hat and do it that way!
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Excellent suggestion!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Someone would end up with "11 7/8".
Dave
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I don't think anyone will be too happy if someone else is using their screen name, especially where it is their real name in case of abuse or impersonation.
Not really sure what is wrong with the current system and if this is the biggest issue you have...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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AFAIK, I'm the only person pretending to be called Nagy Vilmos who isn't called Nagy Vilmos that everyone calls Nagy Vilmos. Hope this helps.
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: everyone calls Nagy Vilmos
Including your family? Now THAT'S dedication! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think 10 million plus people thinking it's my name is close...
speramus in juniperus
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Yeah, but at least half of us are still looking at your profile picture and trying to work out which one is you.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Does this[^] help?
speramus in juniperus
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Not really - I'd have to sign up to Farsebook if I wanted to post abusive messages on your "wall".
On a not-even-slightly-stalkerish note, if you type "vilmo" into the Twatter search box, the first suggestion is "Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon". I'm assuming that's the name you put on your Hungarian forms?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Not me, for twatter I'm @GinAndBacon
speramus in juniperus
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While it may be 'difficult' to get a display name that is your actual name, there are a myriad of varieties of said name.
I do have a display name that is my name, but I also have relatives with the same first/last name. So, what to seperate us? The same thing I do when I find an e-mail address for Tim.Carmichael@whatever.com is taken - use my middle initial or special characters.
So... Tim Carmichael, Tim I Carmichael, Tim_Carmichael, Tim_I_Carmichael, etc.
Or, Tim Mac Carmichael, Tim Bar Ivan
If a user REALLY wants to be a part of the collective, they can put some effort into finding a name that isn't taken.
And, for simplicity sake, plain text only, and squeeze out instances of multiple spaces.
Tim
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What happens if the message gets voted up?
At the moment the message and the username both go green - which is handy.
But an upvoted Chris Maunder would look like an upvoted Chris Maunder...
Can I suggest that instead, "dormant" usernames are recycled instead?
If an account hasn't been used for a year, or two years maybe, the username gets recycled and the original user gets a generic "Member xxxxxxxx" instead. Send 'em an email saying you've got a month to reclaim it maybe?
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Or change the name to "XX (retired)"; like "Henry Minute (retired)"
speramus in juniperus
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Just say no. Or if you must, some form of account name retiring and the retired account is reassigned "Member <datetime>"
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If this is your biggest problem to solve today, you should take a long well earned vacation.
I'm with Griff on this one, by all means recycle unused accounts, but otherwise let the users solve their own problems.
I'm pretty sure John Smith has encountered this problem before and has a solution for it.
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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