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[phinnia]

BEST MOM EVER: Today's XKCD.

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[kengr]

It's really out of date, but you might want to track down a copy of "the Man Whose Name Wouldn't Fit". It's from the late 60s. About the problems of a man who was fired because his name (Albert Duane Cartwright-Chickering) wouldn't fit the name field in their new computerized employee records.

He gets his revenge... :-)

[chezmax]

Ooh, please do tell me more!

[kengr]

It's been 40 years since I read the book.

http://www.zumabooks.com/si/JR10722.html

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I have a hyphen in my *first* name. You'd be surprised how often I get told that I've input illegal data when I type my name into computer forms.

[kengr]

I bought a membership for a local conveniention (not SF related) for a friend. And the online form wouldn't accept a hyphenated name.

I mentioned it on a mailing list and was told that other people had complained. And the staff response was "so what?"

This even though they made a *huge* deal about ID being checked at the door and that your name *must* match your ID.

[chezmax]

One told me my address wasn't allowed to have dashes in it.

The preferred format for my address (According to Canada Post) is 6-255 Streetname Ct., and it wouldn't accept it.

I'd hate to live on Fischer-Hallman Rd. :) (Although, that's not even consistent within the city.. some signs have it with a -, some with a /...)

[rosencrantz319.livejournal.com]

I'm just impressed that I understood that.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

*giggle* That's awesome. :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

i actually typed "omg" into whoever I was IMing with at the time when I read that strip :)