I left Geeknet aka all the other names Rob has typed already nearly exactly a year ago now, and had stopped really posting on Slashdot prior to that but the work, creation and launching of Slashdot remains one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Rob and I went to the same middle school, high school, college and had the joy of working together for well over a decade; I've been very lucky to have worked with him and the other friends we started with.
And to think I waited a few days before registering an account here. "Damn, yet another site wants me to register a name/password?" If only I had known then how much this UID would help me get the girls...
I did not think there were so many low uids still active.
443 before me, was that a measure of a few days back then? Is there anywhere your join date is listed? I had a poke about the account section, could not spot it
Same happened to me:-/ I created an account in either late 98 or early 99 (too much happened in the last dozen years to be sure), forgot what my login/pwd were, so I recreated this one with my massive UID. It was still fun at the anniversary party to have a 'low uid' though. Lots of 7 digit UIDs in the Ann Arbor area.
Look on the bright side, at 5 digits I'm stuck with my wife (just kidding honey).
So, I'm having trouble determining your heuristic. At first it seemed easy, "Oh! There are two zeros, he's eliminating one" -- but then there are two sevens also, meaning only four actually different digits.
On further reflection, I think you were just double-entendre-kidding.
Hemos Says: "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" (Score:5, Interesting)
I left Geeknet aka all the other names Rob has typed already nearly exactly a year ago now, and had stopped really posting on Slashdot prior to that but the work, creation and launching of Slashdot remains one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Rob and I went to the same middle school, high school, college and had the joy of working together for well over a decade; I've been very lucky to have worked with him and the other friends we started with.
Rob and I became friends not actually because
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uid 2, huh? I bet you just missed the first first post, too.
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I think it's fair to say that the average uid in the comments on this post will be the lowest in the last few years... possibly the last decade.
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And to think I waited a few days before registering an account here. "Damn, yet another site wants me to register a name/password?" If only I had known then how much this UID would help me get the girls...
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> If only I had known then how much this UID would help me get the girls...
Tell me about it. 4 digits just gets me porn stars. I want those cheerleaders, dammit!
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Look on the bright side, at 5 digits I'm stuck with my wife (just kidding honey).
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6... 6 digits. The number keys, they are not my friend today.
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Yeah 6.. Never did anything for me.
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Meh... supermodels are dime a dozen.
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Tell me about it, brother.
At 5 digits (just), I'm stuck with your wife, too!
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I did not think there were so many low uids still active.
443 before me, was that a measure of a few days back then?
Is there anywhere your join date is listed? I had a poke about the account section, could not spot it
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I usually estimate by folks with numbers close to mine.
So if you don't know, then I don't know. I'm guessing around late-2000/early-2001.
I started lurking at one job in 2000. But I don't think I created the account until another job I started September 2000.
Was laid off in March 2001 (yea dot bomb!) so that narrows it down.
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443 before me, was that a measure of a few days back then?
We should start a project to get active folks to post to a thread in order of UID.
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Could be worse, I lost the login info for my 5 digit and had to re-register with this gaudy 6 digit thing.
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Same happened to me :-/ I created an account in either late 98 or early 99 (too much happened in the last dozen years to be sure), forgot what my login/pwd were, so I recreated this one with my massive UID. It was still fun at the anniversary party to have a 'low uid' though. Lots of 7 digit UIDs in the Ann Arbor area.
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Me, the IT ninja [flickr.com]
haha, forgot about this picture from the party at leopold bros.
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Look on the bright side, at 5 digits I'm stuck with my wife (just kidding honey).
So, I'm having trouble determining your heuristic. At first it seemed easy, "Oh! There are two zeros, he's eliminating one" -- but then there are two sevens also, meaning only four actually different digits.
On further reflection, I think you were just double-entendre-kidding.
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Look on the bright side, at 5 digits I'm stuck with my wife (just kidding honey).
But it landed a wife that reads Slashdot?