# Just testing my account...

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**Created:** [July 20, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-my-account/256024 "2004-07-20T17:05:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dio)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-my-account/256024/1 "2004-07-20T17:05:11Z")

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disregard this post

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-my-account/256024/2 "2004-07-20T18:04:15Z")

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Dio?

As in [Ronnie James?](http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/)

Sweet.

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**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dio)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-my-account/256024/3 "2004-07-20T18:16:47Z")

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It is a reference to Ronnie James Dio. I always Dio was a cool name and was surprised that no one had claimed it for a screen name. It wasn’t my first choice for screen name though.