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post #1 of 58
8/9/03 at 5:56pm
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I picked " Aquafire "..for a couple of reasons.

Firstly..because it was a name given for whiskey..
Like " fire water " of old..

Secondly, keeping with the watery theme..it was my way of saying Apple's "Aqua" looks hot...( I even managed to get my old 68K machines to boot up looking like OS-X. Aqua. (you should see my friends eyes pop wide open )...

And last but not least, because these two elements are naturally powerful forces ( Water & Fire ) and have had a great impact on my life and the land I call home.

So, I am curious to know what led you to pick your name & what significance(s) big or small it might have had..or still does ?
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post #2 of 58
8/9/03 at 6:05pm
Originally my name was Wrong Robot, but then one day I got bored and changed it to Wrong Robust, then I left the forums for a while and when I came back they were vB and you couldn't change your name anymore. So I guess I'm Wrong Robust now.
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post #3 of 58
8/9/03 at 6:11pm
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Originally posted by Wrong Robust
Originally my name was Wrong Robot, but then one day I got bored and changed it to Wrong Robust, then I left the forums for a while and when I came back they were vB and you couldn't change your name anymore. So I guess I'm Wrong Robust now.

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I was thinking of changing mine to just Aqua but that is only because I wish I'd typed a Capital letter into aquafire to make it Aquafire...

So if the Mod Gods can wave their magic wands to do that.. I would pleezed no end...
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post #4 of 58
8/9/03 at 6:38pm
It's my name...
plus I believe the term is "handle" but I guess that doesn't apply in my case...
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post #5 of 58
8/9/03 at 6:54pm
I could not think of anything at the time that was deep and meaningful so I chose to go for humor instead.

I`m thinking about registering again as Silent Echos though.
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post #6 of 58
8/9/03 at 7:07pm
Because it's my last name.

I've regretted that on a few occasions when I've felt like making comments that I'd only want to say anonymously.
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post #7 of 58
8/9/03 at 7:51pm
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post #8 of 58
8/9/03 at 8:03pm
  • Spart
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Spart is my first name.
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post #9 of 58
8/9/03 at 9:32pm
because I have two heads and I'm really, really cool. I'm from a planet near Betelgeuse which can be found near Orion's armpit. (light goes on! NOW you get it!)
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post #10 of 58
8/9/03 at 10:10pm
we had a thread like this not too long ago. hear's me: i'm odd. i didn't want to blend in with the rest of the weirdos, and since i'm a proper noun: `the'. then, for flavor, i wanted to mispel part of it. sometimes i use the name wiffout a space. i find not enough people admit to themselves and others just how strange they are, so i thought i'd encourage it.
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post #11 of 58
8/9/03 at 10:40pm
Well Wickes is my last name... I guess I am not the creative type... and I use \\/\\/ as W... Kinda simple.
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post #12 of 58
8/9/03 at 11:16pm
  • Ebby
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horrid misuse of cool technology
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post #13 of 58
8/9/03 at 11:29pm
douple post....havent had one of those in a while
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post #14 of 58
8/9/03 at 11:32pm
Mine is pretty self explanatory...Tiger Woods is one of my idols and I love playing golf (although I dont like whats associated with it...because I do NOT represent that demographic AT ALL) ..also refers to the golf sim Tiger Woods 99 from EA Sports...still probably the best out of the Tiger series ...although Id like to try 2003 on my Mac. Cant remember whether I used the handle somewhere else, might have but then again I think this was the first message board I was really a part of. Toyed with makin it somethin more creative...and more me...but I gotta represent for my boy Eldrick.
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post #15 of 58
8/10/03 at 1:39am
There was already a thread with this topic...
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post #16 of 58
8/10/03 at 2:55am
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Originally posted by GSpotter
There was already a thread.... with this topic...

Don't be such a spoil sport ..Gspotter...
That post is virtually ancient...

Gee..I can't imagine christmas would be much fun around your house..

"But mama..papa... we already got christmas cards last year...and the same old comments in them too..see every one..look what a smarty pants I am.."

Poo Poo..Relax, have a beer, kiss the fraulines for me...
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post #17 of 58
8/10/03 at 3:32am
I have a roller-skating cow moneybox on my desk.
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post #18 of 58
8/10/03 at 3:37am
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Originally posted by RollerBovine
I have a roller-skating cow moneybox on my desk.

DiscoCow's mother....?
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post #19 of 58
8/10/03 at 6:17am
Let's see...it's my initials.

And since I was "FIRST", I didn't have all these cute, neat-o names to show me how to do it.

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post #20 of 58
8/10/03 at 6:36am
Liquid R is a linguistic term. It is the tendency of those who are native speakers of and east Asian language to let the R sound go soft, forming an L sound. "It's FRIED RICE, you pLick!" Hence the Liquid R, I love it cuz my name begins with an R and I'm Asian.
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post #21 of 58
8/10/03 at 9:02am
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Originally posted by aquafire
Don't be such a spoil sport ..Gspotter...
...Poo Poo..Relax, have a beer, kiss the fraulines for me...

OK. I admit, I was to lazy to write the stuff again. We have a very hot summer here (~100° F) at the moment and as these temperatures were rather unusual here, we do not have air conditioning... The beer is a good idea but I just kissed my wife, so kissing some fräuleins is not recommended 8)
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post #22 of 58
8/10/03 at 9:19am
Good now I can copy and paste..

Well my name... obvious enough... I'm a man and I majored in music playing trumpet.

The most annoying thing about my handle is that people ask "Do you really play trumpet?"

I mean I could understand if it were some supercool ability, superpower, or even personality trait that we all wish for... something like Ninja, Hyponotic boy, or something like that...

but desperately longing...to play trumpet? Please...

So to answer... yes I do.

Nick

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post #23 of 58
8/10/03 at 9:22am
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Originally posted by Aquafire
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I was thinking of changing mine to just Aqua but that is only because I wish I'd typed a Capital letter into aquafire to make it Aquafire...

So if the Mod Gods can wave their magic wands to do that.. I would pleezed no end...

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post #24 of 58
8/10/03 at 9:30am
What a difference a cap makes! He almost looks legit now.
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post #25 of 58
8/10/03 at 10:10am
originally posted by trumptman
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I mean I could understand if it were some supercool ability, superpower, or even personality trait that we all wish for... something like Ninja, Hyponotic boy, or something like that...

but desperately longing...to play trumpet? Please...

So to answer... yes I do.

Damn, I was sure that being able to play a musical instrument was sign of being a super-spy or assassin!
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post #26 of 58
8/10/03 at 11:59am
um....you don't really want to sit with me
when im in a driving mood ....aka faaaassst




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post #27 of 58
8/10/03 at 12:47pm
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Originally posted by trumptman
Well my name... obvious enough... I'm a man and I majored in music playing trumpet.

But where is the "e"???? Why forget such a crucial letter?

"CosmoNut" is what I thought of after "Cosmo" was already taken ("Cosmo" is a cool name and representative of several things that I like). I said, "Hmm, I'm kind of a nut. How about CosmoNut?" It worked and that's what I am.

It really has nothing to do with Russian space explorers or any crazy obsession with things out of this world. It's just "Cosmo" with a "Nut" on the end.
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post #28 of 58
8/10/03 at 1:17pm
Well lets see. I chose my name from the codename of my first mac: Performa 636 CD; plus the fact that I used to endlessly Crusade for my computing platform of choice. My AIM name is even Showbiz630, one of the othercode names.
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post #29 of 58
8/10/03 at 1:30pm
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Originally posted by LiquidR
originally posted by trumptman


Damn, I was sure that being able to play a musical instrument was sign of being a super-spy or assassin!

No however it is a sign of having an incredibly long and thick schlong.

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Originally posted by Cosmonut But where is the "e"???? Why forget such a crucial letter?

I think I had applied here previously and had just forgotten my password. Likewise whenever I ran into other places that for one reason or another didn't have a trumpetman available, dropping the "e" always got me in.

Nick

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post #30 of 58
8/10/03 at 2:34pm
on NewsRradio the character of lisa miller (maura tierney) was despondent that her career was not on the accelerated path of her brothers, her boss/boyfriend dave nelson (dave foley) asks what her brother's did. one she said invented "some video game....superkaratemonkeydeathcar, or something like that"
to which dave nelson (who used a powerbook 165) says, "oh wow i love superkaratemonkeydeathcar!"

it was later used in another episode where station owner jimmy james (stephen root) character's failed autobiography was translated into japanese then back to english with hilarious results.
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post #31 of 58
8/10/03 at 3:03pm
My name is "Stewart" and I didn't have to use my BatStoo alias at AI.
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post #32 of 58
8/10/03 at 3:06pm
I left off the "e" too
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post #33 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:23pm
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Originally posted by OSXaddict
I left off the "e" too

Very funny. Do you listen to Korn's A.D.I.D.I.S. a lot?

I wasn't allowed to post as os10geek anymore, so my that my post content is os10geek's, but my name isn't. But then I made my name the opposite of that, just to confuse people.
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post #34 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:24pm
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Originally posted by GSpotter
OK. I admit, I was to lazy to write the stuff again. We have a very hot summer here (~100° F) at the moment and as these temperatures were rather unusual here, we do not have air conditioning... The beer is a good idea but I just kissed my wife, so kissing some fräuleins is not recommended 8)

How I miss the hot weather...Here it was snowing and blowing a gale...yep..Australia..its not meant to snow..just sunny..every day..( that's what the tourist board tries to tell the world... bloody liars.....
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post #35 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:34pm
Because "Squirrelly Old Fukc" was already taken?
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post #36 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:42pm
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Originally posted by Moogs
Because "Squirrelly Old Fukc" was already taken?

Darn tootin!
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post #37 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:43pm
Because '709' was as close to '970' as I was comfortable with without blowing my NDAs and Top-Secret Apple Mole status.
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post #38 of 58
8/10/03 at 5:45pm
My 'handle' is after a RPG (called rogue of course) I played on Unix in the late 80's. My friends and I spent hours on Saturdays in the computer lab competing to see who could make it the furthest. I was the best (or luckiest) player and played the game to completion in three character classes, which is not easy to do.

My current desire is to rewrite the game as a Java application in my continuing efforts to learn the language. I'm half done, but it has taken a couple of years because I have very little free time.
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post #39 of 58
8/10/03 at 6:06pm
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Originally posted by Squirrelly Old Fukc
Darn tootin!



It's hard not to love this forum sometimes....
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post #40 of 58
8/10/03 at 6:12pm
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Originally posted by Placebo
Very funny. Do you listen to Korn's A.D.I.D.I.S. a lot?

Actually...nope. I don't own that song.

In case you missed it..I was joking. OS X Addict...addicted to OS X.

I have had a few names here. I am just too lazy to get a new, simpler one. If I could, I would change it to JohnR. Perhaps someone (a mod perhaps? ) could change it for me? thanks!
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