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Title: Names
Post by woodsmith on Apr 21^st, 2004, 9:54pm

I've just had a message from Jason about a post from Woodsmith on the s/f site, but I am woodsmith :-/

Are the names on this site case sensitive too? so someone can register the same name but use a capital.

Title: Re: Names
Post by jasonB on Apr 21^st, 2004, 10:12pm

Sorry woodsmith didn't notice he was Woodsmith, thought it unlikely that you didn't know where to get a battery from

Jason

Title: Re: Names
Post by woodsmith on Apr 21^st, 2004, 10:18pm

Dewy mentioned he registered all the options for his name on some forums.

Strange to have someone with the same name, definately confusing.

And if he had read any posts on that site he would have seen my name, so it is strange that he chose it.

Title: Re: Names
Post by woodsmith on Apr 21^st, 2004, 11:14pm

I have just checked, the names on this site are not case sensitive, so it's another advantage this forum has, compared to some others ;)

Title: Re: Names
Post by coggy on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 12:03am

O no, that is not good someone using your name mate. Could rubbish your name on there, i might go and offer a deal with the guy to change it to metalsmith ;)

Title: Re: Names
Post by Dewy on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 2:51am

woodsmith (Keith) The names on here ARE case sensitive. It rejected my name when I used all lower case letters so you had better register Woodsmith as well. ;D

Title: Re: Names
Post by woodsmith on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:38am

Dewy, I tried to register here last night as Woodsmith, using my business email address, and it wouldn't let me, said the name was already being used. So that's why I thought it was not case sensetive.

Keith

Title: Re: Names
Post by rabbit_rabbit on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 8:06am

Hey Dewy and

wOodsmith, and
woOdsmith, and
wooDsmith, and
woodSmith, and
woodsMith, and
woodsmIth, and
woodsmiTh, and
woodsmitH, and
WOodsmith, and
...

I think the purmuations are number of characters factorial! How large is the database for Member names if we all have to do it?

Ray

Title: Re: Names
Post by plugwash on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 4:45pm

nah it's 2^length

Title: Re: Names
Post by L.Spark on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 12:32am

bah dont register all them names! if theres ever another woodsmith we will know! (on here that is)

Title: Re: Names
Post by woodsmith on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 8:13am

No worries, I don't think it would let me, like I said, as an experiment, I tried to register usind a capital and it wouldn't let me, so I don't think it is a problem here.

Anyway as the moderators and admin are so accessible here they would soon get something like this sorted.

Title: Re: Names
Post by rabbit_rabbit on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 8:26am

No probs anyway Keith - we all know you as that nice chippy who loves changing consumer units.

Ray

Ya ya right plugwash (as usual) its binary 2^.
OK so for woodsmith that's only 511 name registrations.

Title: Re: Names
Post by Dewy on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 7:43pm

I tried the same last night Keith.
When I logon with all lower case letters it won't accept me.
I tried registering 'dewy' & it said the name is already in use.
The moral is, make sure you type the name exactly as registered.
I think the way SF have it set is stupid.

Title: Re: Names
Post by Dewy on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 9:41pm

I sent SFX an email complaining about these names & showed 12 differen combinations in my 4 letter name yet hadn't used all possible combinations of capital & lower case.

Title: Re: Names
Post by plugwash on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 10:06pm

like i said it's 2^n but it's good that you can't use it here
1 letter 2 possibilitys
2 letters 4 possibilitys
3 letters 8 possibilitys
3 letters 16 possibilitys
5 letters 32 possibilitys
6 letters 64 possibilitys
7 letters 128 possibilitys
8 letters 256 possibilitys
9 letters 512 possibilitys
10 letters 1024 possibilitys
11 letters 2048 possibilitys
12 letters 4096 possibilitys
13 letters 8192 possibilitys
14 letters 16384 possibilitys
15 letters 32768 possibilitys
16 letters 65536 possibilitys