# I am such an idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052 "2000-02-24T00:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/1 "2000-02-24T00:09:00Z")
Today I did kind of a dumb thing. I read the message from Ed Zotti, telling everybody to change their passwords ASAP. Like the brain dead idiot I must be, I thought you couldn’t change your password unless you changed your e-mail address too. So I put down a different e-mail address and submitted the modification, then realized two seconds too late that I no longer have access to that e-mail account! As a result, I was forced to re-register to this MB. ## I will just go sit in the corner now with a dunce cap on my head. Shadowfox (New and Improved Version) ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/2 "2000-02-24T00:15:00Z")
Welcome newbie! You’ll find most of the people here are nice but there are a few that will take advantage of somebody’s stupidity. * * * If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/3 "2000-02-24T00:18:00Z")
But here’s your chance to pick a whole new identity! Think of the possibilities! How about “Board Crasher.” You will be inundated with posts asking you how you did what you did. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/4 "2000-02-24T00:18:00Z")
ROFL Pluto! SF, can’t you get a mod to help you out here? I’m sure that kind of thing is within their powers, no? * * * **What I tell you three times is true.** _The Hunting of the Snark._ Lewis Carroll ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/5 "2000-02-24T00:19:00Z")
Um, what message from Ed? I never saw a message from Ed. I’m using my old password, and it’s working. Do I need to change my password? Why? :::joining Shadow in the corner::: * * * Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/6 "2000-02-24T00:20:00Z")
Newbie! Newbie! I will have you know, young man, that I have been frequenting the SDMB since the AOL SDMB days. Of course, if you are kidding (my humor detector is malfunctioning today), then bite me [http://204.95.48.199/ubb/smile.gif](http://204.95.48.199/ubb/smile.gif) * * * Shadowfox (New and Improved Version) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/7 "2000-02-24T00:23:00Z")
Cristi, here is the exact quote from Ed Zotti’s message: > [@](#): > > More on this later, but we strongly advise all SDMB users to change their passwords immediately. > Also, HTML has been disabled, probably permanently. UBB coding is still available I don’t have the inside story on this, but it sounds as if maybe somebody possibly hacked into the system and maybe obtained the user passwords. I can’t think of any other reason why they would ask everybody to change their passwords immediately. * * * Shadowfox (New and Improved Version) ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/8 "2000-02-24T00:26:00Z")
Shadow, I just had a little trip on the clueless bus here, and was just shy of doing the same thing. I shot my 500 post wad trying to figure out something simple. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/9 "2000-02-24T00:32:00Z")
## Shadow, don’t feel bad, I did the exact same thing when I first joined SDMB… of course at the time I was a newbie, that is to say more newbier than I am now. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/10 "2000-02-24T00:32:00Z")
## Elelle, I had almost 600 posts under my old SN. Now I have to start all over again. It took me 11 months to get that far. I don’t know if I have the patience to spend another year on here, trying to rebuild my post count again. Shadowfox (New and Improved Version) ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/11 "2000-02-24T00:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Shadowfox\_00: > \*\*Newbie! Newbie! I will have you know, young man, that I have been frequenting the SDMB since the AOL SDMB days. > > Of course, if you are kidding (my humor detector is malfunctioning today), then bite me > > [http://204.95.48.199/ubb/smile.gif](http://204.95.48.199/ubb/smile.gif) > > \*\* Hook, line aaaannnddd sinker!! It’s okay, **The\_Poster\_Formerly\_Known\_As\_Shadowfox** , we all know you are older than dirt. But **Demo’s** probably right. I’ll bet with a little groveling you can get your name back. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/12 "2000-02-24T00:35:00Z")
Shadow, can ya put em in yer sig line? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-such-an-idiot/14052/13 "2000-02-24T00:43:00Z")
## You mean my old post count? Sure I can, no problem at all. Shadowfox (New and Improved Version) 584 posts under my old SN, so don’t you dare call me a newbie!