Origin of User Names? - Page 4

Brutus2600 · 06-03-2010, 09:36 AM

Well, when I was a stupid kid in high school (this is 10 or 11 years ago), my friend and I were trying to figure out what we wanted our hacker screen names to be, the idea was we were both going to choose a famous assassin from history, then add 2600 on the end (a quarterly magazine dedicated to hacking).

Well, our grand plans of "hacking the planet" (

) never came to fruition, but the screen name stuck and I've used it ever since

tedrodgerscpa · 06-03-2010, 09:41 AM

Name, former profession (no longer an active CPA, so I'm probably violating some sort of ethics rule as a result)

Also my screen name from back in the AOL days.

Steve · 06-03-2010, 09:57 AM

My mom gave me my screen name before Al Gore invented the Internet. She was a smart woman!

rack04 · 06-03-2010, 10:00 AM

rack - partial last name
04 - number worn in high school

Subvet642 · 06-03-2010, 10:10 AM

I'm a U.S. Navy submarine veteran and my boat's hull number was SSBN 642.

Subvet642 · 06-03-2010, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skullnrose

SkullnRose I started using this on aol way back in 94-95 when your screen name could only have 10 letters. It refers to my favorite band The Grateful Dead.

I love the Grateful Dead; I have a dancing bear tattoo.

tomc3084 · 06-03-2010, 10:28 AM

Mine is my name, obviously. The numbers, actually, I am not too sure of. The 84 is my birth year, but I am not sure on why I have a 30 in front of it?

06-03-2010, 10:43 AM

My name is Troy. My nick name has been

Trouble T-roy

then
Trouble-T

then just
Trouble or Trubs

Trouble seems to follow me around.

SSDVC · 06-03-2010, 10:43 AM

Hey subvet642, what years were you on the Kami haha?

Whee · 06-03-2010, 10:48 AM

Illinois by residence
Hoosier by birth
Posted via Mobile Device

06-03-2010, 11:07 AM

A nickname I've had since I was in jr. high...comes from my last name.

Subvet642 · 06-03-2010, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSDVC

Hey subvet642, what years were you on the Kami haha?

Feb 82 to Jul 85. What boat(s) were you on?

CueTheMusic · 06-03-2010, 11:49 AM

My username comes from this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmqer1-TbVg

I can't say it is a good movie, but I like the username for some reason

DPD6030 · 06-03-2010, 11:52 AM

DPD- place I work
6030- my call sign

KenyanSandBoa · 06-03-2010, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eleven

Song called 'jimmy' by Tool.

That is a GREAT song!!

My username started back in high school when I was big into breeding reptiles. Kenyan sand boas were the first snakes I was successful breeding...and breeding multiple morphs. I have yet run into the "Username is taken" message using it, so it stuck.

It would be a safe bet that if you see a KenyanSandBoa on any forum or online gaming network...it's me.

Don Fernando · 06-03-2010, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ucubed

ucubed (pronounced u-cubed) last name, well sort of. In reality it's Wu and if you were to spell it you would say "double-u u"...you get 3 u's which is u^3 =)

what happened to the u-c-u-bed?

ade06 · 06-03-2010, 12:20 PM

Ade = My first name.
06 = Year of my fraternity's founding (1906).

Don Fernando · 06-03-2010, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wanger

A nickname I've had since I was in jr. high...comes from my last name.

Dude, you misspelled that nickname, they called you Wanker

My nick, well, my name is Ferdinand, and I decided to change it a bit so it would fit in better with the whole cigar subculture.

aich75013 · 06-03-2010, 12:33 PM

aich was my nickname in high school.
When I first signed up for a yahoo account years ago, it appended my zipcode on the end.
I've just kept it ever since as it was always an available choice.

TheTraveler · 06-03-2010, 01:26 PM

Mine be not so subtle ... I like to travel.

The open road, a handful of cigars and good company is very satisfying.

06-03-2010, 09:36 AM	#61
Brutus2600 Your resident lancerHO Join Date: Apr 2010 First Name: Brian Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 2,063 Trading: (46)	Re: Origin of User Names? Well, when I was a stupid kid in high school (this is 10 or 11 years ago), my friend and I were trying to figure out what we wanted our hacker screen names to be, the idea was we were both going to choose a famous assassin from history, then add 2600 on the end (a quarterly magazine dedicated to hacking). Well, our grand plans of "hacking the planet" () never came to fruition, but the screen name stuck and I've used it ever since

06-03-2010, 09:41 AM	#62
tedrodgerscpa Palmetto State Herf Crew! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ted Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,712 Trading: (87)	Re: Origin of User Names? Name, former profession (no longer an active CPA, so I'm probably violating some sort of ethics rule as a result) Also my screen name from back in the AOL days. __________________ Everyday I'm shufflin...

06-03-2010, 09:57 AM	#63
Steve Dad Jokester Supreme Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Steve Location: 17 R 435648 3354895 Posts: 7,715 Trading: (6)	Re: Origin of User Names? My mom gave me my screen name before Al Gore invented the Internet. She was a smart woman! __________________ ...So don't sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied, Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance that tide

06-03-2010, 10:00 AM	#64
rack04 Lebowski Urban Achiever Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Justin Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,023 Trading: (20)	Re: Origin of User Names? rack - partial last name 04 - number worn in high school __________________ "Why don't you put them in your secret compartment" - 12stones (Ricky)

06-03-2010, 10:10 AM	#65
Subvet642 Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2009 First Name: Darren Location: Torpedo Room Bilge Posts: 2,997 Trading: (13)	Re: Origin of User Names? I'm a U.S. Navy submarine veteran and my boat's hull number was SSBN 642. __________________ *"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not." -John Galt*

06-03-2010, 10:28 AM	#67
tomc3084 Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Tom Location: Baden, PA Posts: 710 Trading: (26)	Re: Origin of User Names? Mine is my name, obviously. The numbers, actually, I am not too sure of. The 84 is my birth year, but I am not sure on why I have a 30 in front of it? __________________ [SIGPIC]

06-03-2010, 10:43 AM	#68
Trouble Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Origin of User Names? My name is Troy. My nick name has been Trouble T-roy then Trouble-T then just Trouble or Trubs Trouble seems to follow me around.

06-03-2010, 10:43 AM	#69
SSDVC Life is short, Relax Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: Eastern CT Posts: 222 Trading: (6)	Re: Origin of User Names? Hey subvet642, what years were you on the Kami haha?

06-03-2010, 10:48 AM	#70
Whee formerly illinoishoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Sean Location: Bishopville, SC Posts: 3,591 Trading: (17)	Re: Origin of User Names? Illinois by residence Hoosier by birth Posted via Mobile Device

06-03-2010, 11:07 AM	#71
Wanger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Origin of User Names? A nickname I've had since I was in jr. high...comes from my last name.

06-03-2010, 11:49 AM	#73
CueTheMusic Still Watching My Back Join Date: May 2009 First Name: Jeremy Location: Surrounded by corn Posts: 81 Trading: (2)	Re: Origin of User Names? My username comes from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmqer1-TbVg I can't say it is a good movie, but I like the username for some reason

06-03-2010, 11:52 AM	#74
DPD6030 Shepard of the sheeple Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: The Mitten Posts: 7,166 Trading: (151)	Re: Origin of User Names? DPD- place I work 6030- my call sign

06-03-2010, 12:20 PM	#77
ade06 Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ade Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,190 Trading: (24)	Re: Origin of User Names? Ade = My first name. 06 = Year of my fraternity's founding (1906).

06-03-2010, 12:33 PM	#79
aich75013 Feeling at Home Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Adrian Location: Allen, TX Posts: 774 Trading: (25)	Re: Origin of User Names? aich was my nickname in high school. When I first signed up for a yahoo account years ago, it appended my zipcode on the end. I've just kept it ever since as it was always an available choice.

06-03-2010, 01:26 PM	#80
TheTraveler giggity giggitty Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jonathan Location: Near a Walmart Posts: 1,813 Trading: (12)	Re: Origin of User Names? Mine be not so subtle ... I like to travel. The open road, a handful of cigars and good company is very satisfying. __________________ "My life is my own."