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Title: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on June 02, 2009, 07:51 PM
CodeTRUCKER here!.  
Ever wondered where that appellation came from?  Ok, maybe not, but in the last three years I have often wondered where the different UIDs originated. Names like "allen," "mrainey" and "zridling" are not too tough to guess at but, nicknames like, "Tinjaw," "app103," "f0dder" "Ampa" and "Innuendo" intrigue me.  There has to be a story behind those monikers, for sure.  Take mine; for instance,... "CodeTRUCKER."

My UID, "CodeTRUCKER" was born because I have been a professional TRUCKER for 20+ years and I own (as in, "paid for") my Volvo VNL770 tractor.  I am a degreed Computer Programmer, but I still can do a modicum of "Code"-ing, in spite of the degree. :P  The only thing is, this has backfired among my associates.  Read on...

The world of the Trucker is laden with regulations and "codes" we have to adhere to in order to operate and my fellow-truck drivers ALWAYS read my "CodeTRUCKER" as me being a goody-two-shoes driver that never breaks any law and only does everything "by the book."  I have to explain that I "code," as in "program" computers to keep the lynch mobs to a minimum.

Ok, now it is your turn.  While I hope no one feels compelled to reveal any deep, dark secrets, I am persuaded that I am not the only one who was curious when seeing a post by "Mouser." :)
 


Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come form?
Post by: fenixproductions on June 02, 2009, 08:45 PM
Heh. Mine is pretty lame, I can say…

Back in the past, during studies, I had thought that having nice logo (and name) in "About" dialogues for applications I had to code would be really cool so I decided to create one by my own. I took one of my friend's tattoo sketches which I liked and chose "fenix" because of mythology fascinations.

Final work looked like:

[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

Of course, that was in dark times of middle ages (no Internet those days).

When an Internet has been connected to me I needed recognizable nickname which could not reveal my real name. I've never liked to share it with public. I wanted to use "fenix" but due to being late with on-line activity, all fenixes were occupied anywhere I went (newsgroups, e-mail addresses, etc.). Getting something like fenix434 or fenix5345 was out of question! I decided to put it altogether and that is how fenixproductions was born. Surprisingly: it was unique everywhere!

Coming here and using such nickname is just being consistent and keeping virtual personality unchanged. That way you can be sure that if you find my nick somewhere (and see the same avatar) it will be me :)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: gexecuter on June 02, 2009, 09:36 PM
I thought that "executer" with a "g" in front sounded cool. No special meaning.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: rgdot on June 02, 2009, 09:47 PM
rg is my initials, dot is the lamest attempt in history to make it sound "webby", put together I registered the domain and also use it as my id/username in a few places
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Eóin on June 03, 2009, 12:23 AM
My name simply is Eóin :)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: PhilB66 on June 03, 2009, 01:03 AM
My name simply is Eóin :)
-Eóin (June 03, 2009, 12:23 AM)

How do you pronounce it? Maybe attach a recording?
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CleverCat on June 03, 2009, 01:13 AM
He's Irish so I'm guessing Gaelic form of 'Ian'? ;)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Eóin on June 03, 2009, 01:31 AM
Hi, the pronounciation does actually throw people off because of the three vowels in a row. The E is silent really, so it's pronounced exactly like the word 'own'.

The other Gaelic spelling is Eoghan, the English would spell it Owen.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: mouser on June 03, 2009, 01:45 AM
this is embarassing but.. I don't remember! I had it as a nickname for 10 years maybe, and I don't remember it's origin.  And i've had this avatar since start of DC.. didn't give too much thought to it just seemed fun.  Maybe i need a new one in 2010.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: tomos on June 03, 2009, 01:59 AM
i've had this avatar since start of DC.. didn't give too much thought to it just seemed fun.  Maybe i need a new one in 2010.
-mouser (June 03, 2009, 01:45 AM)
:o but we wouldnt recognise you any more
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: f0dder on June 03, 2009, 02:04 AM
Back in the days of 10BASE-2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2) (aka BNC) networking, I played a lot of cooperative doom with a buddy of mine. When playing the Memento Mori levels for doom2 on Ultra Violence, there was a lot of dying involved, and a lot of fetching all the colored keycards again. Especially since some of the levels had a lot of those ArchViles that resurrected the other monsters. So I often played the role of cannon fodder, distracting the monsters while my friend fetched the keycards.

I typed this to him in-game, and accidentally hit '0' instead of 'o', and a nickname was born. Decided to keep the 0 as a sarcastic reference to 13375p34k.

People usually think it's a reference to the video game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_Fodder), but it's not - even though I did play that game in the Amiga days :)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CleverCat on June 03, 2009, 02:37 AM
Hi, the pronounciation does actually throw people off because of the three vowels in a row. The E is silent really, so it's pronounced exactly like the word 'own'.

The other Gaelic spelling is Eoghan, the English would spell it Owen.
-Eóin (June 03, 2009, 01:31 AM)

I almost put Owen!  ;)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: nudone on June 03, 2009, 03:21 AM
my fellow-truck drivers ALWAYS read my "CodeTRUCKER" as me being a goody-two-shoes driver that never breaks any law and only does everything "by the book."  I have to explain that I "code," as in "program" computers to keep the lynch mobs to a minimum.
-CodeTRUCKER (June 02, 2009, 07:51 PM)
heheh, that's funny.

i think f0dder is a cool name - and its origins back it up.

nudone = nud1. i wanted to use "nud" for my hotmail account but obviously it was taken, so i typed nudone when i could just as easily have put nud01 or nud001 or whatever.

nud comes from Nudda, a local man, now dead, that everyone knew of around these parts (not for good reasons). when a group of us started skateboarding we'd often refer to our skate territory (the neighbouring villages and towns) as "Nuddsville".

when non local skaters came to visit (often in groups as they do) they'd hear the locals referring to "Nuddsville" which must have stuck in their minds. i didn't have a nickname so a few of these non locals would refer to me as Nudd instead of Nick (probably because they both start with the letter "N").

at the same time, locals would often use the name "Nudda" in a derogatory way, when poking fun at someone else. so the names "nudd" and "nudda" were often heard during the day for different reasons - eventually merging into my official nickname: nud (with one "D" as i think it looks more aesthetically pleasing).

i'll still answer to the call of "nudda" when someone uses it, or even the more affectionate "nudbastard" if required.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: vegas on June 03, 2009, 05:11 AM
Inspired by the city itself (and the many lives one can live there).
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Darwin on June 03, 2009, 08:37 AM
I've long been a student of evolutionary theory and in a moment of paranoia about net annonymity took to using Darwin as my login/username for my IDs. It has a double meaning, as well, because it is also the name of my college at Cambridge.

The avatar is a mirrored version of a picture of Amud 1. I studied Neanderthals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal) for years and it seemed appropriate. I should change it but at this point it would feel like having plastic surgery to hide my identity  ;D

EDIT: corrected a typo and added link to wiki page on the Neanderthals
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Josh on June 03, 2009, 08:57 AM
I am honestly not sure where this came from. I just picked letters using the randomization formula from mouser's prize picker for the monthly giveaways. This is the result!
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: rgdot on June 03, 2009, 09:28 AM
I am honestly not sure where this came from. I just picked letters using the randomization formula from mouser's prize picker for the monthly giveaways. This is the result!
-Josh (June 03, 2009, 08:57 AM)

 ;D
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Edvard on June 03, 2009, 11:11 AM
My real name is Eddy and in crafting a web persona, I waffled between two names, 'edvard' and 'hpp3'; 'edvard' being a more esoteric form of 'Eddy', and 'hpp3' being a rotation (try writing hpp3 on a piece of paper and rotate it 180... clever, no?).

'edvard' was what was on my mind when I came here so there it is.
I've also found 'edvard' is quite a bit more anonymous. :)

P.S. If you google "hpp3" you'll get a few hits on some Linux sites (that's me!) and lots of references to the Hypertech Power Programmer electronic engine performance mod chip thingummy. I have no interest in things of that sort, so that's not where it comes from... in case anyone was wondering.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: cranioscopical on June 03, 2009, 11:27 AM
Shhh!
If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: TucknDar on June 03, 2009, 12:18 PM
Any die hard Sonic Youth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_youth) fan will know ;)

But to anyone else: 'Tuck N Dar' is the title of a track on the soundtrack to a movie called 'Made in USA'. All the tracks on the soundtrack are by Sonic Youth, and I happened to be listening to this album the very first time I needed an online nick for some IRC chatting. I liked the title 'Tuck N Dar' so just picked that for my nick, and it stuck. Must've been something like 10-12 years ago.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Darwin on June 03, 2009, 12:22 PM
I am honestly not sure where this came from. I just picked letters using the randomization formula from mouser's prize picker for the monthly giveaways. This is the result!
-Josh (June 03, 2009, 08:57 AM)

I think you're joshing!
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Stoic Joker on June 03, 2009, 01:27 PM
While I tend to be expressionless I do have a rather dry (and sometimes dark) sense of humor. A long time friend (who died a few years back) used to like needling me about my Stoic Behavior. ...and the name was born. The moniker has been with me for almost 20 years.

There is a rather vulgar (johnny-Come-Lately) child running around the web also using the name in connection with branded parties in California ...(No Connection to Me)... That I once suffered the mindless driveling rants of via Email (Seems he wanted my domain name). But I'm assuming he'll grow-up and go away eventually.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: gpetrant on June 03, 2009, 01:34 PM
Originally, my (x)friends used to call me Einstein at college.  And not in a complimentary way, either.  In fact, they did it to humiliate me, out of jealousy because I found the holy grail of physics: I solved the unification of the four forces problem.  I'm still startled by the elegance of my solution:

Fs = strong nuclear force 
Fe = electromagnetic force
Fw = weak nuclear force 
Fg = gravitational force 

Fs + Fe + Fw > Fg
 
Fg < Sa

Sa > Fs + Fe + Fw

Since Sa is greater than Fs + Fe + Fw, and Fg is lesser than Fs + Fe + Fw, then Fg < Fs + Fe + Fw + Sa or Sa > Fs + Fe + Fw + Fg.  Therefore, there is a force greater than the combined four forces.  If there is a force greater than the combined four forces, then they can't be unified unless Sa is a rational number.  Unfortunately, although Sa (sexual attraction) is real, it is also irrational.  And it is greater than the four forces combined. 

Upon termination of my scholarship, and a sound paddling from the dean in front of the student body, I decided to go back to my roots.  Shywolf is my North American Indian name, and the non de plumage under which I write.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: PhilB66 on June 03, 2009, 06:24 PM
Hi, the pronounciation does actually throw people off because of the three vowels in a row. The E is silent really, so it's pronounced exactly like the word 'own'.

The other Gaelic spelling is Eoghan, the English would spell it Owen.
-Eóin (June 03, 2009, 01:31 AM)

I spent a year in Wolverhampton in the late 90's and had great trouble understanding the locals... I would not survive Ireland for sure.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 4wd on June 03, 2009, 08:12 PM
Well mine's rather boring - I like four-wheel driving and bashing around in the bush :)

I've used it as an ISP account login for about 15-20 years.

The only times I haven't been able to use it was because it either:

a) started with a number - I can't even use it on my NAS because POSIX is so anal about it.
b) it's too short - honestly, does it really matter Mr. Gmail?
c) both (a) and (b) - sheesh!

The avatar is just a video of the kind of stupid things we get up to while camping - although they are rather impressive and we have had more than one shout of "Encore!" at various camping sites :D

I should change it but at this point it would feel like having plastic surgery to hide my identity  ;D
-Darwin (June 03, 2009, 08:37 AM)

Perhaps a chimp morphing into Amud ?

Or vice versa, since that seems to be the current direction of human intelligence1 ?

1 - Disclaimer: I'm not implying in anyway that chimps are dumb, in fact I've never seen any animal be so creative with poop as chimps.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Paul Keith on June 03, 2009, 08:28 PM
Sign me up for the most cliche way of getting nicknames: Fake Name Generator  :P (I actually thought I'd used Fantasy Name Generator but on that day I misclicked on the speed dial and was too lazy to switch tabs and so I settled for Paul Keith)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: wreckedcarzz on June 03, 2009, 08:30 PM
I made mine up back when I was 7 (nearly 10 years ago now) when I had to get a kids-AOL account (knowing my dad's password defeated that, but, moving on..)

I have always been big into racing games and I crash a LOT in them (well, less now, but back then :D) and decided to base my Username on that. The AOL Usernames "wrecked", "wreckedcar" and "wreckedcars" was taken - so I decided to get creative and make "wreckedcarzz"; the "wrecked" obviously meaning crashed, "car" just explaining that it was a car crash, and the two "zz" symbolize the two crashed and mushed up cars within this ideal scenario.

And "wreckedcarzz (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=wreckedcarzz)" was born :)

Other usernames I have/used:
Spoiler
Alternatively, over the years with AOL and the various times I tinkered with it, I also ended up with some other usernames based off this one:

wreckedcarzzz (no longer active)
wreckedcarzzzz
wreckedcarzzzzz
WreckedGTACarzz (from my GTA3-crazy phase)

Also, at OMGPOP.com you can find me under the name BabyTiger, and at various sites now I go by the name Midnight Wolf (also my Xfire nickname); both derived from my fursona (nsfw) (http://wreckedcarzz.wikidot.com/midnightwolf)

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: mouser on June 03, 2009, 09:52 PM
Maybe each person should post 2 answers, one true, and one made up for entertainment purposes.

As for mine..

Back in the 1940s i worked in Scotland Yard and was a hotshot detective, best in the department.  Nicknamed "mouser" for my ability to always catch my prey (like a cat catch's mice), the name stuck and soon became a more general slang term for detectives.  To this day the London criminal underground keeps a careful eye on my international travels and if i should ever try to head back to England i have been told i wouldn't survive a week.  On the plus side, if you ever get pulled over by a police officer in Brighton who wants to give you a ticket, just tell them that Captain Mouser said to let you go, and Jacks your uncle.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: app103 on June 03, 2009, 10:46 PM
My real name is April. For whatever reason people have always felt the need to shorten this to something that sounded rather insulting and made me the victim of a lot of malicious teasing when I was a kid. (ape)

When I was 14, a friend of mine, not wanting to be insulting, decided to be a little different, changed the vowel sound, and started calling me App, instead. And it caught on and just stuck.

The 103 was added because I was using WinMX and all usernames have to end in a 3 digit number and I wasn't feeling especially creative that day. Those that know me well enough, know what it means.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 40hz on June 03, 2009, 11:05 PM
Kind of a long story...

Back in my well-spent youth up in Boston, I was the bass player in an "all-originals" rock band. At the time, I was big on experimenting with intonation and psycho acoustics as a hobby. As a result, I'd often try come up with various ways to inexpensively improve our overall sound since we couldn't afford much in the way of equipment. One big break came when I accidentally discovered something about our Altec-Lansing Voice of the Theater PA system.

One day before rehearsal, I noticed that a tape of baroque music I was playing though the PA system sounded remarkably better than anything else I had ever heard going through it - including our band. During a break, I decided to play along with the tape and noticed I had to slightly detune my bass to match the other instruments. When I checked it against a tuner, I discovered that my low E-string was now tuned to 40Hz as opposed to the standard 41.2Hz for that note under A=440 tuning.

Thinking I might be onto something, I got the rest of the band to match my slightly lowered tuning, and the result was an significant improvement in sound for the entire band.

We used our new tuning the next time we played out at a club, and the reaction amazed us. Everybody was telling us how fantastic we sounded. And some fellow musicians even complimented us on our "new" sound system. After that, we always used 40Hz as our reference standard.

Inside the group, we always called each other by our first initials. No real reason for it. It was just a 'band thing.' Since my first name is Ed, I should have been called "E." But that moniker had already been bestowed on Ellen - our drummer's devastatingly intelligent and beautiful girlfriend. So I became "Low-E" in order not to screw up the tradition.

After my accidental discovery, however, our lead singer rechristened me "40Hz" in honor of our new low E, and the name stuck.

Now aren't you glad you asked? ;D

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Perry Mowbray on June 04, 2009, 12:01 AM
Mine was chosen for me :P

The avatar is taken from a photo of the bark of a local eucalypt species that I particularly enjoy, I'm not sure why. But when I thought about my design process I realised that it could be described as scribbling.

I remember at university we critiqued a design methodology that was remarkably similar, and I find it a relaxing method of letting the project evolve.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Jammo the OrganizedFellow on June 04, 2009, 12:06 AM
**AWESOME**THREAD**
 :D

My first name is Jaime. When I worked at WAL-MART, such a long time ago, there were 2 others Jaimes that worked there. Much confusion.
I was James for a while. New guy James works with us. Confusion follows.
My name badge was washed with laundry once, ES fell from JAM, so I became JAM - i LOVED that name!
One of my regular customers would take his little girl to buy stickers when she did good in school. One day she stuck a blue dot sticker on my badge, the same color ANNND size as JAM.
So, Jaime > James > JAM > JAM-O > JAMMO > JAMJAMMO


This is perhaps the LAST site I use my old screen-name for. I now use 'OrganizedFellow' for all social sites, email, domains, logins, etc.
I'm an adult living happily with the gift that is ADD/ADHD. Seeing and using the name OrganizedFellow helps me stay focused and shtuff :)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on June 04, 2009, 12:44 AM
I am honestly not sure where this came from. I just picked letters using the randomization formula from mouser's prize picker for the monthly giveaways. This is the result!
-Josh (June 03, 2009, 08:57 AM)

I think you're joshing!
-Darwin (June 03, 2009, 12:22 PM)

Josh, I agree with Darwin.  I, too, think you are..... kidding! ;)  



Per Mouser...
Maybe each person should post 2 answers, one true, and one made up for entertainment purposes.
-mouser (June 03, 2009, 09:52 PM)

Ok..., but first I have to check it with the same agency or the agencies that is/are responsible for our supermandibularambital's furtive existance.  I have no desire to exert undue pressure upon subjacent digits, especially when possessed by souls of a lupine bent!! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/hiding.gif)

If I get the thumbs-up rather than the thumb-screws, I will cadillac back with the dope.
 
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CleverCat on June 04, 2009, 01:42 AM
Mine speaks for itself!
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Shook on June 04, 2009, 07:03 AM
Y'see, when people see my username, the first thing that often springs to their mind is "past tense of shake". But boy, is that wrong! So now i will share my incredibly epic story of how i got this here username... Which, conveniently, has stuck for several years, occasionally being replaced by names with more or less similar pronunciation, such as "Shewk", "Schewk", "Scheouwk" and so on. Not in any forums, though, where I'm consistently known as Shook. And while it does share the initial letter with my first name, it has nothing to do with it. Now, on to the story...

I was playing a game called Crusaders of Space: Open Range, which is a Space Invaders-style game with much better graphics. In this game, whenever you had shot down a new type of enemy ship, you would get some information about the ship type, such as speed, armor and firepower. You also got the name of the ship, which more often than not included a nickname as well. So, i had just shot down a tough, blocky ship (the ship itself is irrelevant, really), and when i went to look at the ships info, i saw nothing less than a miracle written down in text... "Shook", the ship was called. Ever since i saw that, I've used that name consistently, not even knowing that it was the past tense of "shake" until much later. Also, the game is strictly singleplayer, so I've not taken the nickname from anybody. =P

And there you have it, the wonderful story of how i got the name "Shook".
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: merkin on June 04, 2009, 09:19 AM
Got my id when I used to frquent bulletin boards and someone was called a merkin.  Didn't know what it was so looked it up and found it so funny I used it ever since.

If you didn't know, a merkin is a crotch wig.

When I can't use merkin because it's alreay in use I use crotchwig.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: rjbull on June 04, 2009, 09:51 AM
Back in the 1940s i worked in Scotland Yard and was a hotshot detective, best in the department.  Nicknamed "mouser" for my ability to always catch my prey (like a cat catch's mice)
-mouser (June 03, 2009, 09:52 PM)

mouser, you should look at T.S. Eliot's book of poems "Old Possums Book of Practical Cats," and check out "Macavity"  :)

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: rjbull on June 04, 2009, 09:54 AM
My name badge was washed with laundry once, ES fell from JAM, so I became JAM
-jammo (June 04, 2009, 12:06 AM)

I have a thick winter T-shirt that had "Winter Sports" written across it.  Only some of the letters fell off, and now it reads "Win e  S o ts."  I sort of wondered it that was a Freudian comment.
<sigh>
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Edvard on June 04, 2009, 10:49 AM
@40hz: I figured it had to do with bass playing, but that's a really cool story.  :Thmbsup:

I think I'm going to de-tune my trusty Fender tonight just to see what happens, though I wonder how my latest fuzz pedal design is going to take it. :onfire:
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Stoic Joker on June 04, 2009, 12:32 PM
Ok..., but first I have to check it with the same agency that is responsible for our supermandibularambital's furtive existance.  I have no desire to exert undue pressure upon subjacent digits, especially when possessed by souls of a lupine bent!! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/hiding.gif)

If I get the thumbs-up rather than the thumb-screws, I will cadillac back with the dope.
-CodeTRUCKER (June 04, 2009, 12:44 AM)

What The :) Did He Just Say...?
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: wraith808 on June 04, 2009, 02:02 PM
wraith808 I've had for a while- back from long nights of playing doom and it's ilk.  The wraith references what my friends call my uncanny ability to camp without camping.  I called it being in the right place at the right time.  8)  The 808 is a reference to our Clan, the 808Klan, which itself comes from the musical background of the founder, in reference to the Roland TR-808 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_TR-808).

I also use hachibushu, which I created from the kanji characters hachi (eight) and bushu (warrior spirit), not knowing that there was an actual basis for the name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shurato_characters#The_Hachibushu).
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: rgdot on June 04, 2009, 02:28 PM
Maybe each person should post 2 answers, one true, and one made up for entertainment purposes.
-mouser (June 03, 2009, 09:52 PM)

Once an astronomer mistook a (dead pixel) dot on the computer screen to be a planet passing in front of Rigel...it became known as the rg dot

Spoiler
Yes, I failed Comedy 101

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: nosh on June 04, 2009, 02:38 PM
Humoring mouser's two story request, here's an out and out lie:
It's the last 4 characters of my first name IRL.

Now for the truth.

True story: I actually coined my nick a couple of decades back in Japan. On a misty morning on the slopes of Mt. Fujimoto, to be exact. I would fight rogue ninjas back then out of sheer boredom (it was 28 kbps Internet tops on a good day then, Pam_Anderson_01_thumb.jpg was stuck at 12% for-ever - all I saw for days was her FACE - , just to give you an idea how bad things could get.)

So I'm messing with these two Ninjas just for amusement, letting them think they stand a chance and they're tiring out fast and I can just see that they would love to bolt but they can't (ninja pride issues). Feeling sorry for them (and a little bored now, TBH) I decide to end their misery.

Just then one of them decides to speak to the other "This guy's goo..." *whoosh* I take his head off with my blade a little too quick for the other nin-nin to register. And I'm transfixed - hypnotized by the random patterns made by the early morning light as it collides with the crimson spray bursting skyward. I forget everything around me and it seems like minutes but I know it's a split second. I'm shaken out of my reverie by a hoarse, defeated voice replying to the deceased "No Sh...!" *SLASHHHHH*

I have no idea what these guys were saying to each other (secret Ninja slang, most likely). *click* Hey! :D It's IE on my shiny new 8048, the net's finally working! <bg> - "Welcome to hotmail, the world's leading email provider! - please choose a User ID" So I type in "no sh" (error: spaces not allowed) coz let's face it, "thisguysgoo" just sounds lame.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on June 04, 2009, 03:02 PM
Ok..., but first I have to check it with the same agency or the agencies that is/are responsible for our supermandibularambital's furtive existance.  I have no desire to exert undue pressure upon subjacent digits, especially when possessed by souls of a lupine bent!! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/hiding.gif)

If I get the thumbs-up rather than the thumb-screws, I will cadillac back with the dope.
-CodeTRUCKER (June 04, 2009, 12:44 AM)

What The :) Did He Just Say...?
-Stoic Joker (June 04, 2009, 12:32 PM)

If we told you, we'd have to... nevermind!  Someone is coming, but tell Mouser the agency knows about him and the TextDino (the one with the cypher key).  Gotta run!  
(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/sekret.gif)
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 40hz on June 04, 2009, 03:26 PM
(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/OFFTOPIC.GIF) Advance Notice: 40hz is going off on another one of his OT rambles. You have been warned!

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@40hz: I figured it had to do with bass playing, but that's a really cool story.  :Thmbsup:

I think I'm going to de-tune my trusty Fender tonight just to see what happens, though I wonder how my latest fuzz pedal design is going to take it. :onfire:
-Edvard (June 04, 2009, 10:49 AM)

@Edvard - Might be worth a try, but I think a lot of it will depend on what you're putting your Fender through. I'm sure there was some resonance factor (either mechanical or electrical) involved, so I'm guessing that by lowering our tuning we hit a sweet spot somewhere in the system.

In a way, I'm not surprised. Especially now that a lot of Metal bands are tuning down whole steps to find that true "death metal" sound. Of course, the growing popularity of the 7-string in Metal might do away with that practice eventually. (Bet the ghost of George Van Eps is smiling about it too!)

If it doesn't help, try tuning up a bit. My GF's Fender Lead 75 loves it when she tunes her Strats a few cents up from 440. Gotta love tubes!!!

FYI: Our VOTT system was loaded with JBL extended-range 15" bass speakers. Couple that with custom passive crossovers and those HUGE cabinets and it made for what would today be considered a very unusual package - especially now that 4X10's and 8X10's have replaced the ported 1 & 2X15's as the default bass cabinet configuration.

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Lashiec on June 04, 2009, 05:31 PM
tomos already discovered the origin (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=11402.msg92125#msg92125) a while ago, and it should be pretty clear for the rest. In any case... (http://www.psalgo.com/profiles/lashiec.html)

Not that I'm his reincarnation, back in this plane of the existence to terrorize DC, but back in the day I couldn't beat this guy in the game whatever I did, so its image and name kinda stuck on my head. Then, after seeing how my usual screen name, an acronym that sounded way too cool in my teen years, was used by everyone and their dog, I was forced to choose another one, and so I came to be named "Lashiec". I even like the name.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: yksyks on June 05, 2009, 01:41 PM
I also revelaed my nick origin long time ago, along with the meaning of my avatar, if you're interested, you can read it again here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg102125#msg102125).
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: tomos on June 06, 2009, 03:31 PM
"Welcome to hotmail, the world's leading email provider! - please choose a User ID" So I type in "no sh" (error: spaces not allowed) coz let's face it, "thisguysgoo" just sounds lame.
-nosh (June 04, 2009, 02:38 PM)

;D ;D
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Loki15 on June 29, 2009, 09:46 PM
Mine comes from a old mythology god, I was once upon a time told he was a badass god, turns out he was a shape shifting, gender changing god.  Basically an it among the gods :P, I realized I should haveve really done research before choosing the name.  The 15 was always one of my favorite numbers.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: f0dder on June 29, 2009, 09:51 PM
turns out he was a shape shifting, gender changing god.
-Loki15 (June 29, 2009, 09:46 PM)
Not to mention a backstabbing coward - not really the most flattering god from Norse mythology :P
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 40hz on June 29, 2009, 10:53 PM
turns out he was a shape shifting, gender changing god.
-Loki15 (June 29, 2009, 09:46 PM)
Not to mention a backstabbing coward - not really the most flattering god from Norse mythology :P
-f0dder (June 29, 2009, 09:51 PM)

Maybe not flattering. But readily recognized - and often respected in much the way you would a "worthy adversary."

Loki's role as a tempter, prankster, and manipulator is absolutely crucial in the framework of most mythologies.

There's always someone that needs to go around dissing the gods and generally screwing up the divine plan for things. How else could you account for why so many things always seem to go wrong in the world? Good thing we get somebody like Loki to blame when bad things happen. Because if we didn't, we'd have to blame Odin for either being incompetent or malicious.

And supreme deities, like Odin, usually didn't take too kindly to people feeling that way about them. :'(

Similar mythic entities can be found in most cultures. Take a look at the North American Indian's Coyote, the Aztec Huehuecoyotl, the Hindu Krishna (or even a certain well known serpent) to see the shape-shifting Trickster and Adversary in yet another of his/her/its many manifestations.

Lots more examples here if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster_god#Tricksters_in_various_cultures

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Loki15 on June 29, 2009, 10:59 PM
So my role on DC is to be blamed for anything bad that happens? Hmm I knew I had a meaning in life :P
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: bassclarinetl2 on June 29, 2009, 11:39 PM
OK, here's mine.

I played Bass Clarinet in my high school marching band.  L2 was the designator for my position in the "drill" (all the formations on the field) my senior year.

My other ID (The one for the really important stuff wwitthoff1  stems from the old days of *cough* AOL *cough* w is for my first name william my middle name is witthoff and since AOL wanted screen names to have a number in them (go figure) 1 was my choice.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: OldElmerFudd on June 30, 2009, 01:44 AM
At the point when I finally broke down and started using credit cards (and later, debit cards), signing my name seemed superfluous. It finally occurred to me the readers couldn't distinguish my name from anything else. I began signing Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, depending on my mood.

I use credit cards less than a dozen times a year, these days. Debit cards are another story, so Elmer Fudd is the norm. As I've gotten older, I morphed that to OldElmerFudd. It's one of my favorite nyms/user I.D.'s.

The avatar is one of my best friends. :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: MerleOne on June 30, 2009, 03:47 AM
Mine comes from the work of Roger Zelazny, the second Amber series, where the main character, some kind of magical computer genius is called.... Merle.  Since it's used fairly often on forum, websites, etc., I have added 1 or one.  In French, it is also pronounced as Merlin, the well known wizard...
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: cuggie on June 30, 2009, 05:14 AM
My Grandfather gave me the name "cuggie" because of a sound I kept making as a baby.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Crush on June 30, 2009, 06:09 AM
My first nick to sign sourcecodes was Catweazle as I started coding on a Sinclair ZX81 and later on C64 & Amiga. In 1991 I founded with a friend a demogroup on Amiga called Crush. The productivity of most members wasn´t good enough and the group died. So I decided to use the name alone dropping Catweazle.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: ToxMox on June 30, 2009, 09:25 AM
The story of ToxMox begins over 20 years ago...

Back in 7th grade my best friend got me heavily into the BBS scene.  In one of my math books someone had scrawled the following phrase in pencil:  "Sight unseen. Sound unheard. Who could it be but The Hing Hoo Bird!"

Thinking this was hilarious I decided to use The Hing Hoo Bird as my handle.  My best friend was The Atomic Scientist.

Within a year we both wanted cooler sounding names.  We started combining harmless things with nasty things and our new nicknames were born:  Me: Toxic Marshmallow.  Him:  Regurgitated Fluff.

We started a little digital art group called RAD (Radioactive Artistic Designers) and released 8 RADDEMOs featuring our creations.

At this point we merged with another bigger art group called SDA (Silicon Dream Artists) and became Senior Staff members.  Things were moving fast.  Shortly thereafter we merged into iCE (Insane Creators Enterprise) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_Advertisements) and became Senior Staff.

Years later when I was in college we used to chill on #ice on EFNET on IRC all the time.  Another senior staff member Friar Tuck got sick of calling me Toxic Marshmallow and came up with the shorter ToxMox and it has stuck ever since.

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 40hz on June 30, 2009, 09:53 AM
So my role on DC is to be blamed for anything bad that happens? Hmm I knew I had a meaning in life :P
-Loki15 (June 29, 2009, 10:59 PM)

Yup. Got the serpent, the cup, and the girl all ready and waiting should that happen. ;D

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: cappydawg on June 30, 2009, 01:15 PM
Well my 2yr  old cockerpoo's name is Cappy and his nickname is Cappydawg so I just adopted for a user name.  I like it.!!  :P
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: sazzen on June 30, 2009, 04:17 PM
Sazzen is the name of the Vendaryan god's scribe. I've been doing a little writing. So . . .
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Loki15 on June 30, 2009, 05:34 PM
I should go about a name change :P
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: techidave on June 30, 2009, 06:34 PM
One of the locals called me techidave one day.  Dave being my first name and techi coming because I am the computer tech at the local school district.

I was givin the nickname of Jed back in jr hi school a long time ago.  a few of my classmates still call me that more than 40 years later.

I like mouser's fictional story... not sure I could top that one!   ;D
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Armando on June 30, 2009, 11:24 PM
Many people (here and elsewhere) think that Armando is my real name -- it's not.

While I was working on my masters, in 2003, we invited a famous theatre guy : Armand Gatti. Quite a man...

At the time, just to make my friends laugh a bit, I created an hyperbolized Italian version of the character. And... Armando was born.

When I had to sign in here, at DC, the character came back to my mind... and voilà.

The avatar comes from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Linea_(TV_series)">La Linea</a>, and Italian animated series... I thought it was fitting.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Loki15 on June 30, 2009, 11:44 PM
I'll give my go on the fictional story..

It all started back in the day.. During 'Nam.  I was an elite soldier, one of the best.  But the Vietnamese just seemed better.  There was no way in hell I'd survive with how good these guys were.  I came up with a plan, lets call it "Bad ass plan #1 (Bad ass plan #2 and #3 were made too, but lets say, they sucked)  Well back to bad ass plan #1, my plan was to put on a wig and make up, and pretend I was a girl.  I would sneak into those bastards bunkers and woo them with my good lucks and long beautiful blonde hair. When I got them all lured I dropped a grenade and ran like hell.  Like I said, its a bad ass plan!  Day 7 - I began my plan, one of those bastards tried to kiss me! I dropped the grenade and ran like hell and it worked! Their bunker went up in flames! It was amazing.  Through out the war I continued this plan.  It continued to work and out came the name "Loki". Due to the fact I changed my gender, deceived them, and ran like a coward.   I must have killed millions!  The 15, well that comes from how many I killed! Yeah I was a little surprised to realize I only killed 15.. :(.  Most of the time they ran like cowards too and survived!  I later became know as "Loki the dumb ass" but what the hell kind of name is that?!  But that is my story of how I became Loki15.  Now you all have heard my story.  I hope you appreciated reading this!

I can't say I did too well, but I lack an imagination :(
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: Edvard on July 01, 2009, 11:41 AM
At the point when I finally broke down and started using credit cards (and later, debit cards), signing my name seemed superfluous. It finally occurred to me the readers couldn't distinguish my name from anything else. I began signing Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, depending on my mood.

I use credit cards less than a dozen times a year, these days. Debit cards are another story, so Elmer Fudd is the norm. As I've gotten older, I morphed that to OldElmerFudd. It's one of my favorite nyms/user I.D.'s.
-OldElmerFudd (June 30, 2009, 01:44 AM)

HAHAHA!! I've only seen that one other time (http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/), but I think the whole concept is hilarious.

Whenever my father was successful at deer hunting, of course the hunting-is-a-great-excuse-to-drink-beer-in-the-woods crowd would ask him where he bagged such a prize.
He would soberly reply "Notellum creek" and go about his business, which would of course cause the interrogator to slowly nod in bewilderment "No... Tellum... creek... Yeah, ok. I thank I bin thar once..."
 ;D
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: 40hz on July 01, 2009, 06:07 PM
I should go about a name change :P
-Loki15 (June 30, 2009, 05:34 PM)

Never! Loki15 is a great forum handle. :Thmbsup:

Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: choicefresh on July 03, 2009, 06:23 PM
Edvard, thanks for that link! I read the stories a long time ago and enjoyed them, but then I forgot the website.

My username originates from a while back, when I was first getting interested in the Internet and my friend was helping me sign up for Neopets  :P

I couldn't think of a username, so he asked me what my favorite restaurant was, and I answered Fresh Choice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Choice). So he suggested Choicefresh, and it's catchy so I use it for most websites nowadays.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: icekin on July 06, 2009, 11:17 PM
I used to play a lot of dominion (http://www.kamikazegames.com/dominion/). icekin is one of the races that I used to play all the time. I've stopped playing dominion 7 years ago, but the have kept the username since.
Title: Re: Where did your DC user I.D come from?
Post by: yogi22 on July 15, 2009, 09:53 PM
My last (and, most enjoyable) posting in the Canadian Air Force was with 414 "Black Knight" Squadron. For reasons lost in the mists of antiquity, the Squadron pilots have used the callsign Yogi. I was assigned "Yogi 22", and used it on innumerable flights over Canada and USA, in "The World's Greatest Jet"**
kk

**T-33