# How is this possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible/32022 "2000-09-05T00:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible/32022/1 "2000-09-05T00:42:33Z")
Suddenly the board didn’t recognize me. When I tried to login I was told I was using the wrong password. After several tries, I get a reminder sent to me via email. And my password has completely changed from a word I have always used to a word I have never used. How is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![Quin\_City](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f08c70/32.png) [@Quin\_City](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quin_City)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible/32022/2 "2000-09-06T01:27:34Z")
Can you see yourself in a mirror? Do you get phone messages meant for your Dopplegänger? If you fall in a forest, do you not bleed? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-possible/32022/3 "2000-09-06T22:10:54Z")
This is a first for us . . . never heard of this before. Are you the only person with access to your computer? Or conversely, have you used any sort of public terminal, like in a library? Or used a friend’s computer? Please send me email and let’s discuss this as soon as possible. your humble TubaDiva Administrator