On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 07:09, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 21:33 -0800, Brian Beattie wrote:
> > My mistake, I think I fixed it a little in my follow up, but my main
> > point, is that for many purposes, my REAL name is
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], not Brian Beattie, because that the the true,
> > unique identifier (their are other Brian Beatties living I am sure). 
> 
> No.  For all purposes your real name is Brian Beattie.  You might use
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] as an identifier, but it is not your name.  It
> is an email address.  Just like a social security number may be an
> identifier, it is not you, nor your name.

Well what is my "real name" is actually a tricky meta physical problem,
the question, is why do you care?

> 
> > What does you government issued ID tell me that is important to
> > gentoo-dev?
> 
> Not a damn thing.  Have you not been paying any attention?  It only
> shows that the person claiming to be Brian Beattie *and* has an ID
> saying so, is indeed Brian Beattie at [EMAIL PROTECTED] once
> everything has been verified.

Why do you care what name is on my birth certificate?

> 
> Nothing more.
-- 
Brian Beattie   LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | It's about dealing with the consequences."
www.beattie-home.net     | -- Midori Koto



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