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But what is the idea of your nick
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Hi all, I think this is the first thread I open so give me a chance.
I have seen lot of nicks requiring much effort to understand them 
so can I ask about the meaning of your nicks? Mine is obvious, Mac OS X is Unix, Windows is not
 
Bye and thanks for your replies!
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It’s part of a song I quite like about a mythological person I find quite interesting in a language I’m quite bonkers about.
Originally Posted by is not 
so can I ask about the meaning of your nicks? Mine is obvious, Mac OS X is Unix, Windows is not
Would that not be somewhat more relevant and apposite to GNU than for Windows?
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Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
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I got my original name while in a Shakespeare course in high school.
As Shakespeare is from Statford-upon-Avon, I decided to be Mac-at-Kearsarge.
Not too long ago I decided I need to clean it up a bit, but still wanted it to look unique, Which works well because when you do just the initials you get: M.a.k, By changing the 'a' to and '@", put an "I" in front of it, what my name really reads is: "I'm Mac at Kearsarge".
The double meaning is just a lucky coincidence.
Incidentally, I've NEVER owned an iMac, however I currently have my heart set on a 27" i7 !
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In a flaming apparition of spaghetti and exploding bluebirds, God appointed me BlueSky. It was messy.
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My nick started out as a joke, but I kept it. It's a cross between a hacker named oleBuzzard, and the Godpidgeon from The Goodfeathers.
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Mine is based on what I do and an address.
And nine rhymes with design. Of course it doesn't if you say "2", "19" instead of "2", "1", "9".
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Play Food Fight! available free on the App Store!
Or how about a really weird (or stupid) game: Nesen Probe, it's also free.
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Wiskedjak is the Algonquin trickster figure.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Its just something I chose at random after my other nick got banned.
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winners and losers--beggars and choosers
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Originally Posted by abbaZaba
There are a variety of ways to spell it. Without the 'a' is less common, but is related to some of the more modern stories where he goes by the name Whiskey Jack.
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I obviously like cats.
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
Wiskedjak is the Algonquin trickster figure.
And I’d always pictured something with whiskey and whipped cream, or something along those lines (“whisked Jack [Daniels]”).
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A company called NetIdentity bought a lot of last names.com and then sold subdoamins. Cosentino.com was one of them. I rented mike.cosentino.com and that's where mdc, mike dot cosentino, comes from.
As an aside, I am no longer with them but use mikecosentino.com now, but can't change my macnn username, nor do I feel like registering a new one.
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I hate how the law favors the rich. Celebrities are entitled to get their name as a .com from companies or even individuals, but I can't get my name from NetIdentity.
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Most of the time I can't decide if I'm good or evil, or if it even matters.
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It's my name, basically. After having three schools and one squadron give me the same login name, I sort of went with it.
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"Specific knowledge on a topic usually demonstrates in-depth knowledge."
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I chose mine mostly on a whim. It's somewhat unfortunate since it's really one of the least important aspects of my character. And technically I'm an agnostic atheist but that was too long.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I hate how the law favors the rich. Celebrities are entitled to get their name as a .com from companies or even individuals, but I can't get my name from NetIdentity.
Fortunately my (Greek) last name is pretty unique (even in Greece), so someone in our family could register it as a domain name pretty easily if we wanted to.
But, I digress; my nickname comes from the song Particle Man by They Might Be Giants. I wanted something that sounded as "incognito" as possible, and "Person Man" it was, for me at least.
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Mine is my name and surnames initials… set on lowercase and with no space characters whatsoever. We are on a recession people, word space is valuable real estate. LOL
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I named myself after a duck. I think. I think there was a Paco the Duck. And I liked Paco. And I think Paco was taken so I went with Paco500 to make myself sound dynamic. A dynamic duck that may or may not exist.
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ERIAMJH is the flying code for the video game, Jedi Knight.
The code comes from the Terry Gilliam movie BRAZIL. Mr. Helpmann tells Sam (the protagonist) about when he worked with Sam's father, Jeremiah. He then writes in a spill of powder "ERE I AM JH," while saying "''Ere I am, J. H." This turns out to be the access code to his personal elevator.
Odd thing is they misspelled it to use as a code. Those crazy programmers.
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Just when I wanted to type my nick my cat walked over my keyboard ! I had this insane name ever since 
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Hey all,
Thank you very much for your replies!! 
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For serious.
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Tango? Cash? Dance therapy?
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
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Interestingly, I had Laminar and Person Man's nicks figured out as soon as I saw them. Other people's, not so much.
Downinflames68, my favorite line from that film: "Genetics!"
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Tango? Cash? Dance therapy?
When I was like 13 and on AOL, I used to go by the term NlPS (NLPS), because I liked cheese nips. Later on when I was 15, we would go on "covert ops" where we did typical pranks/teenage hell raising, and our friends all had nicknames so if anybody heard us yelling at each other they couldn't give any names.
I took Cash, my friend took Tango.
And thus, a legend was born.
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Huge Kenny Lofton fan here.........
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It's my name.
I lack imagination.
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I'd explain, but it might take way too long.
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It's none of your business.
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Quite self-eggsplanatory,
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Originally Posted by Doofy
I go poopie.
Maybe a change of underwear, son.
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I don't understand the question.
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I'm quite a happy person. However I'm not actually a real Doctor, or called Mac.
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I'm not actually a destination point for a rally.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
I'm not actually a destination point for a rally.
Well, not since they moved it to South America, anyway. 
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Originally Posted by besson3c
It's none of your business.
Well, allow me to fabricate a story for you.
"besson" comes from the French director Luc Besson, and the "3c" is... well, all I can think of is the "3C highway" in Ohio, so called because State Route 3 connects Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati together (hence 3 C's).
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heh.
I am an Andi. The pandi comes from a Doctor Who reference to a british children's show.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
It's none of your business.
Is that you, Abe?
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