1996-09-05 - Re: ZD Net Registration

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From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-09-05 08:07:33 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:07:33 +0800

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From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:07:33 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ZD Net Registration
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At 4:45 AM 9/5/96, Carl Ellison wrote:
>http://community.zdnet.com/register/register.cgi
>
>Check this out!  Harvesting Mother's Maiden Name.
>I wonder how many they get each hour....

"Think of it as evolution in action."

I tried to register as "foobar," but the name was taken. So I added a few bits.

I used "fuckyou" as my mother's maiden name (no pun intended).

So now I'm an full-fledged member of ZD Net, fuck you very much.

The more things change...

--Tim May

We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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