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[yak@collab] Re: What should I use for an iName?

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From: Eric Armstrong <Eric.Armstrong@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:57:54 -0800
Message-id: <43A87052.6080209@sun.com>
That sounds good. (John's comments were good, as well.)    (01)

Question:
What do the 2nd, 3rd, and 400th eric armstrong's use
for an iName?    (02)

Michael Mell wrote:
> I-names are case in-sensitive. I recall a recommendation somewhere that  
> your most public and formal i-name should be firstname.lastname.  
> =eric.armstrong would be a good choice.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Dec 20, 2005, at 11:44 AM, John Sechrest wrote:
> 
>>
>> You suggest by your statement that you should only have one iName
>>
>>
>> Is this really what you want?
>>
>>
>> I guess it depends on what you want to make the focus of your
>> identity. Given that hobby and sense of cute are not going
>> to remain constant, I would say that option 3 and 4 are not
>> good choices.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric Armstrong <Eric.Armstrong@Sun.COM> writes:
>>
>>  % What makes a good iName? Some ideas that
>>  % come to mind:
>>  %
>>  %     ericArmstrong   (name)
>>  %     ericTreeLight   (website)
>>  %     ericTrailRunner (hobby)
>>  %     eric54          (where are you?)
>>  %
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>     (03)

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