yerricde's Journal: Yerricde Signing Off?

by Damian Yerrick

I got the nick "yerricde" in late 1999 when my former school created my user accounts under a nick based on my legal name (Yerrick, Damian E.) It seems that too many people have seen an extra 'i' (*yerricide) in my nick. To prevent further confusion, I decided to phase out that nick starting in early 2002. I wrote a program in the Scheme language to generate a nick that's not so easy to misread, and the result was "tepples". You may recognize me from NewsForge, gbadev, DDRei, or nesdev.

I'm a quick reader. I'm also a quick typist. And I've held this Slashdot account for nearly four years. Though I have posted nearly 10,000 comments to Slashdot stories, claiming that I "have no life" would be thoroughly misleading. But some trolls seem to imply this, having started some sort of countdown to 10,000 comments by user "yerricde". I'd as soon shed this nick and ho up a new Slashdot account in the 720000's rather than let them win. I might even subscribe this time.

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Trolls?

[bersl2]

I don't think that guy was trolling. What did he say that was so bad? I think that you might subconsciously fear that you spend too much time on /., but the rest of us don't see that, nor is it said by the accused troll.

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BTW, you say "trolls"; yet all I see is one post linked to. It smells of conspiracy theory to me. Typical Slashdotter... ;-P

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I thought it was sarcasm

[yerricde]

What did he say that was so bad?

That I should be "<sarcasm>cheered on</sarcasm>" for approaching 10,000 comments. My Asperger's distorts my ability to discern sarcasm.

It's also about my nick, which wasn't intended to be pronounced, and what other users on Slashdot and Everything have said about my nick, that it's too easy to misread to have an extra 'i'. "Tepples" on the other hand is easy for the reader to sound out mentally.

I think that you might subconsciously fear that you spend to

Yo

[Wrexen]

Hey Damian, it's me. Honestly, posting 10k Slashdot comments is something I consider to be an impressive feat. God knows people have spent lots more time doing dumber things, like playing Solitaire or watching Battlefield Earth. I thought 10k comments was something worth noticing, since I've never seen anyone else come even close, especially since you've done so without resorting to stupid "new overlords" jokes, karma-whoring, or other stuff that people get distracted by. Best of luck. BTW I've never read a

My Slashdot life story

[yerricde]

Writing a mini-autobiography can sometimes feel like a pressure release valve opening.

Hey Damian, it's me.

Do I know you somewhere from outside Slashdot?

Honestly, posting 10k Slashdot comments is something I consider to be an impressive feat.

That's a relief. I had you confused with some of the trolls who habitually write things like "Somebody who's been around long enough to write 8263 comments should know the difference between foo and bar." Thank you.

God knows people have spent lots more ti

Can music have "Prior Art?"

[TPFH]

This is a little off topic so let me say something on-topic. I think it is impressive to reach 10k.

Anyway, I've wanted to ask you about a concept I thought of in regards to A Chilling Effect on Music, and the idea that there is a finite amount of music that can be created in western music.

The idea is that there is a lot of music that is in the public domain: Classical, pre-Classical, and lots of folk musics.

I'm wondering if you got sued for "stealing" a song because there is a coincidental 3 notes that a

Defending a lawsuit still costs more than I have

[yerricde]

I'm wondering if you got sued for "stealing" a song because there is a coincidental 3 notes that are the same between 2 different songs, what if you were able to find an older work that is in the public domain that also used the same 3 notes?

In that case, I would have to prove that I had had access to that public domain work before I published the allegedly infringing song.

And I imagine that that is not the only point you made

Another point is that songwriters without a big bank account need to act