my guess is this would be next to impossible on the work/benefit ratio scale, but I was thinking about how when I was active on IRC I used to take my nick and append my current location (city+state) to it so if I was near a net buddy they would know it. How difficult would it be to gain the ability to change our nick's to display something different in the CB and the 'other monks' box? I'm thinking very. If so, ignore my insolence I beg you. If however this is not as hard as it seems to my nortal mind, may be it could be granted?

on IRC you basiclaly typed /nick {new nick name}. so i would type /nick jptxsCHI when i was in chicago so my fellow monks could help me burn my company expense account for lunch ; )

"sometimes when you make a request for the head you don't
want the big, fat body...don't you go snickering."
                                         -- Nathan Torkington UoP2K a.k.a gnat

In reply to dynamic nicks -or- big PITA for vroom : ) by jptxs

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