# First post with new username **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822 "2002-04-26T18:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/1 "2002-04-26T18:14:26Z")
Hello. I used to be **cuautemhoc** but now I’m **rand 100**. Mad props to **TubaDiva** for changing my username. I hereby promise to post more often. Love, rand ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/2 "2002-04-26T19:39:03Z")
What’s the reason for the name change? Inquiring minds want to know, spill the Straight Dope!! ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/3 "2002-04-26T20:05:02Z")
Turns out I’ve been spelling it wrong all these years. The name of the Prince of the Aztecs in the time of the conquistadores was “Cuauhtemoc”, not “Cuautemhoc”. Boy, did _I_ feel stupid when I found out. Maybe it’s not a big deal, since Cuauhtemoc did not spell his name in Roman characters anyway. Still, I’ve been through a lot of changes in the last couple of years, and I felt it was time to leave the old name behind. Then last night, I was reading a Perl book and it just jumped out at me… **rand 100**. That wasn’t a fascinating story, but you did ask, so don’t blame me 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/4 "2002-04-26T22:47:01Z")
Hmm. I saw ‘autem’ and ‘hoc’ and I thought it could have been some obscure Latin compound word. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/5 "2002-04-26T23:43:55Z")
**rand 100** , your story was so gripping i have claw marks on my chair!!! (jk) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/6 "2002-05-05T22:58:22Z")
DAMN YOU RAND 100!!! You have made searches for “Ayn Rand” very difficult. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/7 "2002-05-06T12:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*DAMN YOU RAND 100!!! > > You have made searches for “Ayn Rand” very difficult. \*\* Oh no. Oh no! _OH NOOOOOOO!!!_ Ayn Rand never crossed my mind for one second when I was trying to decide on a new username! I absolutely **CANNOT** have people associating me with Ayn Rand in any way. I will have to give it some serious thought and beg **TubaDiva** to change it for me again. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/8 "2002-05-06T17:02:42Z")
I think if you change it to **rand\_100** it won’t come up when people search for ‘rand’. Could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/9 "2002-05-06T17:57:49Z")
That doesn’t solve my Ayn Rand problem. I want to completely remove “rand” from the equation. I have to think up a new name. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/10 "2002-05-06T18:51:08Z")
Not to be mean or anything, but when you choose your new name, pick something and stick with it please. We try and discourage the “new name a week” trend amongst the membership. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/11 "2002-05-06T18:57:53Z")
I know, **Arnold Winkelried** , and believe me I never intended to become a “new name every week” poster. I promise that if I ask to change my name again, it will be the last time. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/12 "2002-05-06T19:17:39Z")
Well I think since you’ve been here for about a year and a half it would be unfair to call you a new name a week person. If you don’t like rand 100, may I suggest “ayn 99”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/13 "2002-05-06T19:35:24Z")
If you don’t like **Cuauhtemoc** , why don’t you go with **Huitzilopochtli**? Or maybe **Atlas S. Fountainhead**? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/14 "2002-05-06T20:10:59Z")
Huh. There’s a coincidence, **Colibri**. I played a game of Civ2 over the weekend as the Aztecs, and my leader’s name was Huitzilopochtli. I thought at the time how that would make a pretty good screen name. [Huitzilopochtli Simpson] Mmmm…human hearts… [/HS] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/15 "2002-05-06T20:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\*Huh. There’s a coincidence, **Colibri**. > > I played a game of Civ2 over the weekend as the Aztecs, and my leader’s name was Huitzilopochtli. I thought at the time how that would make a pretty good screen name. > > [Huitzilopochtli Simpson] > Mmmm…human hearts… > [/HS] \*\* Yeah, I thought of it as a screen name myself - the Southern Hummingbird, War God of the Aztecs - but decided it was a bit too bloodthirsty. “Colibri” is obscure enough. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-with-new-username/105822/16 "2002-05-06T22:46:06Z")
How about **Dnar\_Nya**? 😃