[purplepotion]

Take a look at the following thread:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=297973

How is it possible that I have posted something in June '06, when I registered in August '06? And why is my number of posts listed as 1, when I supposedly have posted 2 times?

[vinster]

You are an anomaly.

[purplepotion]

Thanks, but I already knew I was an anomaly.

[reader50]

And people say there is no evidence of time travel. Since you don't remember making those five mystery posts yet, it means they are still in your personal future. After you invent the time machine, you'll need to go back and make those posts to avoid creating a paradox. Let us know when you are ready to sell stock in your new business.

uh, there is one minor possibility. You may have registered after the User DB crash, and inherited the user ID of someone who had registered during the 3-odd months that were lost in the crash.

[Dark_Lotus]

Originally Posted by vinster

You are an anomaly.

Your the one. You should change your name to Neo.

[purplepotion]

Originally Posted by reader50

And people say there is no evidence of time travel. Since you don't remember making those five mystery posts yet, it means they are still in your personal future. After you invent the time machine, you'll need to go back and make those posts to avoid creating a paradox. Let us know when you are ready to sell stock in your new business.

uh, there is one minor possibility. You may have registered after the User DB crash, and inherited the user ID of someone who had registered during the 3-odd months that were lost in the crash.

Do you mean to say that someone else had my username before the DB crash?

[Demonhood]

no. someone else had your user ID number before the crash. so when we reverted an an older version of the user database, those numbers were put back into the mix to be claimed by new registrants.

[imitchellg5]

This is kinda scary, I wonder if I have any mystery posts. I can't remeber exactly when I registered though. Maybe purplepotion's Mac has a secret life and registerd on MacNN before he could?

[seanc]

You registered Jan 06, you should have no mystery posts. I think it was from May-June that was lost.

[imitchellg5]

Man, I feel dumb, maybe I should look around at my stats stuff. Thanks though

[Dark_Lotus]

Look at this. These are all of the threads that I supposedly started, but at the very bottom, there is another user name, and a thread that was not posted by me. http://forums.macnn.com/search.php?searchid=1090050

[turtle777]

I blame the hampstor. Always.

-t