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Should I change my name?

P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
edited 2011-09-21 11:46 in General Discussion
I'm getting tired of my name and don't know what I want to do, so how about a poll!

1. keep pi'd
2. use my real name, Derrick Huestis
3. make up a brand-new catchy name for myself (suggestions?)
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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-10-11 22:23
    Where did "pi'd" come from? If there's an interesting story behind it, it's probably worth keeping.

    -Phil
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-10-11 23:35
    Again?

    Rich H
  • trodosstrodoss Posts: 577
    edited 2010-10-12 09:07
    pi'd wrote: »
    3. make up a brand-new catchy name for myself (suggestions?)

    If you go that route, then definately make sure it is something you would want to stick with ;)

    Many, many years ago I had intended to change my username on another forum to a mountian range in Cyprus, the Troodos Mountians (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodos_Mountains), however, I had the misforturne of mis-typing it the first time, and ended up with "Trodoss," which I ended up sticking with ever since, just for sanity sake.

    So, the moral of that story is make sure your user name does not reflect your inability to spell, or it could end up following you THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ;)
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2010-10-12 11:53
    trodoss wrote: »

    .....So, the moral of that story is make sure your user name does not reflect your inability to spell, or it could end up following you THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ;)

    My original username was "microcontroled", but I changed it to reflect the correct spelling. :-)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-10-12 15:56
    Microcontrolled wrote:
    My original username was "microcontroled", but I changed it to reflect the correct spelling.
    And a good thing you did, too, else you'd still be catching flak for it! :)

    -Phil
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-12 16:13
    Lol microcontroled :)

    Guess I just don't like sticking to one name. My original name was Roboluvr, quickly became I LIKE PI when I was a youg little nerdy boy, became Pi Guy after that then just pi'd. Now, a senior in high school with about 40 fewer digits of pi left in my brain it's time to get over pi. I'm just not sure of what new brand of name I should start now. I'm just dissapointed the name uno is taken. Perhaps something similar to the word bomba instead? (I like fire...)
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-10-12 16:58
    Have you thought about the name "Blackfoot' ? Sounds like a good name in my book, you being from Blackfoot.

    Jim

    pi'd wrote: »
    Lol microcontroled :)

    Guess I just don't like sticking to one name. My original name was Roboluvr, quickly became I LIKE PI when I was a youg little nerdy boy, became Pi Guy after that then just pi'd. Now, a senior in high school with about 40 fewer digits of pi left in my brain it's time to get over pi. I'm just not sure of what new brand of name I should start now. I'm just dissapointed the name uno is taken. Perhaps something similar to the word bomba instead? (I like fire...)
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-12 17:17
    Funny... I sure hope you were being sarcastic :) (for your sake, mind)
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-10-12 17:36
    I was serious. Blackfoot is a pretty cool moniker.

    Jim
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2010-10-12 17:49
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    And a good thing you did, too, else you'd still be catching flak for it! :)

    -Phil

    Yea, gaining respect among the geniuses on this forum is hard enough if you're 15, and even harder if you make spelling errors!
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-10-12 18:20
    pi'd wrote: »
    (I like fire...)

    Pi-Rho?
  • RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
    edited 2010-10-12 18:38
    How about mashing together some 80's hairbands names... How 'bout MotleyLeppardRiot?
    Or CinderellaDokkenJovi?
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-12 18:45
    Pi-Rho? ROFLMAO that cracked me up! If it wasn't so close to rhino I'd take it.
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2010-10-13 04:19
    trodoss wrote: »
    Many, many years ago I had intended to change my username on another forum to a mountian range in Cyprus, the Troodos Mountians (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodos_Mountains), however, I had the misforturne of mis-typing it the first time, and ended up with "Trodoss," which I ended up sticking with ever since, just for sanity sake.
    I was guessing you came from the days of the TRS80 microcomputer and DOS put together in some strange way.
  • trodosstrodoss Posts: 577
    edited 2010-10-13 07:03
    Humanoido wrote: »
    I was guessing you came from the days of the TRS80 microcomputer and DOS put together in some strange way.

    Oh, I was around then too, but no, the name didn't have DOS/TRS80 origins. That would have made a better story :smilewinkgrin:
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2010-10-13 09:43
    I vote for Pi-Rho. That is too funny.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2010-10-14 10:14
    W9GFO wrote: »
    Pi-Rho?


    OOOOOOOoooooo. Nice! :smilewinkgrin:

    Wow, that was brilliant. Wish I'd thought of it.



    Kinda gets me thinking I need a new one too. It's been the same since I was about 13yrs old...... it was my cool hacker name, or maybe not so cool.
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-14 14:35
    Dang, funny story. Trying to outdue W9's Pi-Rho I did a search for things like "fire in spanish" "nuklear bomb in spanish" "bomb names" etc. to see if there was anything better I could come up with. Needless to say the next day the counselor came out with the list of things I searched for and asked about what I was doing :)
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-14 14:47
    pyro-botic
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-10-14 14:49
    And what did you say?

    Rich H
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-14 15:06
    I was looking for a new forum name :) During lunch part for humor and part to spark my memory I was going to ask her for the list so I could remember one of the terms I found, but she was busy with another student. So, I had to remind myself the lame way... (this time using the internet on my phone)
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2010-10-15 15:32
    pi'd wrote: »
    Lol microcontroled :)

    Guess I just don't like sticking to one name. My original name was Roboluvr, quickly became I LIKE PI when I was a youg little nerdy boy, became Pi Guy after that then just pi'd.


    Some text here for good measure....
    pi'd wrote: »
    Lol microcontroled :)

    Now, a senior in high school with about 40 fewer digits of pi left in my brain it's time to get over pi. I'm just not sure of what new brand of name I should start now. I'm just dissapointed the name uno is taken. Perhaps something similar to the word bomba instead? (I like fire...)


    More text here for further good measure....
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-15 16:46
    I chose my nombre nuevo, you should get the email soon Jim. @W9: Thanks, you influenced my choice :)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-10-15 17:16
    Interesting. How shall we pronounce the "!"? Is it a tongue click as in certain African tribal languages? Or is it pronounced "bang", as in the "shebang" (#!) pragma at the top of some Unix scripts? OTOH, maybe it's simply to emphasize the "P", as in PEE!roe.

    'Just messin' wit' ya! :)

    -Phil
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-15 17:50
    :(

    J/K. Read the ! upside down ;)
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2010-10-15 21:01
    Perhaps it's an obscure reference to mathematics.

    P! is shorthand for Factorial P
    ro is the name of the Greek symbol 'p'
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-15 21:19
    So the factorial of p minus ro equals ?

    Perhaps I should plug it into my graphing calculator and see if it knows.
  • zappmanzappman Posts: 418
    edited 2010-10-16 07:05
    Let's see, your new name, has UPPERCASE, symbol, symbol, UPPERCASE, lowercase.
    I would hate to see your password.
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2010-10-16 08:01
    My pass isn't too hard, it's basically a scentence with numbers in it.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2010-10-18 18:22
    Well, whatever you decide I'm sure we can modify it to be your new name. But I wouldn't change it too often. ;)
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