"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan"

Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by swombat on Thursday May 22, 2008 @03:25PM (#197446)

I don't sign comments with my URL. That said, I'm afraid signing with my name is a habit I've developed over the last 12 years of posting online, and it would take a sizeable conscious effort to get rid of it. Since it doesn't bother me in the least, I don't.

Why does it bother you so much?

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by pchristensen on Friday May 23, 2008 @09:07AM (#197972)

It doesn't bother me, but at least once a week someone puts their name at the end of a comment and they get a reply with just the guidelines link. I thought I'd preempt those people and include some friendly context and explanation.

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by swombat on Friday May 23, 2008 @11:01AM (#198061)

As you can see from my posting history I've been here for about 5-6 months. Haven't had that link pasted to me yet. Oh well, there's a first time for everything :-)

It's very dangerous to parrot rules "because they're the rules". That's how totalitarian systems are built. I'm not saying this rule is, but many rules are nonsensical, destructive and limiting. I don't suggest you go on a crusade to question every rule, but at the same time, don't become a holy crusader for rules you don't even care about. The next thing you know, you might be telling some people to stick on a yellow star so that they don't hear it from the bad guys with guns who might beat them up. (woops, Godwin's law. Discussion ended).

Interesting that someone edited my post above and removed the "Daniel" forcibly.

Daniel

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by asdflkj on Friday May 23, 2008 @06:34PM (#198467)

Yes, you have had that link pasted to you. By me.

When you sign your posts. you waste time of people who read them. Your alleged free-thinking and anti-totalitarianism wastes others' time, for no reason. Think about that.

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by dougp on Thursday May 22, 2008 @03:32PM (#197454)

Because if people only know you by what you sign at the end of the your posts then it makes it very easy to impersonate you.

Daniel

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by ovi256 on Thursday May 22, 2008 @05:31PM (#197571)

I propose that we all sign our comments Daniel from now on.

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by swombat on Thursday May 22, 2008 @07:03PM (#197637)

I second that. Daniel's a great name, a fine combination of 6 unique, high-quality letters. I'd love to see it written more often.

Daniel

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Re:"Owning the launch too" and "The 2-week plan" by jamesbritt on Thursday May 22, 2008 @03:45PM (#197473)

Perhaps, but I think it adds a nice personal touch

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