Following is the earliest documented usage of the name that archaeologists have found...

Thu Oct 10 22:10:10 2002

[22:10] katchan26: hey

[22:10] *** Auto-response from Elusive5point0: Umm...getting my lost folder...bbl :-p

[22:11] Elusive5point0: K@?

[22:12] katchan26: LOL, that's a new one

[22:12] katchan26: I've never seen it before

[22:12] Elusive5point0: yup

[22:12] Elusive5point0: i would think so :)

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And then just through the common use of it by people and dormmates, K@ has stuck!

K@ is a techie. A techie who like fuzzy subjects, which is why she is in SLE (Structured Liberal Education). The idea of "@" in the name just seemed appropriate :-) And it saves an extra keystroke - thereby increasing efficiency by 33%.

Addendum by an astute observer, BlahBlahW00pi:

Mon Nov 04 10:18:42 2002

[10:18:49] blahblahw00tpi: you forget that you have to press the shift key :)

[10:18:58] katchan26: oops

[10:18:59] katchan26: thanks

[10:20:21] katchan26: but it is still faster

[10:20:26] katchan26: you press the shift at the same time

[10:20:57] blahblahw00tpi: hehe

[10:20:58] blahblahw00tpi: fine

[10:20:59] blahblahw00tpi: touche

[10:21:00] blahblahw00tpi: you win