Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote, [on 6/4/2009 9:26 AM]:

> In general, I don't react negatively to pseudonyms at all, even when I
> don't know who the people behind them are. But I find myself becoming
> more and more uncomfortable as I approach the "hardcore anonymity" end
> of the scale. I've felt guilty about that, and trained myself to not be
> bothered about it to the extent that I can cooperate with such people.
> But I would definitely be more comfortable speaking to someone named
> "Udhay". 

Data point: I think of you as 'crab'. I mean, I know what your "real"
name is, it's just that I first knew you as crab, and crab has stuck in
my head. Similarly, but conversely (if you know what I mean) I first
knew "Kiran" and not "jace", so "Kiran" he is, to me.

Udhay

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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

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