Re:ICQ New
by jbergknoff on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:22PM
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I have no idea how, but my 8 digit ICQ user id immediately springs to mind, 20 years later. The mind works in mysterious ways.
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Mysterious ways indeed... Somehow I remember and can recite a 16 character hex ID for my account on Flipnote Studio on the Nintendo DS
Re:ICQ New
by wiradikusuma on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:25PM
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FCKGW, ring a bell?
What a weird thing to connect with a stranger on. I typed that so many times in my teenage years...
Re:ICQ New
by thaumasiotes on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:00PM
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When I would reserve a book at the public library, I'd get an automated phone call when the book arrived. The phone call always began by listing off my library card number.
So I know my first library card number was 1000102772901. I had to replace the card a few times, getting new numbers, but I only ever remembered the first one.
As do i. 32939464 probably haven't touched it in near 20 years ( guessing about 18 ). And whilst nostalgia is great, it would be great to free up memory sections of the brain like this :)
That's funny! I tried to remember it and typed what came to mind first into gmail and I got a hit from an archived GoogleTalk session from 2006. Layers upon layers of computer archeology.
"591007" does that make me and ICQ OG?
Re:ICQ New
by TheAdamist on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:51PM
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Mine was six digit as well,but can't remember it other than the first digit was 8, so a bit after you signed up.
344838
But Mail.ru deleted old accounts. So...
Might want to check, I logged into mine (272605) recently
I did. I wouldn't write it without checking. I was able to log in half a year ago or so. But now - https://icq.im/344838 [Deleted]
They even tell you that you can't restore in anymore.
mine was 522826 but has probably been lost to the sands of time
Re:ICQ New
by karatestomp on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:29PM
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Checking in, also 8 digits, still memorized all these years later.