Migrating files between computers - on destination owner is 'nobody'

Hi,
I got a new MBP. The migration I'll make from my old MB is the first I do as a OS X-user, and I've run into trouble.
On my old MB, I've a lot of software installed I don't use anymore, and other unwanted stuff. Because of that, I don't want to use the Migration Assistant, but rather make the transfer manually.
But I run into ownership troubles: When files are copied from the old to the new computer, the owner is changed into 'nobody' and I've to change it to 'anders' (the sort name for my user account) to have Read & Write Access.
1. Why is the owner changed to 'nobody'? The short name is 'anders' on my old computer as well.
2. When I change the owner to 'anders' and give it Read & Write permissions, is there a way to remove 'nobody' from the permission list?
Thanks,
Anders

OK, then. After you have transferred everything you want into your new Home folder here's what you do:
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Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. Enter or paste the following commands:
sudo chown -R anders:staff ~
Press RETURN. The -R option makes it recursive in case the ownership was wrong on some files/folders inside the home directory.
chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~
Press RETURN.
Note that the character following "staff' is the tilde, "~" which represents your Home folder.

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