I know Lynn Bodoni is no. 2, Ed Zotti is no.6, TubaDiva is 32 and OpalCat is 36 (which must make her the longest serving poster), but who is no.1 and 3, 4,and 5?
Two apologies: the Prisoner reference is predictable but irresistible, and I’m sure this must have been asked and answered before, but I can’t think how to search for it.
1 = invalid link
3 = Dan Kaplan, 64 posts, last activity 04-28-2000
4 = dunl, 1 post, last activity 03-25-2004
5 = jkeene, 3 posts, last activity 04-28-2000
If you select any person’s name and copy the link, paste it in the browser window, then edit the number to whatever user number you want, you can see their profile.
The active poster with the lowest registration number who is not a member of the SDMB Staff is GusNSpot, number 33.
Thanks for that. You (well, I) live and learn.
It’s disappointing somehow to learn that Opal isn’t no. 3.
Cool trick, the newest member is Qalliyo who joined today and is number 127521. Changes pretty fast though so that might already be wrong.
never mind 
I was originally registration no. 1 = and the file got corrupted. So I’m a little further down the line now.
Some of those earliest numbers were CHICAGO READER staff, testing things out. (I’m 19.)
Oh yeah? 
When you put in random numbers, it’s interesting to see how many inactive members there are. For example, member no. 100000 is ffflow, who joined in January this year, and who has not yet posted a message: a real lurker!
Where does it show you what number a poster is?
-XT
Too bad someone infamous didn’t wind up with 666. Instead we have maxzmomliz, who posted 3 times in 1999-2000.
The web address of their profile is
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=
followed by their number
Yeah, I see it now. :smack: Thanks for telling me…was wondering how you guys were getting those numbers.
-XT
*Who are you?
I am number 2.
Who is number 1?
You are, number 6.*
Interesting how one little comma can change the whole meaning of something.
I did wonder about that.
To workers I’m just another drone
To Ma Bell I’m just another phone
I’m just another statistic on a sheet
To teachers I’m just another child
To IRS I’m just another file
I’m just another consensus on the street
. . .
Yeah, sure. Like we haven’t heard that one before 
Just hover over the name, and it’s at the end of the bottom left line of script.