in 99 there were no accounts. You would just type in a
handle on every post (well a cookie would save it for
you) so anyone could use any handle (I even remember once
when there was a conversation between me and someone else
that was using Anthony). In May 2001 Daniel created the
registered user with password. If you look at your "CJ
O'Neill" posts (assuming they were all before May 2001)
you would see classic post. When Daniel instituted the
new registered site/user, he asked if some wanted to fake
the registration date (which explains why some have an
older registered date). But even if the registered date
is older, their older posts are not linked to their ID