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Great idea! I will do that.
I have participated in network discussions since long before WWW: We had NetNews (aka. Usenet) for years, and before that, there were bulletin boards. Not all were national, or even distributed on several machines: The first discussion forum I used was run on one central computer, serving 1500 Minnesota high scools through modem lines. When I started college, all Norwegian universities had a common forum on a Decsystem-20, where we had fierce arguments as students do...
In all serious discussions, I find it more essential what is in an argument, than who makes it. No argument is more valid because it is made by my favorite politician. Or favorite author. The contents of the statement is what counts, and how well it is justified or founded. An esteemed professor will probably have better justifications for his claims - but only within his field(s). A nuclear scientist is no better than my neighbour in commenting cultural conflicts in South-East Asia. Both may make justified claims, but not because they are, say, an artist, or a professor in a completely unrelated field.
I want people to judge my arguments as such, by their contents, detached from my person. If my argument is invalid (or less valid) because I am Norwegian, or male, or have 35+ years of working experience, then it is no more valid if made by a 30 year old female US citizen. If you need to know my complexion, eye and hair color, number of brothers and sisters and birthday to judge (or enjoy) what I am writing, that is your problem, not mine!
I do not see clearly what you gain by me replacing one anonymous ID with another anonymous ID. Neither tells my body height or political affiliation. I guess that if I chose some "normal" personal name, it would be easier for you to "profile" me in your head, so that you can more easily judge arguments from me in light of that profile. You will probably learn to recognize my anonymous hex number as well, because there aren't that many hex named users. You could even learn to recognize my decimal member number!
In any case, changes will be made. I will probably create an all new user, whose profile (not in the techical sense, but as a mapping of opinions, statements and attitudes) is independent of the old one. I guess that before I make the switch, I need some training in writing one-liners: I have had lots of negative comments about my explanations, justifications my claims etc., so I will try to avoid that in the future. If someone wants to ignore / reject statements of mine that they do not like, it is easier to do so if I haven't justified my claims.
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Member 7989122 wrote: I do not see clearly what you gain by me replacing one anonymous ID with another anonymous ID
It makes it easier to follow discussions, or rather the train of thought that spans many different discussions. A number is less easy for the brain to recognise.
I agree with your statements above that one.
Member 7989122 wrote: I guess that before I make the switch, I need some training in writing one-liners: I have had lots of negative comments about my explanations, justifications my claims etc., so I will try to avoid that in the future.
Pity, I like it when people do explain. I also like those stories on how things were done in the "old times". Maybe I should've told you so earlier?
Are you sure those people didn't disagree with you on something you may have stated rather than having disliked getting an explanation as such?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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As a side note, it's good to be green! 
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Actually, it's not easy being green
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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But... You made it to absolute greeness already! 
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I just made your post green. Go Green.
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Mind Blown!
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In a green way I see. 
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Interesting, I don't think I ever noticed that before. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
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Are you mad?
Get the operator to connect you, sir! Your valet will explain how to contact her if you instruct him correctly.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
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He's in Wales, which used carrier pigeons during his youth. Look up dovecote.
My hometown in Canada still had exchange names before I reached my teens.
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When I moved to Grand Canyon in the 90s I would ask people for their phone number to put in the computer at the pharmacy the response was four digits NO Prefix Better yet one day I had a busy signal all day so at lunch I ask others if their phone was working yep works fine I said mine has had a busy signal all day OH no problem you need to find the Frontier phone guy he is some where driving around the village So after finding him I ask what was wrong he said come with me we went to a building and he ask what my phone number was we walked down an isle of rotary switches he took out a screw driver and raped the switch he said ALL FIXED
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Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... 
There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).
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It was a stupid number, but it made sense when it was first introduced: phones then used "pulse dialing" and the obvious number to use - 111 - was far to easy to generate if the overhead wires tapped together in the wind!
In addition, few homes had phones, and call boxes were already set up to allow free calls to the operator from the "0" key - it was easier to modify them to support "free dialing" on "9" as well than one would have been.
By the time we switched to tone dialing it was far, far too late to change it, though they did add 911 so tourists could reach the emergency services (911 was the US choice for the same reason, we went with the same digit three times because it was felt to be easier to remember, as well as to "find in the dark or thick smoke".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Oh, and Whitehall 1212 was direct to Scotland Yard.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And you had to call the operator to make a trunk call, i.e. to an exchange more than about 20 miles away.
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My folks had a landline with the same phone number for over 60 years. When I was a kid (65+ years ago), we didn't need to dial the area code and remembered the 3 digit exchange as 'NOrmandy 8' (n o 8 = 668).
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Yep - Murray 4 was the exchange name while I was a kid.
Remember, growing up is an option, growing older isn't.
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