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Subject: Re: Site with fun bouts of winboard programs

Author: Christopher R. Dorr

Date: 07:25:17 07/19/99

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On July 19, 1999 at 05:16:42, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:

>On July 19, 1999 at 00:46:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I realize that there is no way to prevent anonymous accounts at the present
>>time,  but I can't believe it is unreasonable to at least have _some_ sort of
>>"name".  IE "K1" is rediculous.  I'll talk with an anonymous bob or sam or
>>Karensdad, but this goes a bit too far.
>>
>>IMHO of course.
>>
>>Or should we all re-register and start with a1-z1, then a2-z2, and see
>>where that leads?
>>
>>Opinions?
>
>I agree, whe should all reregister, but with real names: sending in a fax of
>document (Passport, ID).
>
>regards
>Franz

I'm sure the folks at ICD would like that...having to wade through 2000 faxes of
ID's, reissuing 2000 accounts, etc....and for what? I don't recall too many
problems with the current system...people who blatently tried to hack it (i.e.
Sean Evans) got caught, and got banned. Why do we need to change what appears to
be working fine?

Chris



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