Re: Transparency Rant

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:56:53 MDT


>From: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com>

>From: "Zero Powers" <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
>
> >Holy mackarel! That seems like an *awful* lot of trouble to go to
> >just for a mere semblance of privacy. How in the heck does all
> >that subterfuge benefit you? I am in derelict violation of each
> >of those rules. I have a fist full of credit cards (all same name
> >and address - except for separate personal and business cards); I
> >use my ATM card for nearly *everything* (groceries, movie tickets,
> >airline ticktes, etc.) I don't lie about my name, age, address,
> >DOB, SSN, etc. And (horror of horrors) I try to use the
> >same userid and password for every online registration I get (ISP,
> >Hotmail, Yahoo, online banking, Datek.com, paypal, etc., etc.)
>
>Your kidding right? Or are we supposed to believe your real name is
>"Zero Powers". Here you are advocating transparency yet you hide
>behind a pseudonym.
>
>Irony.

This issue was gone over ad nauseum a couple years ago. Powers is real.
Zero is a nick. Real first is Michael. There's no big secret about it.

-Zero (or, for the anti-nick crowd, -Mike)

"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)

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