Xref: utzoo news.admin:2444 news.sysadmin:728 news.groups:4278 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!killer!wisner From: wisner@killer.UUCP (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,news.groups Subject: Re: JJ's phone number Message-ID: <4370@killer.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 05:52:13 GMT References: <5954@cup.portal.com> <2877@palo-alto.DEC.COM> <6013@cup.portal.com> <1098@micomvax.UUCP> Reply-To: wisner@killer.UUCP (Bill Wisner) Organization: HASA Lines: 17 In article <1098@micomvax.UUCP> ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) writes: >>.... A pseudonym on Portal (such as JJ) is a convenience, not a way >>to hide one's identity. >Huh? Give me that again? Other than being a convenient way to hide one's >identity, what other sort of convenience is it? A great many universities and companies let people choose their own username for their account, right? A great many of these machines have the standard Berkeley utility "chfn," right? Sorry, pal. Portal ain't by no means the only place with pseudonyms. -- Bill Wisner ..!{ames,att,decwrl,ihnp4,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!wisner