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Posted Jul 12, 2010 21:55 UTC (Mon) by Tet (subscriber, #5433)
In reply to: names by nix
Parent article: Two GCC stories

Then, of course, there are people like me. Some 20 years ago now, I legally changed my name to be my online pseudonym. It might not sound real, but it is now my real name...

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Posted Jul 12, 2010 22:44 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

There are several people who've done the same thing. The man now known as MegaZone is one.

(btw, presumably you kept a surname, for convenience's sake if nothing else? So very many things fall over, from ecommerce to random form-filling and bank applications, if you don't have a surname...)

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Posted Jul 13, 2010 8:05 UTC (Tue) by Tet (subscriber, #5433) [Link]

No, I didn't keep a surname. And yes, only having a single name does cause all manner of things to fall over. I've got used to it by now...