+ rewrite is overkill for this, but long term it's worth implementing and getting used to - think of the post as a pre-emptive strike on the inevitable question in a couple of weeks: "how can i make /profile/adam instead of profile.php?user=adam"
Have a directory in your htdocs called /profile/adam and in that place a default document redirecting. Still no need for mod_rewrite. Unless of course you want the url to remain in the addressbar, but personally I don't think that is as important as what the user has to type in initially.
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