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Name Clash Again

Jean-David Beyer
Jean-David Beyer Member Posts: 2,666
in THE MAIN WALL
When I first registered at this site, I picked JD as a login. After a while, it came to my attention that someone else was using it, and since he had it first, I changed mine to JDB. That seemed OK for a while, but now jdb is posting, and he seems to have had his first too.



So now what? Should I change mine again? Will this ever end? Or is the fact his is all lower case and mine is all upper case enough so no one gets mixed up?



I wish the registration procedure would detect these duplicates instead of just letting them happen.

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  • jdb
    jdb Member Posts: 22
    jdb here

    Sorry, JDB

    Noticed this also. Our Avatars are different, and I don't plan on being here that much.
  • Jean-David Beyer
    Jean-David Beyer Member Posts: 2,666
    Why be sorry?

    You do not have to be sorry; you had it first. I think it is a weak spot in the registration procedure.that does not detect these. You are right that my avatar is different from yours, so if you do not care, I do not either.
  • jdb
    jdb Member Posts: 22
    Whoops

    Some say I have 2 middle names, whoops and sorry :)
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,611
    A humble suggestion:

    Just use your name. It has always worked for me. 
    Retired and loving it.
  • Tim McElwain
    Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,648
    I wish everyone

    did that just use your name it is so simple. That is unless you are wanted somewhere?
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,611
    Heck,

    I even use my photograph. Or is that an avatar? Hmm. 
    Retired and loving it.
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,550
    edited December 2011
    A long, long time ago

    when I first got involved with The Wall, there were seven or eight guys on here named Frank who posted a lot. Realizing that would cause confusion, I came up with "Steamhead" in about five seconds- and it stuck like Krazy Glue.



    So "handles" have their place.



    I think that was at least three Wall versions ago, Dan- doesn't seem like we've really been at it this long.
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    Towson, MD, USA
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,611
    Wait a minute!

    You have another name? 
    Retired and loving it.
  • Dave Yates (GrandPAH)
    Dave Yates (GrandPAH) Member Posts: 281
    Monikers

    Early on in Wall history, I assumed PAH (plumber at heart) to stir the radiant pot and that stuck even after my "secret" identity was uncovered. When Lily came into our lives, that became GrandPAH.



    Imagine the avatar for Tickles would be positively frightful!
  • Jean-David Beyer
    Jean-David Beyer Member Posts: 2,666
    edited December 2011
    Some say I have 2 middle names

    Some think I have a middle name, but I do not have one.

    So I doubt anyone else has my entire name. I used to get beat up for it when I was in grade school "because I was a girl." Well, I was not and am still not Those creeps in my school were not logical. They did not beat up the other girls.



    I hope this fixes it once and for all.



    P.S.: that avatar is a real toy piano of mine, with a picture of Schroeder on top of it.



    Toy pianos have become taken seriously in the music world. One friend of mine has played toy piano in Carnegie Hall, and another in the penthouse of Lincoln Center.



    This is Phyllis Chen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lav6NQq4Gs



    This is Margaret Leng Tan playing Philip Glass's Modern Love Waltz on two toy pianos.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vzj-u8LjMs
  • Tim McElwain
    Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,648
    Hey steam runs

    through that boys veins. Someday in the next century they will call him one of the "DeadMen" of these times. It is all your fault Dan!
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,550
    Ssssshhhhhhh

    no one is supposed to know that one ;-)
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,550
    Try creating one

    we might like it!
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,611
    Thanks!

    I think your name is classy. Thanks for the links!
    Retired and loving it.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,421
    edited December 2011
    steamhead

    I've always wondered what steamhead means.

    Is it the air space above the water line on a boiler, or does it mean you have a temper? :)



    Or something completely different?

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Tim McElwain
    Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,648
    Speaking of names

    and what others call us grand-kids have a funny way of calling you something when they first begin to talk. My first grandchild for whatever reason called me "Boppy" well every grandchild since ( I have three) along with the adult members of my family now call me "Boppy".



    Curious what do your grand kids call you?
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,611
    Poppy

    My sister-in-law, Missy, gave me that name when she lived with us for eight years. Missy has Down Syndrome. It stuck. She thinks my real name is Ed. 
    Retired and loving it.
  • Jean-David Beyer
    Jean-David Beyer Member Posts: 2,666
    You are quite welcome.

    I never thought my name to be "classy" because of the suffering I had to endure when I was a kid. It is not classy in France, where it just means John-David Beyer. But the trouble started when I moved to USA at age 14 months.



    I was worried that the links might be too off-topic, but I happen to know both these musicians and like them and their work very much. Both can play the adult piano in addition to the toy piano. Margaret Leng Tan is quite famous for her performances  of the work of the American composer John Cage, who is famous for, among other things, his invention of the "prepared piano."



    This is an excerpt from a video that was made of her.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwYtUREUVk
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