# Ill Wind
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [May 31, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082 "2001-05-31T13:24:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/1 "2001-05-31T13:24:32Z")
I just visited my recent GQ thread about [skorts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=72425). The latest post is by **Autumn Wind Chick**.
In the forum view, it says the last post is by **autumn wind chick** (all lower case).
But when I opened the thread, she was identified as **Autumn Wind Chick** (initial letter capitals).
What’s the deal?
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### Author:  [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/2 "2001-05-31T13:50:52Z")
This best way to explain this I guess is with an example:
When I first registered, I typed my name as “ **Starbury** ”
Now, let’s say I log in the next day, and I type my name in as “ **starbury** ”.
When I start a thread (or I’m the latest poster to a thread) it will show my name on the thread list as “ **starbury** ”, but when you open the thread it will list it as “ **Starbury** ”. I assume the thread list page saves your name from the cookie/session id that you currently have, while the actual posts within the thread take your name from the database, where it was recorded when you initially registered.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/3 "2001-05-31T16:21:53Z")
Do you mean like this?
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### Author:  [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/4 "2001-05-31T21:36:14Z")
Almost 2700 posts and I discover a new trick. 🆒
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### Author:  [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/5 "2001-05-31T21:39:44Z")
What, you’ve never seen one of the several threads started by BeAr\_nEnNo (or something)? I remember that he was rather fond of this quirk when it was first discovered.
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/6 "2001-05-31T21:39:45Z")
Okay, now you all are just being wiseasses. 😛
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/7 "2001-05-31T23:17:31Z")
wE aRE nOT!
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/8 "2001-05-31T23:19:10Z")
Crap. I can’t even get a board glitch to work.
Guess I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue!
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-wind/67082/9 "2001-05-31T23:36:51Z")
I believe this is my cue to laugh like a madwoman.
MBWAHAHAHAHA.
Thank you.