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{\center \LARGE ON CHOOSING A USERNAME, \\
FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUST REGISTERING FOR AN ACCOUNT \\}
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{\it The naming of cats is a difficult matter, \\
It isn't just one of your holiday games. \\
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter \\
When I tell you a cat must have three different names. \\}
\hspace*{4in} - T.S.Eliot \\
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\par  {\Large There} are several things to keep in mind when choosing
a username: \\
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1) It will be EXTREMELY difficult to change, thus it ought to be something you won't
mind living with for the next four years. \\
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2) It must not include any characters other than numbers and letters,
otherwise you will not be able to get mail. \\
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3) You will come to be known to some people by your username, thus it
would be nice if they could pronounce it. \\
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4) Your username is NOT a password: your password can be changed at will. \\
\par

5) Choose a name you wouldn't mind being known as by professors or
the scientific community at large.  Being an MIT student, chances are
that you will carry on work on Athena, and will have to come in
contact with such people via your account.  Don't choose a name that
you would be embarrassed to give to a seventy-year-old professor of
the opposite sex in front of two hundred classmates.  \\

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6) Don't be afraid to choose something other than your real name, if
you don't mind explaining to people why you chose it. \\
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7) The appeal of jokes and characters from popular culture gets stale.
You may not always like a character from a book or movie and you may
tire of a joke.  Sometimes, though, they do work for people.\\

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8) Taking a name that you feel describes you well (to ALL people you
could ever meet) is always a good idea. \\
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9) Phrases are almost always a bad idea. \\
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10) Take a name that will make you happy.
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\center{\small{comments and corrections to \tt{bert@athena.mit.edu}}}
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