“Wisdom is the booby prize, they give you when you’ve been unwise.”
Yes I have…I have talked with people that I think I know, and I’ve had people ask me if they know me. It’s a weird feeling.
“Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda
Yes, I’ve wondered about that too. I’ve also wondered if I really want to know who it is, or to have them know who I am.
Peace,
mangeorge
I only know two things;
I know what I need to know
And
I know what I want to know
Mangeorge, 2000
I’m very afraid of that happening, actually.
An infinite number of rednecks in an infinite number of pickup trucks shooting an infinite number of shotguns at an infinite number of road signs will eventually produce all the world’s great works of literature in Braille.
No, but someone in a Usenet group I posted to once turned out to have been related by marriage for a while to a member of my extended family (for what that’s worth).
What you wonder is whether a prospective employer has ever read some what you have put on the Net and has actually connected it up with you.
Ray (Why doesn’t he SHUT UP?)
Nanobyte,
I was actually just reading something in the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s hints for grads section, and they strongly suggested that before a job search that you do a thorough web search on your name, just to see what comes up, so that at least you know what to prepare for, damage-control-wise. Made me very paranoid.
But, no, I’ve had more than my share of small-world experiences (I get my identical twin’s friends running into me in far-off cities as well), but I’ve never had a internet one.
Actually, HERE as a matter of fact!
I know the Girl Next Door from a writer’s workshop site where we use our real names instead of handles. She responded to one of my GQ’s (about Coke & the Secret Formula) posted here (without knowing it was me) and I called her on it on the other site. I knew it was her because of her sig line.
She nearly had a heart attack. It was pretty funny. 
It has happened to me, and gave me a heartattack, not a good feeling.