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Re: Comprehensive list of first posts

Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.200
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002, at 18:43:28
In Reply To: Re: Comprehensive list of first posts posted by Matthew on Sunday, January 27, 2002, at 13:47:50:

> > I wonder why I'm listed twice under the same name?
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> The script that generated that page didn't take into account deviations in names, so as far as it's concerned "Dave" and "DavE" are the different people. It also didn't take into account trailing whitespaces, so if you accidentally called yourself "Grishny " (as was the case), you weren't "Grishny."
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> Mat"it's fixed now, by the way"thew

Wow. I wasn't expecting anything like that. Thanks, Matthew.

It turned out to be even more interesting than I expected. Just reading some of the names people have posted under is hilarious...

Brunnen-"plain ol' boring original screen name"G

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Message:	> > > I wonder why I'm listed twice under the same name? > > > > The script that generated that page didn't take into account deviations in names, so as far as it's concerned "Dave" and "DavE" are the different people. It also didn't take into account trailing whitespaces, so if you accidentally called yourself "Grishny " (as was the case), you weren't "Grishny." > > > > Mat"it's fixed now, by the way"thew > > Wow. I wasn't expecting anything like that. Thanks, Matthew. > > It turned out to be even more interesting than I expected. Just reading some of the names people have posted under is hilarious... > > Brunnen-"plain ol' boring original screen name"G
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