> The cure seems worse than the disease, in my opinion. Totally agree with you on that. Given that the idea of usernames (originally called handles) predates

> The cure seems worse than the disease, in my opinion. Totally agree with you on that. Given that the idea of usernames (originally called handles) predates the internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio), I seriously doubt the practice is going away anytime soon.