This poster appears to be a guest, but I thought that guess status was only applied to those who were deleted between the ubb and the vb(?) software transition?
One answer (among many).
The guy posted in 2002, though.
I did say it was one answer, Aslan2. Amongst the other threads I searched up was the theory of email addy changeover and hold-up in confirmation. You may have to wait 'till the admins come upon this for the definitive answer.
(Never realised there were so many ATMB threads about “guest” status until now!)
But what about this thread?
Comments on Cecil’s Columns > One use of calculating Pi!
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109
Every poster is a guest and none have names?
My point exactly.
Regular guests do not have names.
I was about to welcome you to the SDMB Maria, upon seeing your first post. But then I noticed your registration date from four years ago!!
Tell me there is a mistake here somehow. Or at least a very interesting story.
If it is simply will-power, then color me astonished.
I asked a question years ago, and it is now showing as “guest”.
I was on that pi thread, and happened to wan to see it again today and then this thread was at the top of the Most Recent links, so I had a chance to show off what I had just learned.
I’d say that thread, Maria, was one of the casualties of the changeover to vB, IMHO.