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Re:“Username cannot contain 'clyde'” by arcticbull on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:11PM (#33688655)
Neither was AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon when they named their mobile wallet solution ISIS shortly before the caliphate was formed. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcard

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Re:“Username cannot contain 'clyde'” by thayne on Monday November 21, 2022 @12:11AM (#33689044)
I know someone whose major in college was abbreviated as Isys (information systems). Not anymore.
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Re:“Username cannot contain 'clyde'” by Biganon on Monday November 21, 2022 @01:50AM (#33689622)
The credential management system at my college was called ISIS, so you had an ISIS identifier, you had to go through ISIS login, etc.
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Re:“Username cannot contain 'clyde'” by peepee1982 on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:50AM (#33690344)
And let us not forget The International Secret Intelligence Service in Archer.
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