"The (evil?) IRC overlord and crew are wondering what you think about our new IRC network. What can we do better? What do you want to see happen with our new network? Heck, should we even have a new network?
(Score: 1) by biff on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:11AM
by biff (170) on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:11AM (#3241)
Oh man. Incorporate the UID in some way for duplicates? So the earliest SGT is just SGT_CAPSLOCK, the next is perhaps 5183_SGT_CAPSLOCK, and so forth? At least the registration interface should warn about such IRC naming collisions.
Or something delightful like URL encoding for usernames? Perhaps the web interface could translate that sort of thing transparently...
It's simople, really. SGT CAPSLOCK on web will become whatevernick!118@whateverhost, next hypothetical SGT_CAPSLOCK from your post will become someothernick!5183@otherhost. Nicknames are unimportant, unless you're running ircd from 1990.
Nicknames are unimportant, unless you're running ircd from 1990
Or don't have Dissociative identity disorder. I'm mcgrew; that's my last name without capitals. I was mcgrew everywhere on the internet since I got on in 1997 and started my old Quake site. I was mcgrew at/., K5, and now here (I was sm62704 at/. for a while when I'd lost my UID, but was able to retrieve it).
When you see "mcgrew" you can almost always be sure it's me (unless you're at a moron site like 4chan or reddit). I use that nick as a pseudonym in Nobots and will when I publish The Paxil Diaries.
SGT CAPSLOCK? Could be anybody. When you see the nick "mcgrew" you can almost always be certain who you're dealing with.
-- A man legally forbidden from possessing a firearm is in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. Have a nice day.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by SGT CAPSLOCK on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:57AM
How would names be handled, anyway?
SGT CAPSLOCK on Soylent becomes... SGT_CAPSLOCK on IRC?
But then what does SGT_CAPSLOCK on Soylent become?
And what about SGT*CAPSLOCK?
(Score: 1) by biff on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:11AM
Oh man. Incorporate the UID in some way for duplicates? So the earliest SGT is just SGT_CAPSLOCK, the next is perhaps 5183_SGT_CAPSLOCK, and so forth? At least the registration interface should warn about such IRC naming collisions.
Or something delightful like URL encoding for usernames? Perhaps the web interface could translate that sort of thing transparently...
(Score: 2) by ticho on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:38AM
It's simople, really. SGT CAPSLOCK on web will become whatevernick!118@whateverhost, next hypothetical SGT_CAPSLOCK from your post will become someothernick!5183@otherhost. Nicknames are unimportant, unless you're running ircd from 1990.
(Score: 2, Informative) by mcgrew on Thursday February 20 2014, @04:01PM
Nicknames are unimportant, unless you're running ircd from 1990
Or don't have Dissociative identity disorder. I'm mcgrew; that's my last name without capitals. I was mcgrew everywhere on the internet since I got on in 1997 and started my old Quake site. I was mcgrew at /., K5, and now here (I was sm62704 at /. for a while when I'd lost my UID, but was able to retrieve it).
When you see "mcgrew" you can almost always be sure it's me (unless you're at a moron site like 4chan or reddit). I use that nick as a pseudonym in Nobots and will when I publish The Paxil Diaries.
SGT CAPSLOCK? Could be anybody. When you see the nick "mcgrew" you can almost always be certain who you're dealing with.
A man legally forbidden from possessing a firearm is in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. Have a nice day.
(Score: 1) by tibman on Friday February 21 2014, @02:16AM
ah ha! found you! http://www.katu.com/news/local/11229021.html [katu.com]
SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday February 21 2014, @02:43AM
LOL! It would have been even funnier if my name was Randy. I see you don't read my journals or you'd know it, they're quite popular among nerds.
A man legally forbidden from possessing a firearm is in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. Have a nice day.
(Score: 1) by demonlapin on Monday February 24 2014, @02:16AM